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Boston Marathon postponed until Sept. 14 amid virus concerns
BOSTON - Organizers of the Boston Marathon, the planet's most celebrated footrace, are postponing the event until Sept. 14 because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh a...
Mar 13, 2020
Boston Marathon postponed until Sept. 14 amid virus concerns
BOSTON - Organizers of the Boston Marathon, the planet's most celebrated footrace, are postponing the event until Sept. 14 because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh a...
Mar 13, 2020
Asian shares sink after Dow hits bear level on pandemic news
TOKYO - Asian shares plunged Thursday after the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic and indexes sank on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dived 4.9% to 18,468.99. Austral...
Mar 13, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020: - Ontario: 60 confirmed (five cases resolved) - British Columbia: 53 confirmed, including ...
Mar 13, 2020
Stocks surge on Wall Street; Dow jumps 800 points, or 4%
NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street a day after the worst drop since 1987. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 800 points, or 4% early Friday. That's far less than half of ...
Mar 13, 2020
Philadelphia officer shot and killed while serving warrant
PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed early Friday as he served a homicide warrant at a home. Cpl. James O'Connor, 46, was shot around 5:45 a.m. in the city's Frankford sect...
Mar 13, 2020
Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be "totally confused" by the #MeT...
Mar 13, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Chinese allow Michael Kovrig telephone call to sick father
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Canada says Michael Kovrig has been allowed to have a telephone conversation with his father who is very ill. The embassy says in a statement that they allowed this for...
Mar 13, 2020
World Cup cross country ski event cancelled in Quebec City due to COVID-19
QUEBEC - The World Cup cross-country ski event this weekend in Quebec City has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The move ends the cross-country season. Races for next week in Minneapol...
Mar 13, 2020
Cancellations, suspensions rule the day in Canadian sports
The Canadian sports landscape changed dramatically on Thursday because of the COVID-19 outbreak, with the country's top teams and athletes nearly all affected by the worldwide pandemic. One by one, ev...
Mar 13, 2020