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Vets Lafreniere, McIssac, Smith among 31 named to Canada's world juniors camp
CALGARY - Veterans Alexis Lafreniere, Jared McIsaac and Ty Smith were three of the 31 players named to Canada's world junior hockey championship selection camp on Monday afternoon. Lafreniere had a go...
Dec 02, 2019

Kemp picks Kelly Loeffler to succeed Isakson in US Senate
ATLANTA - An Associated Press source says Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has chosen a Republican donor and financial services executive from Georgia as his appointment to the U.S. Senate. The source, a GOP p...
Dec 02, 2019

Alberta university students want lecturer who denies Ukrainian famine fired
EDMONTON - Some University of Alberta students want the school to fire an assistant lecturer who denies the Holodomor, the mass genocide of Ukrainian people carried out by the former So...
Dec 02, 2019

US construction spending falls 0.8% in October
WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects fell 0.8% in October, dragged down by declines in apartment and multi-family homebuilding. Private construction spending declined 1% in October, the...
Dec 02, 2019

Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she has fired Police Supt. Eddie Johnson due to his "ethical lapses." She said her decision was based on a review of an inspector general's report on its investigatio...
Dec 02, 2019

FA Cup games delayed 1 min for prince’s mental health push
LONDON - The start of games in the third round of the FA Cup will be delayed by one minute to raise awareness of mental health issues. The English Football Association's "Heads Up" campaign is spearhe...
Dec 02, 2019

Roger Federer’s face to be minted on Swiss coin
BERN, Switzerland - The Swiss government says it will produce a 20 franc silver coin with Roger Federer's image on it. The government says it's the first time it has dedicated a commemorative coin to ...
Dec 02, 2019

Schools close as US East braces for ‘long, difficult storm’
NEW YORK - A storm that already snarled Thanksgiving travel across much of the country threatened to dump a foot and a half of snow on parts of the East, leading governments to close schools and offic...
Dec 02, 2019

Huawei's Meng 'no longer fears unknown' despite 'torment, struggle' of last year
VANCOUVER - Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou says she has experienced feelings of helplessness, torment and struggle since being arrested in Canada one year ago, but no longer fear...
Dec 02, 2019

Trudeau to mark NATO's birthday amid questions about military alliance's future
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is off to London where he will spend the next few days trying to give the NATO military alliance a boost amid existential questions about its future - while defe...
Dec 02, 2019