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Caitlin Clark to miss the rest of the Fever’s season because of a right groin injury
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Caitlin Clark will miss the rest of the Indiana Fever's season because of a right groin injury. "I had hoped to share a better update, but I will not be returning to play this seas...
Sep 04, 2025
Jury convicts Florida matriarch in murder-for-hire killing of her former son-in-law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family was convicted Thursday of murder charges in the killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor who was locked in a...
Sep 04, 2025
Trump will seek 'Department of War' rebrand for Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, his latest effort to project an image of toughness for A...
Sep 04, 2025
School changing ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ to comply with NY ban on Native American team names
BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) - A school district in New York City's suburbs agreed this week to change its "Thunderbirds" nickname to simply the "T-Birds" in order to comply with the state's mandate to retire a...
Sep 04, 2025
RCMP officer in Kelowna, B.C., facing assault charge
VICTORIA - An RCMP officer in Kelowna, B.C., is facing an assault charge stemming from an incident two years ago. The BC Prosecution Service says the assault charge a constable has been approved and a...
Sep 04, 2025
Appeals court panel stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Everglades
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A federal appeals court panel on Thursday put on hold a lower court judge's order to wind down operations of the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed "All...
Sep 04, 2025
Ottawa must cancel or significantly reform temporary foreign worker program, says Eby
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said the temporary foreign worker program should "be cancelled or significantly reformed" because the province can't have an immigration system that takes...
Sep 04, 2025
B.C. to contest lawsuit by U.S.-based tribes over consultation rights in Canada
British Columbia's premier says his government will be fighting a lawsuit by an Aboriginal group based in the United States, saying B.C.'s obligations are to Indigenous people in Canada. David Eby was...
Sep 04, 2025
Northwestern president announces resignation following tenure marked by White House tension
Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, ending a three-year tenure marked by the freeze of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding by the Tr...
Sep 04, 2025
Rubio says US is designating 2 more gangs as foreign terrorist groups
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thurday that the United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations in the Trump administration's lates...
Sep 04, 2025