Iraqi calligrapher’s handwritten Quran ends 6 years of artistry and craft
By AYSE WIETING ISTANBUL (AP) — Iraqi calligrapher Ali Zaman gazes with pride at his masterpiece — a colossal, handwritten manuscript of the Quran that…
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America is drinking more coffee but less of it from Starbucks
By DEE-ANN DURBIN NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are drinking more coffee than they have in decades. But fewer of them are getting it from…
After Mexico bans vapes, cartels tighten their grip on a booming market
By MARÍA VERZA MEXICO CITY (AP) — When a drug cartel came calling at a store selling vapes in northern Mexico, the owners knew they…
Punxsutawney Phil prepares to issue his Groundhog Day weather verdict from Gobbler’s Knob
By MARK SCOLFORO The groundwork has been laid for a sunrise ceremony Monday when international woodchuck celebrity Punxsutawney Phil’s annual long-term weather forecast will be…
ASK IRA: Are Heat willing to further up the ante for Giannis?
Q: Ira, the rumors of the Heat giving up Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis plus two first-round picks for Giannis Antetokounmpo…
The Carolinas emerge as new population boom states. Affordability and lifestyle drive growth
By MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Move over Floridaand Texas. The United States has new hot spots for growth, and they both have Carolina…
This year’s Florida budget can help reduce recidivism | Opinion
Florida is often described as a beacon for religious liberty, grounded in a simple constitutional truth: Government may neither establish religion nor prohibit its free…
Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: New UConn punter kicking by different ‘rules’; On Belichick snub and more
Tommy Warner got off his plane in Connecticut last week and, as far as his eyes could see, was all the evidence he was not…
CT Winter Olympians: Who they are, when are they competing, how to watch
There are a number of Winter Olympians with Connecticut ties that will be competing in the Milano Cortina Games, which begin Friday with Opening Ceremonies…