Comment on Column: Beware of Malört? The allure of scary tastes, and a new book on the revered and reviled spirit

By MICHAEL CASEY BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty++++ Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty earlier this year to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act following his arrest in the most consequential national security case in years.

“Blitz” is writer-director Steve McQueen’s wartime survival drama, consistently tense and persistently string-pulling. It relays a story of London in 1940 under attack, with a protagonist that never would’ve had the chance to center a screen narrative when McQueen was growing up. Some of the images evoke a harrowing chunk of history in intimately observed ways.

By Linda Gassenheimer, Tribune News Service (TNS) Stroganoff is an old Russian stand-by usually made with beef or turkey. Here’s a modern version made with hamburger meat. The mixture of mushrooms, tomato paste, mustard and a dash of Worcestershire sauce gives the stroganoff sauce a tangy blend of flavors and a thick texture. HELPFUL HINT: Any type of sliced mushrooms can be used. COUNTDOWN: Place water for noodles on to boil. Start stroganoff recipe. Boil noodles. While noodles cooks, complete stroganoff. Drain pasta and place on plates.

Morayo Ogunbayo | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution You probably have a cabinet full of rapid COVID-19 tests you’ve accumulated. The expiration dates have come closer and closer, with some tests even reaching them. The Food and Drug Administration, however, has said those expiration dates are subject to change, providing a list of the tests that have had their dates extended. COVID-19 rapid antigen tests allow people to check for SARS-CoV-2 infections without help from professionals.

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ALI SWENSON, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Local officials are beginning to certify the results of this year’s presidential election in a process that, so far, has been playing out quietly, in stark contrast to the tumultuous certification period four years ago that followed then-President Donald Trump’s loss. Georgia is the first of the presidential battleground states to start certifying, with local election boards scheduled to vote throughout the day Tuesday.

“I am generally not a fearful person, and I’ve certainly never been afraid of dying. I mean, what choice do we have in that? You’re dead, it’s over. [Laughs] “Man, I always kid around, even before this, it’s living that’s killing me. [More laughs] I’m not afraid of dying, you know?” That is Raul Malo, singer-songwriter and bandleader of country-Americana group The Mavericks, speaking by phone from his home in Nashville last week — one day after his eighth round of chemotherapy for Stage 4 colon cancer.