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By MARI YAMAGUCHI and AYAKA MCGILL, Associated Press NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started making the treat that …

By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A man arrested by French police earlier this week is thought to be the fourth member of the team that stole France’s crown jewels in a brazen heist from the Louvre Museum, …

The senseless shooting of National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe in Washington, D.C. is a tragedy. As of this writing, Beckstrom, only 20, died and Wolfe, just 24, is “fighting for his life,” as President Donald Trump put …

Tod Goldberg is the author of more than 15 books, including his Gangsterland series about a Chicago hitman who assumes a false identity as a Las Vegas rabbi. Goldberg’s latest is the crime novel, “Only Way Out,” about a crooked …

Coffee is so much a part of our culture that it’s easy to forget how complex it can be to brew a consistently good cup. “Coffee, unfortunately is very, very easy to screw up at home. It’s one of those …

Q: We thought it was not legal to use any HOA facilities or resources for political purposes. A HOA resident has announced their intentions to run for public office in a posting on our HOA website. In the past, no one else has …

“When your money is taken by a thief, you get nothing in return. When your money is taken through taxes to support needless bureaucrats, precisely the same situation exists. We are lucky, indeed, if the needless bureaucrats are mere easy-going …

He might have spent much of his life out of the spotlight, but Barron Trump has had more than his fair share of attention since his dad began his second term as US President. The 19-year-old student sparked speculation at …

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The production lines at Indeed Brewing moved quickly, the cans filling not with beer, but with THC-infused seltzer. The product, which features the compound that gets cannabis users high, …

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Homicide detectives in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the suspected murder of a Colorado man after he reportedly went out to try to purchase marijuana. The victim has been identified as 43-year-old Christopher Brown, a builder from …

By COLLIN BINKLEY and BEN FINLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The charges against the man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney for the District …

Colorado winters in the mountains are beautiful, but not every view can be seen during the day. There are times at night when the full moon illuminates a surreal snowscape, creating beautiful shapes and shadows, even revealing dramatic snow-covered mountains …