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Connecticut Republicans pick Matt Corey to challenge Democratic US Sen. Chris Murphy
Matt Corey, a Connecticut entrepreneur who has unsuccessfully run for Congress multiple times, has won the Republican nomination to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy. Corey defeated Gerry Smit...
Aug 13, 2024
Ex-prosecutor Joe Teirab wins GOP primary for seat held by Minnesota Democratic Rep. Angie Craig
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab has won a contested GOP primary for Minnesota's 2nd District seat held by Democratic Rep. Angie Craig. Teirab has the support of former Presiden...
Aug 13, 2024
Japan's Kishida tells his ruling party he will not run in its September leadership vote, NHK says
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has notified his governing party executives that he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, meaning Japan will have a new pr...
Aug 13, 2024
Wisconsin Republican businessman Eric Hovde wins US Senate primary, will face Democrat Baldwin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republican businessman Eric Hovde easily won Wisconsin's primary for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday and will face Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in November. Hovde, who was endorsed by...
Aug 13, 2024
Ex-NFL player gets prison time in death of 5-year-old girl in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A former professional football player was sentenced Tuesday to prison in the April 2019 death of his girlfriend's five-year-old daughter at his Las Vegas apartment. The sentencing cam...
Aug 13, 2024
Ex-NFL player gets prison time in death of 5-year-old girl in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A former professional football player was sentenced Tuesday to prison in the April 2019 death of his girlfriend's five-year-old daughter at his Las Vegas apartment. The sentencing cam...
Aug 13, 2024
13 pro-Palestinian protesters charged for blocking railway in Vancouver: police
VANCOUVER - Thirteen people have been charged with mischief over accusations they blocked the Vancouver Canadian National Railway line for hours during what police said was an unlawful protest last Ma...
Aug 13, 2024
Canada's David scores to stop Mourinho's Fenerbahce from reaching revamped Champions League
ISTANBUL (AP) - Canadian Jonathan David's 118th-minute penalty for France's Lille on Tuesday ended Turkey's Fenerbahce's hopes of making the revamped Champions League. Lille advanced as the 3-2 winner...
Aug 13, 2024
District of West Vancouver, B.C., passes zoning changes, falls in line with province
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - Councillors in the District of West Vancouver, B.C., have narrowly voted in favour of getting onboard with provincial legislation requiring communities to allow multi-unit housi...
Aug 13, 2024
Phil Wizard introduced breaking to the world by taking gold medal, mentors say
VANCOUVER - A gold medal win by Canadian Philip Kim at the Paris Olympics in breaking has introduced the world to the sport and its culture that is all about peace, love and unity, his former coaches ...
Aug 13, 2024