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Neurologist who admitted to dozens of sexual assaults to face sentencing hearing
CALGARY - Several women are expected to speak in court today about a retired Calgary neurologist who sexually assaulted them. Keith Hoyte pleaded guilty in January to assaulting 28 female patients ove...
Sep 08, 2020

Asia Today: India reports record 1,133 new virus deaths
NEW DELHI - India on Tuesday reported 1,133 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest single-day total. The Health Ministry also reported 75,809 new cases, raising India's tally to...
Sep 07, 2020

China says Indian forces crossed border, fired warning shots
BEIJING - China said Indian forces crossed into territory it holds along their disputed border and fired warning shots at a Chinese patrol in a move it called a "serious military provocation" and a vi...
Sep 07, 2020

Campaign to succeed PM Abe as party leader begins in Japan
TOKYO - The official campaigning to lead Japan's ruling party began Tuesday with the longtime right-hand man of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now seen as a top candidate and his likely successor to lead t...
Sep 07, 2020

Trump supporters rally near Portland and at Oregon Capitol
SALEM, Ore. - Hundreds of people gathered on Labor Day in a small town south of Portland for a pro-President Donald Trump vehicle rally - just over a week after member of a far-right group was fatally...
Sep 07, 2020

Black woman to lead police force reeling from Breonna Taylor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - For the first time, a Black woman will lead Kentucky's Louisville Metro Police Department, which has been been heavily criticized since officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor in March....
Sep 07, 2020

Trump supporters rally near Portland and at Oregon Capitol
SALEM, Ore. - Hundreds of people gathered Monday afternoon in a small town south of Portland for a pro-President Donald Trump vehicle rally - just over a week after member of a far-right group was fat...
Sep 07, 2020

Philippine leader pardons US Marine in transgender killing
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president pardoned a U.S. Marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked...
Sep 07, 2020

Trump, Biden spar over economy, workers in Labor Day blitz
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump spent Monday diminishing each other's credentials on the economy and understanding of the American worker as the ...
Sep 07, 2020

COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign
WASHINGTON - The prospect of a vaccine to shield Americans from coronavirus infection emerged Monday as a point of contention in the White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of "di...
Sep 07, 2020