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1 dead, 1 injured in blast at Chicago area petroleum plant
LEMONT, Ill. (AP) - An explosion at a suburban Chicago petroleum plant killed one person and injured a second Tuesday morning, authorities said. The Will County Sheriff's Office said that one person w...
Apr 25, 2023

UN warns of lab risk, more displacement amid Sudan conflict
GENEVA (AP) - U.N. officials said Tuesday that one side in the Sudan conflict has seized control of a national health lab in the capital of Khartoum that holds biological material, calling it an "extr...
Apr 25, 2023

Patch crowned 'beautiful bulldog' at Drake University event
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Patch, sporting a jean jacket as she strutted down the runway, was crowned the winner of Drake University's Beautiful Bulldog Contest. The 2-year-old English bulldog beat out 2...
Apr 25, 2023

Rosalind Franklin's role in DNA discovery gets a new twist
NEW YORK (AP) - The discovery of DNA's double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science - and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit. Much of the c...
Apr 25, 2023

Yukon government starts funding 40 hours of paid sick leave
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's premier says the territory is the first in Canada to provide government-funded paid sick leave with a program targeting workers who are most likely to suffer from taking unpaid ti...
Apr 25, 2023

Colorado's Cale Makar suspended for Game 5 vs. Seattle
Colorado Avalanche star defenseman Cale Makar was suspended one game by the NHL on Tuesday for his hit on Seattle's Jared McCann in the first period of a Game 4 loss to the Kraken. Makar, last year's ...
Apr 25, 2023

City Hall evacuated due to suspicious package: Police
UPDATE: Saskatoon City Hall was evacuated Tuesday morning after police were alerted about a suspicious package.According to police, officers set up a perimeter around the building on Third Avenue Nort...
Apr 25, 2023

Canada's Marino advances to second round of Madrid Open, Bouchard makes main draw
MADRID - Canada's Rebecca Marino defeated China's Zhu Lin 7-6 (1), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday. Marino fired 11 aces to just two double faults in the win. The Vanc...
Apr 25, 2023

New VR project will provide mental health support for Saskatchewan students
A new virtual reality (VR) project created by Saskatchewan Polytechnic is aiming to give students in rural Saskatchewan a new mental health resource.Lindsey Boechler, the project's research lead, said...
Apr 25, 2023

'Last of Us' star, Petro Pascal, has matching outfits with Vancouver's libraries.
VANCOUVER - Actor Pedro Pascal hasn't started filming in Vancouver yet on the second season of his smash HBO hit "The Last of Us," but the city library is already matching him up with its branches. A ...
Apr 25, 2023