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NBA's Mavs and NHL's Stars chase a Dallas double with their deepest playoff run together
DALLAS (AP) - Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks tossed the question back at the reporter when the rookie centre was asked if he knew why so many fans shouted "Stars" during the national anthem ...
May 31, 2024
UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer repre...
May 31, 2024
US leaders invite Israel's Netanyahu to deliver an address to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top U.S. leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address to Congress, a show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political ...
May 31, 2024
'Surely the dumbest': Tories, NDP sling mud amid squabbles over Speakers' neutrality
A third member of the House of Commons leadership team is in the hot seat as accusations fly over allegedly partisan online posts featuring MPs who sit in the Speaker's chair. The squabbles over chair...
May 31, 2024
Judge approves settlement agreement for Nova Scotia's Northern Pulp mill
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has approved a settlement agreement between the owners of the Northern Pulp mill and the Nova Scotia government. The agreement is the result of a cou...
May 31, 2024
UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer repre...
May 31, 2024
Stars forward Jason Robertson feeling brotherly love in Western Conference final
DALLAS - Jason Robertson is feeling the love in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Dallas Stars winger scored his first post-season hat trick in Game 3 of the Western Conference final earlier this week. Hi...
May 31, 2024
1 Malaysian climber dead, 1 rescued near the top of Denali, North America's tallest mountain
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A climber from Malaysia who was stranded for three days near the top of North America's tallest mountain following a summit push was rescued Friday, but his partner was dead, off...
May 31, 2024
Canadian women's soccer coach says foiled plan to attack Olympic matches 'a concern'
MONTREAL - Canadian women's national team coach Bev Priestman says news of a foiled plan to attack soccer matches at the Paris Olympics is "a concern." French authorities on Friday handed preliminary ...
May 31, 2024
Man falls down Millstone River embankment, retrieved by firefighters
NANAIMO - While it wasn't an overly technical rescue, Nanaimo firefighters applied their skills to rescue a man who fell down a steep bank.It happened on Friday, May 31 at about 10:15 a.m. along the M...
May 31, 2024