We’re all bloated with candy. The costumes are stashed in the closet. Halloween is in the rearview. But I think November has its own macabre side: the trees drop leaves, shedding into tall, gray bones. Cold rain, flurries, empty forests. And we celebrate this drab month by eating stuffed turkeys, right? So let’s meld holidays […]
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Turkish president: Saudis plotted writer's killing for days
ISTANBUL (AP) — Saudi Arabia must identify those who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and turn over the suspects for trial, the Turkish president said Tuesday in remarks that carefully ratcheted up pressure on a country that is a source of investment for Turkey, but also a rival for influence in the Middle […]
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Will what happens in Turkey stay in Turkey?
WASHINGTON — The pertinent and unanswerable question about Turkey is whether the country’s present economic turmoil is an isolated event, mostly confined to Turkey itself, or whether it portends a larger economic convulsion that shakes markets around the world. Among economists and other experts, there’s no consensus. Some foresee contagion: Turkey’s problems will spread. Others […]
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Shots fired at gate of U.S. Embassy in Turkey; no one hurt
ISTANBUL (AP) — Shots were fired from a moving car at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey before dawn on Monday, an attack that came during heightened tensions between the two NATO allies. There were no casualties and no claim of responsibility for the fleeting attack, in which three of the six bullets that were fired […]
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Turkey-U.S. relations under increasing strain
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian behavior has further stressed Turkey’s already frayed defense relationships with the U.S. and other NATO members. The increasing strain — to the point of permanent break — is bad news for an already unstable Middle East, Central Asia and eastern Europe. It is flat-out awful news for culturally Muslim […]
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Maine hunter, 86, times knee-replacement surgeries for turkey season
RAYMOND — Daybreak is a sliver on the dark horizon when Lou Haskell parks his pickup truck on a rise and starts unloading his gear. It’s 4:59 a.m. Maine’s spring turkey hunting season opens with civil twilight, the half-hour before sunrise in Bangor. Which means technically, Haskell, 86, could have been hunting two minutes ago. […]
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Kennebunk police warn ‘peeping Tom’ responsible for fowl play
KENNEBUNK (AP) — Police in Maine say they’re on the lookout for a wild turkey that broke into a home through a bedroom window. The Bangor Daily News reports Kennebunk officers responded to a local home Wednesday, saying a turkey had “forcibly entered the house” through the window. Police posted photos of the wild bird to Facebook, showing the window […]
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Dead man walking: Court rejects Romanian's claim he's alive
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Constantin Reliu learned in January that he was dead. After more than 20 years of working as a cook in Turkey, the 63-year-old returned home to Romania to discover that his wife had had him officially registered as dead. He has since been living a legalistic nightmare of trying to prove […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The wild turkey outlook
When it comes to Maine sportsmen and wild turkeys, there are two distinct groups: those who hunt ’em and those who hate ’em. Count me among the former. Having hunted them with a shotgun and a bow, it’s beyond me why anyone who loves to hunt is not enjoying this spring opportunity. There is a […]
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Gunman kills Russian ambassador to Turkey at photo exhibit
ANKARA, Turkey — A gunman wearing a suit and tie and shouting “Allahu Akbar” shot and killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey as he gave a speech at a photo exhibition Monday. Turkish police fatally shot the gunman, Turkish station NTV reported. The ambassador, Andrei Karlov, was several minutes into his speech at the embassy-sponsored exhibition […]