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Long Island's last duck farm is quacking again after losing its entire flock to the bird flu
Established in 1908 by Corwin’s great-grandfather, Crescent Duck Farms has been the island’s lone commercial duck operation for the better part of a decade. But in the early 1960s, Long Island boasted ...
Rebuilding one of the nation's oldest Black churches to begin at Juneteenth ceremony
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Thursday for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before ...
Hundreds gather to remember prominent Minnesota lawmaker and husband slain in their home
As a brass quintet from the Minnesota Orchestra played, Gov. Tim Walz wiped away tears and comforted attendees at the gathering for former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were ...
Key takeaways from the acquittal of Karen Read in her Boston police officer boyfriend's death
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Karen Read walked out of court a free woman after more than three years and two trials over the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, who was found on the ...
Longtime DEA informant charged in alleged scheme to extort high-level cocaine traffickers
MIAMI (AP) — A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing ...
Lawyer who once represented drug kingpin El Chapo wins judge post in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A lawyer who once represented drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman won a judgeship in the northern state of Chihuahua in Mexico’s historic judicial elections this month, according ...
South Korea's last circus, Dongchoon, holds up as it marks centennial
Several hundred spectators still clapped constantly when acrobats with Dongchoon Circus Troupe, South Korea’s last and 100-year-old circus, twirled on a long suspended fabric, juggled clubs on a large ...
Ottawa Charge, Toronto Sceptres filling in rosters with PWHL player signings
But a couple former Charge players signed elsewhere Wednesday. After two seasons in Ottawa, forward Natalie Snodgrass of Eagan, Minn., headed to expansion PWHL Seattle on a one-year contract. She ...
'Expect great things': Bombers' Schoen sees bounce-back from Collaros
“Probably injuries have something to do with that,” Schoen said of Zach Collaros’s 2024 campaign. “In 2023 we came in with pretty much a receiving group who had played a lot of snaps together and knew ...
FRIESEN: Bombers' Collaros as present, driven, as ever
Morrison has a new album coming out at the ripe old age of 79, entitled Remembering Now. The title track is a bluesy ...
2 men get life sentences in shooting death of 11-year-old outside stadium that prompted gun ban
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two men were sentenced Wednesday to lifelong terms in prison in the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium in 2023 that prompted the New ...
'Zero arrests': RCMP say nobody arrested at G7, but charges possible for pilot
CALGARY — Law enforcement officials overseeing security at the G7 leaders’ summit said Wednesday no arrests were made during the three-day event, except for one rogue pilot who forced officials to ...