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Last of singing McGuire Sisters dies in Vegas; Phyllis, 89
LAS VEGAS - Phyllis McGuire, the last surviving member of the three singing McGuire Sisters who topped the charts with several hits in the 1950s, has died. She was 89. The lead singer and younger sist...
Dec 31, 2020
Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year
New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday's New Year's Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions. Bu...
Dec 31, 2020
Chief justice praises work of federal courts during COVID-19
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is praising federal courts nationwide for their flexibility in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledging in his annual year-end report th...
Dec 31, 2020
Shutdown, impeachment, virus: Chaotic Congress winds down
WASHINGTON - Congress is ending a chaotic session, a two-year political firestorm that started with the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, was riven by impeachment and a pandemic, an...
Dec 31, 2020
Trump extends pandemic-related visa ban through March 31
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on issuing green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants outside the United States through March 31. Federal j...
Dec 31, 2020
Island Health ends 2020 with 928 total COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - Island Health remained the least affected health authority in B.C. throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. By Thursday, Dec. 31, 928 COVID-19 cases were confirmed within the health authority cover...
Dec 31, 2020
Calgary Flames sign first-round draft pick Connor Zary
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed forward Connor Zary to a three-year entry level contract.Zary, who is currently playing for Canada at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton, was Cal...
Dec 31, 2020
Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses
MADISON, Wis. - Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two night...
Dec 31, 2020
'They have to earn it': Sens GM Dorion says young players won't be handed NHL job
Pierre Dorion tackled the final question fired his way in French. After answering, and to make sure there wasn't any confusion, the Ottawa Senators general manager switched languages to hammer the poi...
Dec 31, 2020
Industry, local mayors say they weren't consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan
VANCOUVER - Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded."...
Dec 31, 2020