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Israel orders beefed up troops around Gaza as ceasefire shows signs of faltering
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to beef up troops in and around the Gaza Strip after Hamas threatened to call off a scheduled hostage r...
Feb 11, 2025
Israel orders beefed up troops around Gaza as ceasefire shows signs of faltering
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to beef up troops in and around the Gaza Strip after Hamas threatened to call off a scheduled hostage r...
Feb 11, 2025
Vancouver Whitecaps add American forward Emmanuel Sabbi
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have added forward Emmanuel Sabbi to their roster ahead of the Major League Soccer season. The 'Caps acquired the 27-year-old American from French club Le Havre via...
Feb 11, 2025
Quebec government calls byelection in former Parti Québécois stronghold of Terrebonne
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has called a byelection in a riding northeast of Montreal to replace former economy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon. The Terrebonne riding had been held by Fitzgibbon since...
Feb 11, 2025
Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case
NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border - a case the conserv...
Feb 11, 2025
Northern Exposure: After one-year absence, Nunavut returns to Tournament of Hearts
When Colin Hodgson attended his first meeting with members of the Nunavut curling team that will play at the Canadian women's championship, he asked everyone why they wanted to be involved. "The answe...
Feb 11, 2025
Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022
Author Salman Rushdie took the stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack. Hadi Matar, 27, is charged with attempted murder a...
Feb 11, 2025
Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment
LONDON (AP) - Sam Kerr, one of the world's top female soccer players, was found not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, Britain's Press Association reported Tuesday. Kerr...
Feb 11, 2025
Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment
LONDON (AP) - Sam Kerr, one of the world's top female soccer players, was found not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, Britain's Press Association reported Tuesday. Kerr...
Feb 11, 2025
27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests
More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans - ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists - ...
Feb 11, 2025