BIG BAY — The Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve’s second annual fly-fishing workshop for novice fly fishermen and women will take place on Aug. 19-20 on the Yellow Dog River. This event is hosted by the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, the Fred Waara Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Superior ...
ROME (AP) — An American Jesuit who runs outreach ministry for LGBTQ+ Catholics was tapped by Pope Francis on Friday to be among participants at a major Vatican gathering of bishops and laypeople later this year. The Vatican unveiled the names of bishops, priests, nuns and laypersons who ...
BRAZIL (AP)— New research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than previously thought. Scientists analyzed pendants made of bony material from the sloths and concluded they were ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON — The pickleball craze is hitting the big leagues. Courts for the tennis/badminton/ping pong hybrid were being laid out in Fenway Park on Tuesday in preparation for a weekend that will give fans of the sport a chance to watch the pros play or even ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Being a centenarian hasn’t slowed down Viola Ford Fletcher’s pursuit of justice. In the last couple of years, Fletcher has traveled internationally, testified before Congress and supported a lawsuit for reparations — all part of a campaign for accountability over the ...
Two Christian Pakistani teenagers, one 18 and another 14, were arrested in their homes in Lahore in May 2023 on charges of blasphemy after a policeman claimed he heard them being disrespectful of the Prophet Muhammad. Among Muslim-majority countries, Pakistan has the strictest blasphemy laws. ...