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Israel strikes Gaza targets following Tel Aviv rocket attack
JERUSALEM - Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtlin...
Mar 14, 2019
YouTube star Lilly Singh to host NBC late-night show
LOS ANGELES - NBC is shaking up late-night TV, giving Carson Daly's slot to a woman of colour who's a star on YouTube. The network said Thursday that a new show, titled "A Little Late with Lilly Singh...
Mar 14, 2019
AP Sources: Browns to acquire star receiver Beckham from NY
CLEVELAND - Odell Beckham Jr. is about to run a deep route out of New Jersey - straight to Cleveland. The superstar wide receiver is bound for the Browns to be a target for quarterback Baker Mayfield ...
Mar 14, 2019
Raptors training facility renamed OVO Athletic Centre in honour of Drake
TORONTO - Drake now has the run of the Toronto Raptors' practice facility. Raptors president Masai Ujiri flew to Manchester, England last week both because he'd never seen a Drake concert in pers...
Mar 14, 2019
Cardinal Pell gets 6 years imprisonment for sexual assault
MELBOURNE, Australia - The most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral in a crime the judge ...
Mar 14, 2019
Vietnamese suspect in Kim Jong Nam's killing seeking release
HANOI, Vietnam - Just four days ago, the future for Indonesia's Siti Aisyah looked bleak - she was two years into her detention in Malaysia and faced a possible death sentence if convicted of killing ...
Mar 14, 2019
Vegas Sands-Macau dealmaker settle 15-year case
LAS VEGAS - A settlement Thursday ended a 15-year breach-of-contract battle between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and a Hong Kong businessman who helped the U.S. company open its first casino in the Chinese g...
Mar 14, 2019
Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry sits out Lakers game with ankle sprain
TORONTO - Kyle Lowry's wonky ankle kept him out of the Toronto Raptors' lineup for Thursday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers. But Danny Green was good to go. Lowry and Green had both been listed ...
Mar 14, 2019
Investigation into Christopher Lake fire continues
The cause of the fire that destroyed the Christopher Lake Heritage Hotel and Bar last week remains under investigation.On March 8, firefighters from two rural departments were unable to save the 62-ye...
Mar 14, 2019 (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Ronaldo nets hat trick to send Juventus into CL quarters
TURIN, Italy - Cristiano Ronaldo made a mockery of Atletico Madrid's vaunted defence, and then mocked its coach as well. Ronaldo scored a hat trick against the normally resilient Spanish side to send ...
Mar 14, 2019