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Raptors Uprising GC sets scoring record in 13th straight NBA 2K League win
TORONTO – Raptors Uprising GC set the NBA 2K League single-game scoring record for the…
Post reports misconduct allegations against DC NFL team
The Washington Post reported Thursday that 15 female former employees of the city’s NFL franchise…
Heavy rains damage Edmonton’s Rogers Place, hub city plans to continue
EDMONTON – The group that owns the Edmonton Oilers says damage to its arena from…
Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter
DES MOINES, Iowa – A prosecutor who is pursuing charges against an Iowa newspaper reporter…
PMO didn’t direct me to choose WE for volunteer program: Chagger
OTTAWA – The federal minister responsible for a $912-million student volunteering program said Prime Minister…
Judge: Californians can buy foie gras from out of state
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge has ruled that California residents can again legally buy…
NASA’s Hubble successor delayed again by virus, other issues
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The launch of NASA’s successor to the Hubble Space Telescope faces…
Crowded meeting with few masks ‘foolish,’ Utah governor says
SALT LAKE CITY – People crowding into a public meeting in Utah to push for…
Mexico governor seeks unity with president on facing crime
MEXICO CITY – President Andrés Manuel López Obrador heard frank disagreement Thursday during his tour…
Oakland to pay $32.7M to settle deadly warehouse fire suits
OAKLAND, Calif. – Oakland will pay $32.7 million to settle lawsuits filed over a 2016…
Indonesia jails 2 police in acid attack on graft official
JAKARTA, Indonesia – An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced two elite police officers to 18…
Alabama steers money for preservation of last slave ship
MOBILE, Ala. – Alabama is spending $1 million to preserve the remnants of the last…
B.C. to get $2.2B in COVID-19 support, Horgan celebrates paid sick leave program
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he’s proud that a national sick leave…
Study showing more COVID-19 infections than test rates will guide B.C. response
VICTORIA – A recent study in British Columbia confirms far more people have carried the…
Province says Jays cleared to play at home, but final decision lies with feds
TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s looking forward to the Toronto Blue Jays…
Utility’s power lines caused huge 2019 California wildfire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Pacific Gas & Electric transmission lines sparked a wildfire in Northern California…
Liberals seek to recall House of Commons for new COVID-19 legislation
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is seeking to recall the House of Commons to pass…
CDC extends US ban on cruise ships through September
WASHINGTON – Federal health officials are extending the U.S. ban on cruise ships through the…
After 4 days, 2 explosions, Navy warship fire extinguished
SAN DIEGO – A fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard at a San Diego naval…
Leisure Acquisition pulls plug on merger agreement with Gateway Casinos
A U.S. company has terminated its merger agreement with Canada’s Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd.…
Anniversary of world’s 1st atomic test fuels nuclear debate
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Transported in the backseat of a blacked-out Plymouth sedan was the culmination…
Kentucky Democratic party stalwart sentenced to prison
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky businessman and Democrat Party stalwart Jerry Lundergan was sentenced on Thursday…
US official visits Portland, calls protesters ‘anarchists’
PORTLAND, Ore. – The head of the Department of Homeland Security visited Portland, Oregon, on…
Arkansas to require face masks to combat coronavirus surge
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued an order Thursday requiring people to…