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As golf and tennis return, rec team sports still unsure when they'll be back
MONTREAL - Jason Dorrington was looking forward to playing for six softball teams this summer, until recreational sports across the country ground to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual, n...
May 21, 2020

Loughlin, Giannulli to serve prison time for college scam
BOSTON - Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case and serve two months in prison, accord...
May 21, 2020

Loughlin, Giannulli to serve prison time for college scam
BOSTON - Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case and serve two months in prison, accord...
May 21, 2020

Longtime news executive William J. Keating dead at 93
CINCINNATI - William J. Keating, who spent three decades as an Ohio newspaper executive after leaving Congress in the mid-1970s, has died, his family confirmed. He was 93. The Cincinnati native led Th...
May 21, 2020

Shut-in stars rally for Red Nose TV show for kids in need
LOS ANGELES - "Love Actually" filmmaker Richard Curtis, who never lacks for Red Nose Day star power, found the pandemic only boosted the fundraising telecast's celebrity quotient. Actors, musicians an...
May 21, 2020

Poll: Canadians want to play sports again but it may take time to feel comfortable
TORONTO - A poll suggests that while Canadians want to get back to organized sports and group physical activities post-pandemic, it may take time for some to feel comfortable doing so. Still,&nb...
May 21, 2020

Masks dangerous for some and uncertain future for Italy's eateries; In The News for May 21
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 21 ... --- C...
May 21, 2020

Masks problematic for asthmatic, autistic, hearing-impaired people
Face masks are dangerous to the health of some Canadians and problematic for some others. In recommending people wear masks in public to prevent the spread of COVID-19, national ch...
May 21, 2020

Feds to announce additional pandemic funding for off-reserve Indigenous People
OTTAWA - The federal government is to provide more financial support to help off-reserve Indigenous People weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The additional funding expected today comes amid cri...
May 21, 2020

Canadian troops in Latvia stay on target as COVID-19 upends other missions
OTTAWA - On a recent day in Latvia, a group of Canadian soldiers left a military base near the capital city of Riga. The column drove about 30 kilometres where they set up and, at one point over ...
May 21, 2020