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Resources minister says many Republicans don't know Trump's plans for tariffs
WASHINGTON - After several days of meetings with U.S. legislators in Washington, D.C., Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson still isn't sure whether most Republicans know what pres...
Jan 16, 2025

Unmarked graves: Supreme Court won't hear Mohawk Mothers appeal over McGill expansion
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from Indigenous elders who were seeking greater oversight over a university construction site in Montreal where they suspect unmarked...
Jan 16, 2025

Learner Tien beats Daniil Medvedev and is the youngest US man in Australia's 3rd round since Sampras
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Learner Tien, a 19-year-old qualifier from California, became the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open's third round since Pete Sampras in 1990, upsetting a r...
Jan 16, 2025

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is chosen to fill Marco Rubio's open Senate seat
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio 's seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent F...
Jan 16, 2025

Toronto Maple Leafs place veteran centre John Tavares on injured reserve
TORONTO - Toronto Maple Leafs centre John Tavares is set to miss some time. The club announced Thursday the veteran centre has been placed on injured reserve with a lower-body issue. Tavares went down...
Jan 16, 2025

Canada's Schmidt wins World Cup ski cross gold, Sherret takes bronze
SCHLADMING - Hannah Schmidt won ski cross gold to lead a two-medal day for Canada at the Reiteralm World Cup. Schmidt, from Ottawa, finished ahead of Switzerland's Fanny Smith in the women's final. In...
Jan 16, 2025

College students charged in TikTok-inspired 'catch a predator' plot appear in court
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - Five Massachusetts college students made their first appearances in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him ...
Jan 16, 2025

'Freedom Convoy' figure Pat King set for sentencing in Ottawa courthouse
OTTAWA - The sentencing hearing for Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King is scheduled to begin today. In November, a Superior Court judge in Ottawa found King guilty on five counts, including mischief an...
Jan 16, 2025

South Korean court blocks petition to release impeached president detained over martial law
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Lawyers for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday, a day after he was detained at his residence for qu...
Jan 16, 2025

NASA's stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station mor...
Jan 16, 2025