Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother’s coats and a ping-pong ball cut in half, according to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s second naval destroyer was damaged in a failed launch this week, state media reported Thursday, sparking fury from leader Kim Jong Un, who wants bigger warships ...

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice on Tuesday, and the deadline is Friday at midnight. Canada Post says the new offers address several concerns, and it is offering a ...

DEAR ABBY: I see a psychiatrist and psychologist for generalized anxiety disorder, major depression disorder and borderline personality disorder. According to my doctors, my psychiatric disorders are ...

Depending on whether one prefers to embrace the half-full or half-empty approach, the Jays have played well in winning two straight. At least they’re assured of a first series win since their road ...

A southwestern Ontario member of Premier Doug Ford’s caucus is speaking out against his government’s decision to cancel an environmental assessment for a landfill expansion in his riding.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, was named NBA most valuable player on Wednesday night, convincingly winning over Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic, who won the award three of ...

Mining claims in the Ring of Fire region are up 66% over the last three years and now total an area 14 times the size of Toronto, an environmental group said Wednesday after compiling the data.

BRACEBRIDGE — Two people have been arrested in the death of a child in Ontario more than two years ago. Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded to a call in Gravenhurst on Jan. 5, 2023, about ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Irsay, the Indianapolis Colts’ owner who leveraged the popularity of Peyton Manning into a new stadium and a Super Bowl title, died Wednesday at age 65. Pete Ward, Irsay’s longtime ...

Police are on the lookout for a white sedan linked to a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian critically injured last month in Etobicoke. Toronto Police said they responded to the crash on April 27 at ...