Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Plane was heavy with extra fuel before deadly crash landing
MOSCOW - A Russian airliner that took off from Moscow was airborne for just 28 minutes before returning to make an emergency landing while still heavy with unburned fuel, which then ignited after a ro...
May 06, 2019
Barr defends actions to Senate after Mueller’s complaints
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report on Wednesday amid new revelations that Mueller expressed frustration to Barr about ho...
May 01, 2019
Clashes rock Venezuela as Guaido urges opposition uprising
CARACAS, Venezuela - Armoured vehicles plowed into anti-government protesters as troops loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro tried to restore order Tuesday after opposition leader Juan Guaid t...
Apr 30, 2019
Sri Lankan military given sweeping powers after bombings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's president gave the military sweeping police powers starting Tuesday in the wake of the Easter bombings that killed nearly 300 people, while officials disclosed that in...
Apr 22, 2019 Relatives of serial blast victims mourn outside a police morgue in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 22 , 2019. A government crime investigator says the coordinated Easter bombings that ripped through Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels were carried out by seven suicide bombers which killed and injured hundreds of people, was Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne )
Pope denounces ‘cruel violence’ of Sri Lanka Easter attack
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis denounced the "cruel violence" of the Easter Sunday slaughter of Christians and foreigners in Sri Lanka as he celebrated the most joyful moment on the Christian liturgical ...
Apr 22, 2019 Pope Francis celebrates Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Comedian appears headed for landslide victory in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine - A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV cruised toward a huge landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential election Sunday in what was seen as a...
Apr 21, 2019
Easter Sunday bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in nine bombings that rocked churches, luxury hotels and other sites in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday - the deadliest viole...
Apr 21, 2019
Trump tried to choke Russia probe, oust Mueller, report says
WASHINGTON - Public at last, special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation Thursday that President Donald Trump tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's re...
Apr 18, 2019
America about to see Mueller report; Barr gets in first word
WASHINGTON - After nearly two years of waiting, America is getting some Trump-Russia answers straight from Robert Mueller. But first: Another declaration of "no collusion" by President Donald Trump's ...
Apr 18, 2019
UK’s May faces Parliament after EU grants Brexit extension
By Raf Casert, Jill Lawless And Gregory Katz, The Associated Press LONDON - A clearly frustrated European Union has given Britain a few more months to find a way out of its Brexit quagmire. Now it's u...
Apr 11, 2019
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