The Associated Press BERLIN — The European Space Agency says it has performed an evasive manoeuvr with one of its satellites after rival SpaceX said it wouldn’t move its own spacecraft out of the way, risking a potentially catastrophic collision. ESA said Tuesday that it “reached out early to SpaceX […]
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By Danica Kirka The Associated Press LONDON — Parliament was reconvening Tuesday for a pivotal day in British politics as lawmakers challenged Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s insistence that the U.K. will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 even without a deal. Amid loud cries from protesters on the streets […]
By Russell Contreras The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In middle school, Dan Scoglietti rode his bike through Chicago, picking up old beer cans with his twin brother, Ed. It was an odd hobby for a pre-teen in the 1970s that turned into a lifetime pursuit. “We’d go to junior […]
The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga.–A Georgia kayaker says he could only think of paddling faster after realizing he wasn’t alone in a pond. Bo Storey told WRDW-TV , “I just paddled and paddled . . .” to get away from a 10-foot, 360 pound (163.29 kilogram) alligator that got as […]
The Canadian Press Reka Rossignol remembers feeling a mix of frustration and fear while trying to get an incoherent friend back to their dorm after a night of drinking during their first year in university. Campus security at the school in northern Ontario had just informed them that a bear […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES–Marvel Comics is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a massive issue that pays tribute to its history and introduces a new object with implications for the superhero universe going forward. The Marvel Comics 1000 issue, available as of yesterday, pays homage to many of Marvel’s most […]
The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Georgia kayaker says he could only think of paddling faster after realizing he wasn’t alone in a pond. Bo Storey told WRDW-TV , “I just paddled and paddled. …” on Monday to get away from a 10-foot, 360 pound (163.29 kilogram) alligator that […]
By Edith M. Lederer The Associated Press Next month’s three-day U.N. climate summit will highlight the urgency of taking immediate actions to reduce global warming and focus on innovations that work not wordy statements, the U.N. special envoy for the event said Tuesday. Luis Alfonso de Alba told a news […]
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Purdue Pharma and the thousands of state and local governments suing the maker of OxyContin over the nation’s deadly opioid crisis are negotiating a $10 billion to $12 billion settlement under which the Sackler family would give up ownership of the […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland CALGARY–Isaac Kohtakangas realized something was wrong as he was playing a round of golf in 2011. The business intelligence analyst from Calgary had been having some difficulty with his balance, but it was a sudden loss of vision that gave him cause for alarm. “I just […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–A paralyzed Alberta man is back from Thailand after having a second experimental surgery that has given him some hope he’ll be able to move more of his body. Richi Gill of Calgary worked as a surgeon before he had a freak accident on a boogie board […]
The Associated Press The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says in a new report that safer restraint systems are needed for the back seats of cars. The study finds that rear-seat safety has not kept pace with front-seat safety and it has been to the detriment of belted passengers in […]
