EXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in Darien Gap
NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama unveiled a new effort to control illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap that spans its eastern border with Colombia on...
India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in country’s deadliest rail accident in decades
NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers waded through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people on Saturday after two passenger trains derailed...
Thunderbirds top Petes 4-1 to set up date with Remparts in Memorial Cup final
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Kyle Crnkovic scored his tournament-leading fifth goal and added an assist as the Seattle Thunderbirds topped the Peterborough Petes 4-1 on Friday to...
How NZ dresses: Cosplay and colour at Armageddon Expo
When thousands of gamers, fandom enthusiasts and film buffs descended on Armageddon Expo on Saturday , Auckland Showgrounds transformed into a sea of fantasy, colour and...
Research and development centre in Marton creating commercially viable biofuels
DAVID UNWIN/Stuff GreenChem chief executive Kevin Snowdon has opened a research and development centre in Marton. A research and development centre producing the “ingredients” for plastic...
What’s going wrong for tiny home companies?
Thomas Werneken/Unsplash Why are some tiny home companies going into liquidation? They were meant to be the saving grace of a dire housing market – so...
Gunnar Henderson’s go-ahead homer in seventh sends Orioles past Giants 3-2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gunnar Henderson hit a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh, Dean Kremer struck out six over six innings and the Baltimore Orioles...
Betts hits 2 HRs, Kershaw beats Yankees for 1st time in Dodgers’ 8-4 win
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw beat the Yankees for the first time with nine strikeouts over seven innings of four-hit ball, and Mookie Betts hit...
McDowell, Turley power Oregon St. past Sam Houston, 18-2 in Baton Rouge Regional
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Micah McDowell had four base hits and drove in six runs and Gavin Turley added six more RBIs on three hits...
Taillon, Swanson lead Cubs to a 2-1 win over Padres
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jameson Taillon pitched effectively into the sixth inning, Dansby Swanson homered among his three hits, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San...