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Police: Former student arrested for 3 stabbings in Davis
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - A 21-year-old who was a student at the University of California, Davis, until last week was arrested Wednesday for allegedly committing three recent stabbings, including two that ...
May 04, 2023
Veteran kicker Sergio Castillo rejoins Bombers after being cut by Elks
EDMONTON - Sergio Castillo wasn't unemployed long. Not long after being released by the Edmonton Elks on Thursday, the veteran kicker signed a one-year deal with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Castillo, a...
May 04, 2023
Embattled 1st Black St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner resigns
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced Thursday that she will resign amid calls from Republican leaders for her ouster. In a letter to Republican Gov. Mike Parson ...
May 04, 2023
Missing & murdered Indigenous women walk and event scheduled in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A community walk aims to raise awareness and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit individuals (MMIWG2S+). Friday, May 5 marks the national MMIWG2S+ awareness da...
May 04, 2023
N. Carolina legislature approves abortion rules; veto ahead
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday approved a ban on nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, down from the current 20 weeks, in response to last year's overturning of ...
May 04, 2023
Icedogs players kicked out, GM handed two-year suspension for violating OHL policies
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League announced Thursday that two players on the Niagara IceDogs, including team captain Landon Cato, have been kicked out of the league and the team's general manager ha...
May 04, 2023
MPs advise against military intervention in Haiti, but call for improved sanctions
OTTAWA - The House of Commons foreign-affairs committee is urging Ottawa not to send troops to clear out Haiti's violent gangs, but instead to beef up sanctions targeting that country's political and ...
May 04, 2023
Ex-Democrat Florida gov nominee not guilty of lying to FBI
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Former Florida Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum, who came within a whisker of defeating Republican Ron DeSantis in 2018, was acquitted Thursday of lying to the ...
May 04, 2023
Taxpayer watchdog tracking CRA efforts to collect on overpayment of COVID-19 benefits
OTTAWA - The office of Canada's Taxpayers' Ombudsperson says it is monitoring complaints from people who say they've continued to receive collection letters from the Canada Revenue Agency despite havi...
May 04, 2023
Liberal convention 'essential' to help send optimistic message to Canadians: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are billing their party convention this week as a chance to contrast what they say is their more positive vision for Canada with the "politics of anger" being stoked by their...
May 04, 2023