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Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in youth detention center rape case
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors said they were deadlocked in the case of a former worker at New Hampshire's youth detention center charged with raping a 14-year...
Jan 22, 2025
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visits Capitol Hill after Trump clemency
WASHINGTON (AP) - Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, the far-right extremist group leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday after Presi...
Jan 22, 2025
Avs forward Valeri Nichushkin suffers setback in return from lower-body injury, status week-to-week
Forward Valeri Nichushkin suffered a setback in his return from a lower-body injury and doesn't figure to be back in the Colorado Avalanche lineup anytime soon. Colorado coach Jared Bednar described N...
Jan 22, 2025
Canadian Darren Owen looks to shake up MMA world with the Global Fight League
Canadian Darren Owen is no stranger to thinking big. In 2011, he and fellow Victoria entrepreneur Jason Heit appeared on "Dragon's Den" to pitch for help to grow their regional mixed martial arts prom...
Jan 22, 2025
B.C. First Nation leader apologizes, walks back on Northern Gateway pipeline support
The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is apologizing and walking back comments suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project, and now says he doesn't support "resusci...
Jan 22, 2025
B.C. First Nation leader apologizes, walks back on Northern Gateway pipeline support
The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is apologizing and walking back comments suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project, and now says he doesn't support "resusci...
Jan 22, 2025
Fewer black bears killed by conservation officers in B.C. last year
VICTORIA - There were 303 black bears killed by conservation officers in British Columbia last year, a low not seen since predator statistics were first published online in 2011. The Conservation Offi...
Jan 22, 2025
Evacuations ordered as new fast-moving wildfire threatens mountain homes north of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a new wind-driven wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, as Southern California endured more dangerous winds a...
Jan 22, 2025
Trudeau to attend events marking the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Poland next week for events marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Trudeau's office says he'll be travel...
Jan 22, 2025
Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn agrees to terms with Jets to be head coach, AP source says
The New York Jets and Aaron Glenn agreed to terms on making the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator their head coach on Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the hiring. Glenn, who oversa...
Jan 22, 2025