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  • From Barbie to millennial pink, the cultural phenomenon behind the color that sells

    July 21, 2023 - 5:58 AM

    “Think pink! think pink! when you shop for summer clothes. Think pink! think pink! if you want that quelque chose.”

  • Route to Super Bowl dangerous for Mexico's avocado haulers

    February 05, 2023 - 4:04 PM

    SANTA ANA ZIROSTO, Mexico (AP) — It is a long and sometimes dangerous journey for truckers transporting the avocados destined for guacamole on tables and tailgates in the United States during the Super Bowl.

  • How to pay for summer fun: Financing boats, RVs and more

    June 08, 2022 - 6:12 AM

    Summer is the season to hit the great outdoors, and having a new toy, like a boat or RV, is a dream for many people. But with interest rate hikes, spikes in the cost of oil and general economic uncertainty, you may be hesitant to make a big purchase right now.

  • 'I can’t see the light': War fuels surging prices in Europe

    May 20, 2022 - 3:31 AM

    MILAN (AP) — Edoardo Ronzoni inspects a construction site near Milan that he shut down in March as costs for materials skyrocketed. He can’t complete a half-built roundabout at an intersection known for fender-benders because asphalt, cast-iron pipes and concrete are too expensive — prices exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine.

  • EU plan aims to help get wheat from Ukraine to the world

    May 12, 2022 - 9:51 AM

    BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission proposed helping Ukraine export its wheat and other grains by rail, road and river to get around a Russian blockade of Black Sea ports, which is preventing those critical supplies from reaching parts of the world at risk of food insecurity.

  • After horrific fair ride accident, Ohio beefs up inspections

    July 20, 2021 - 8:25 AM

    Four years after a carnival ride’s corroded steel arm snapped and flung a high school student to his death at the Ohio State Fair, the state is tightening its oversight of amusement rides.

  • Man faces federal charges after explosion in neighborhood

    July 03, 2021 - 6:02 PM

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 27-year-old man was charged Saturday with illegally transporting tons of explosives he purchased in Nevada — including several that left a trail of destruction and injuries after they blew up in a Los Angeles neighborhood.

  • VIRUS DIARY: In face of tragedy, a faith in science endures

    January 29, 2021 - 5:58 AM

    PHOENIX - As I read about the 35th anniversary of the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster this week, I was transported back to Fifth Street Middle School in Bangor, Maine.

  • Obstacles mount in fight to aid Syrians stranded near Jordan

    July 18, 2017 - 12:22 AM

    MAFRAQ, Jordan - Desperate to help Syrians stuck on Jordan's sealed border, U.N. agencies reluctantly agreed late last year to hand much of the control over aid distribution to Jordan's military, a Jordanian contractor and a Syrian militia.

  • 100 years, 3,300 miles: Vintage motorcycles hitting the road

    September 09, 2016 - 7:02 AM

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Thomas Trapp sells new Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Germany, but for the next two weeks he'll be riding 3,300 miles coast to coast in the United States, aboard one made 102 years ago.
  • Reid Hamer-Jackson at his swearing in ceremony, Nov. 1, 2022. JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
    OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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