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Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory
WASHINGTON - Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes brought Democrat Joe Biden ever closer to a v...
Nov 06, 2020
A look at Myanmar's election and Suu Kyi's expected victory
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar holds national and state elections Sunday in which Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party will be looking to hold on to power. Here's a c...
Nov 06, 2020
Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide
BOSTON - A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump's top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being count...
Nov 06, 2020
Nations long targeted by US chide Trump’s claims of fraud
BOGOTA - Demands to stop the vote count. Baseless accusations of fraud. Claims that the opposition is trying to "steal" the election. Across the world, many were scratching their heads Friday - especi...
Nov 06, 2020
Trump chief of staff Meadows diagnosed with COVID-19
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has been diagnosed with the coronavirus as the nation sets daily records for confirmed cases for the pandemic. Two senior administrati...
Nov 06, 2020
Perdue, Ossoff head to Georgia US Senate runoff
ATLANTA - Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will face off in a Jan. 5 runoff in Georgia for Perdue's Senate seat. Libertarian candidate Shane Hazel was able to get enough votes...
Nov 06, 2020
U of S study finds wearing a mask during exercise does not affect breathing or oxygen levels
A new study from the University of Saskatchewan's Department of Kinesiology, School of Rehabilitation Science and College of Pharmacy and Nutrition has found that wearing a mask doesn't have any effec...
Nov 06, 2020
COVID challenge: Alberta premier urges end to house parties as infections rise
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is strongly urging Albertans to stop holding house parties and get-togethers to bend the curve on sharply rising COVID-19 cases. Alberta has reported just over 1,400 ne...
Nov 06, 2020
New trial ordered for B.C. father 37 years after the murder of his two sons
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister has ordered a new trial in the case of a British Columbia father convicted of two counts of second-degree murder nearly 40 years ago. Tomas Yebes was found guilty in...
Nov 06, 2020
Possible COVID-19 exposure in North Battleford, Lloydminster, other Sask. communities
Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infectious:AberdeenOctober 27 and 28...
Nov 06, 2020