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Avenatti greets prospective jurors for extortion trial
NEW YORK - California lawyer Michael Avenatti stood to greet 120 prospective jurors who came to a New York courtroom Monday to fill out questionnaires for his trial on charges he tried to extort milli...
Jan 29, 2020
Desmond fatality inquiry hears of former soldier purchasing rifle before killing
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An RCMP investigator has testified about the steps a former soldier took, including researching where to buy a rifle, before he shot three members of his f...
Jan 29, 2020
1 critically injured in Los Angeles high-rise apartment fire
Los Angeles firefighters rescued terrified residents from the rooftop of a 25-story high-rise apartment building where a fire broke out on a sixth-floor balcony and sent choking smoke billowing throug...
Jan 29, 2020
Trump hosts Israeli leaders who call his peace plan historic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump hosted Israel's prime minister and his chief rival Monday at the White House on the eve of unveiling a long-awaited Mideast peace plan, expressing confidence that d...
Jan 29, 2020
Edmonton Eskimos sign returner Christion Jones to contact extension
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos signed American returner Christion Jones to a contract extension Monday. Details weren't immediately available. Jones was set to become a free agent next mont...
Jan 29, 2020
Humboldt BBBS Bowl for Kids Sake taking place next week
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Humboldt (BBBS) is ready to hit the lanes again this year.The annual Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser is being held Feb. 3 through 9 at Kemway Lanes in Humboldt."We are celebr...
Jan 29, 2020 (Facebook/Big Brothers Big Sisters of Humboldt and Area)
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
With a little help, new Canadians make a curling connection in Winnipeg
Samira Jahmoun had no idea what curling was when she and her family arrived in Canada in 2016 from Syria via Jordan. Jahmoun, her sister and a brother stepped on curling ice for th...
Jan 29, 2020
Justice Sotomayor teases new picture book on civics, heroes
MIAMI - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wants young children to think of citizenship in a different way. The justice sat down with Grammy Award winning singer Gloria Estefan in Miami and told a ...
Jan 29, 2020
Canadian oil producers prepared for temporary price slump as virus spreads
OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Brad Herald, a vice-president at the Canadian Association o...
Jan 29, 2020