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Christmas tree retailers find lots to like at a Pennsylvania wholesale auction
MIFFLINBURG, Pa. (AP) — Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country, and there was no shortage of bidders.About 50,000 Christmas trees and enough wreaths, crafts and other seasonal items to fill an airplane hangar were bought and sold by lots and on consignment at the annual two-day event put on at the Buffalo Valley Produce Auction in Mifflinburg.
Buyers from across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic were there to supply garden stores, corner lots and other retail outlets for the coming rush of customers eager to bring home a tree — most... Read More
US ski star Shiffrin wins 2nd straight World Cup slalom of Olympic season
GURGL, Austria (AP) — American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin is heading into her home races in Colorado next weekend as the overall World Cup leader on a two-event winning streak.Shiffrin dominated another slalom Sunday as she made it two convincing wins from two races in the discipline to start the Olympic season.
Racing in sunny but cold conditions in the Austrian Alps, Shiffrin posted the fastest time in both runs to finish 1.23 seconds ahead of second-placed Lara Colturi, an Italian prodigy competing for Albania.
The pair also went 1-2 in the first slalom... Read More
Aftermath of Chicago's intense immigration crackdown leaves lawsuits, investigations and anxiety
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago has entered what many consider a new uneasy phase of a Trump administration immigration crackdown that has already led to thousands of arrests.While a U.S. Border Patrol commander known for leading intense and controversial surges moved on to North Carolina, federal agents are still arresting immigrants across the nation’s third-largest city and suburbs.
A growing number of lawsuits stemming from the crackdown are winding through the courts. Authorities are investigating agents’ actions, including a fatal shooting. Activists say they are... Read More
Israel targets Hezbollah chief in first strike on Beirut in months
HARET HREIK, Lebanon (AP) — Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, for the first time since June, saying it targeted Hezbollah’s chief of staff and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild.The strike, launched almost a year after a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, threatened a wider conflict just days before Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit Lebanon.
“We will continue to act forcefully to prevent any threat to the residents of the north and the state of Israel,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a... Read More
More and more Ugandan men seek DNA paternity tests, often with heartbreaking results
NABUMALI, Uganda (AP) — Among the most sensitive family disputes Moses Kutoi mediates are those involving upset men questioning why some of their children don’t resemble them.For the Ugandan clan leader attuned to the wisdom of his ancestors, the matter is taboo, never to be discussed with others. Yet Kutoi feels compelled to intervene in the hope of saving marriages that sometimes turn violent and are on the verge of breaking.
“Even me, I don’t resemble my father,” the clan leader recently told one disbelieving man he was helping.
Paternity has... Read More
Top Stories
- Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after 50 pupils escape
- Christmas tree retailers find lots to like at a Pennsylvania wholesale auction
- US ski star Shiffrin wins 2nd straight World Cup slalom of Olympic season
- Aftermath of Chicago's intense immigration crackdown leaves lawsuits, investigations and anxiety
- Israel targets Hezbollah chief in first strike on Beirut in months
- Ukraine and Western allies meet in Geneva to discuss US peace plan
- A sheriff, a billionaire, a tinge of scandal. California governor's race packs drama, uncertainty
- The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump's boycott
- Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries
- Verstappen has 5th F1 title in reach after Norris, Piastri disqualified in Las Vegas
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