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Alberta Appeal Court refuses to overturn one of killer's three murder convictions
CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has refused to throw out one of the convictions against a man who was found guilty of killing a father and his two-year-old daughter as well as a senior. Derek Sa...
Nov 24, 2020
Twins Chase, Sydney Brown continuing to live their football dream at Illinois
Chase and Sydney Brown are again living their football dream. Growing up, the identical twins from London, Ont., often dreamt about playing U.S. college football together. That aspiration was put on h...
Nov 24, 2020
12 Grammy facts: BTS and Dr. Luke in, The Weeknd out
NEW YORK - Twelve things worth noting about Tuesday's nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards, from snubbed singers to posthumous nominees to famous folks competing for awards. ___ SNUBBED SINGERS The ...
Nov 24, 2020
Mysterious shiny monolith found in otherworldly Utah desert
SALT LAKE CITY - Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah's red-rock desert lies a mystery: A gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state. The smooth, tall structure was found ...
Nov 24, 2020
Keystone XL not the same project John Kerry nixed in 2015, Canada's U.S. envoy says
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canada's ambassador to the United States says the Keystone XL pipeline project has evolved since John Kerry nixed it in 2015. President-elect Joe Biden has named Kerry, former...
Nov 24, 2020
Americans turn up heat and Cholula sells for $800 million
With millions dining at home for safety and a swing to the spicier side in the U.S. in recent years, Cholula, the hot sauce with the distinctive wooden cap and a cult following, has become a very valu...
Nov 24, 2020
Biden win over Trump in Nevada made official by court
LAS VEGAS - The Nevada Supreme Court made Joe Biden's win in the state official on Tuesday, approving the state's final canvass of the Nov. 3 election. The unanimous action by the seven nonpartisan ju...
Nov 24, 2020
Grammys announce 1st batch of nominees for 2021 show
NEW YORK - The first batch of nominees for the 2021 Grammy Awards were revealed during a livestream held Tuesday by the Recording Academy's interim president and CEO Harvey Mason Jr. Mason Jr. kicked ...
Nov 24, 2020
Two players at Canada's junior hockey camp test positive for COVID-19
RED DEER, Alta. - Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that two players at its national junior selection camp have tested positive for COVID-19. The organization said in a release that the players, who wer...
Nov 24, 2020
Douglas Stuart hopes Booker win helps working-class writers
LONDON - Fittingly in this year of work-from-home and lockdowns, Douglas Stuart's life-changing moment came to him on his sofa. The Scottish writer was at home in Manhattan when he was announced as th...
Nov 24, 2020