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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison
WASHINGTON (AP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga ...
Jun 24, 2024
Cliffhanger Virginia race between Good and Trump-backed challenger is too close to call
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A tightly contested race in Virginia between one of America's most conservative congressmen and a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump is too close to call, The As...
Jun 24, 2024
Ex-University of Arizona grad student gets life sentence for killing professor on campus
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A former University of Arizona graduate student was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting a hydrology professor on campus month...
Jun 24, 2024
Raptors and Scottie Barnes agree on $225M extension, which could grow to about $270M, AP source says
Scottie Barnes and the Toronto Raptors have agreed to terms on a max extension, one that will be worth about $225 million over five years and could reach about $270 million if he meets supermax criter...
Jun 24, 2024
Blue Bombers to put standout receiver Dalton Schoen on six-game injured list
WINNIPEG - Add receivers Dalton Schoen and Keric Wheatfall to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' growing list of walking wounded. Winnipeg head coach Mike O'Shea told reporters Monday that Schoen will go on t...
Jun 24, 2024
Cannabis edges out alcohol as the most common impairing substance: driver study
FREDERICTON - A six-year analysis of more than 10,000 Canadian drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions suggests cannabis has edged out alcohol as the most common impairing substance detected thro...
Jun 24, 2024
Cannabis edges out alcohol as the most common impairing substance: driver study
FREDERICTON - A six-year analysis of more than 10,000 Canadian drivers involved in motor vehicle collisions suggests cannabis has edged out alcohol as the most common impairing substance detected thro...
Jun 24, 2024
Fernandez through to second round at Eastbourne, Andreescu loses in Bad Homburg
Canada's Leylah Fernandez continued her Wimbledon preparation with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over seventh seed Barbora Krejcikova on first-round action Monday at the Rothesay International grass-court tenni...
Jun 24, 2024
Zaccagni scores in injury time for Italy to advance at Euro 2024 with draw against Croatia
LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) - Italy substitute Mattia Zaccagni scored in the last minute of stoppage time for Italy to advance to the knockout stage of Euro 2024 after drawing Croatia 1-1 on Monday. Luka Mo...
Jun 24, 2024
Self-government comes for northwest B.C. First Nation in proposed treaty
TERRACE - A British Columbia First Nation has agreed to a draft treaty with the federal and provincial governments that would give it more than 38,000 hectares of land in the province's northwest. The...
Jun 24, 2024