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Teacher's pest: NYC hires former educator to slaughter rats
NEW YORK (AP) - Every New York City mayor has waged war - and mostly lost - against one of humanity's most cunning and enduring foe: rattus norvegicus. But has the city's vilest enemy, better known as...
Apr 12, 2023
Space race! Meteorites hit Maine, museum offers $25K reward
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine's border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground - just waiting to be picked up....
Apr 12, 2023
911 calls show chaotic moments during Kentucky bank shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Frantic calls from witnesses reporting a mass shooting at a Louisville bank were released Wednesday by police - including from a woman who was on a virtual meeting and saw the s...
Apr 12, 2023
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign Canadian receiver Schaffer-Baker to two-year extension
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian receiver Kian Schaffer-Baker to a two-year contract extension through the 2025 season on Wednesday. Schaffer-Baker, of Mississauga, Ont., broke ou...
Apr 12, 2023
Expelled Black lawmaker Pearson to return to Tennessee House
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - One of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will return to the Legislature after a Memphis commission voted to reinstate him Wednesday, nearly a w...
Apr 12, 2023
CF Montreal trades Canadian Miller, $1.3 million to Inter Miami for Duke, Lassiter
MONTREAL - CF Montreal traded Canadian international Kamal Miller and $1.3 million in general allocation money in 2023 to Inter Miami for midfielder Bryce Duke and winger Ariel Lassiter on Wednesday. ...
Apr 12, 2023
Former players Arthur, Bucknor among participants in Diversity in Football Program
TORONTO - Former CFL players Jabari Arthur and Matt Bucknor will be among nine participants in the league's Diversity in Football Program. The nine participants will join a CFL team's football operati...
Apr 12, 2023
New dental care program should give First Nations benefits more teeth: NDP
OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says dental benefits for Indigenous people should be improved if the new national dental insurance plan offers better or more accessible services. The Liberals ha...
Apr 12, 2023
Beware risk of 'mutually sabotaging competition' on corporate subsidies: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is warning of the dangers of a global "race to the bottom" as government spending fuels the growth of the new green economy. Freeland issued the "polite...
Apr 12, 2023
Prairie premiers' fears about Lametti comments have 'no grounding in truth': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Prairie premiers of distorting the words of his justice minister after comments David Lametti made at a meeting of Assembly of First Nations chiefs l...
Apr 12, 2023