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JMU cancels rest of softball season after player's death
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - James Madison has canceled the remainder of its softball season as the school tries to cope with the apparent suicide of one of its star players last week. Lauren Bernett, a s...
May 02, 2022

Arrest warrant issued in Alabama for missing jail official
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) - An arrest warrant has been issued for a jail official who disappeared while escorting a prisoner last week in Alabama. Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said a warrant was...
May 02, 2022

Sex assault trial getting underway for Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard
TORONTO - The sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is getting underway after multiple delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hoggard is in a downtown Toronto courtroom today where a j...
May 02, 2022

Jan. 6 panel wants interviews with Brooks, Biggs, Jackson
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three more House Republicans received requests Monday to voluntarily appear before the congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection, weeks after investigators ...
May 02, 2022

Getting boostered and Mattea goes for number 20: In The News for May 2
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... B...
May 02, 2022

Military must better accommodate troops with exceptional family needs: watchdog
OTTAWA - Canada's military watchdog is calling on the Armed Forces to better accommodate troops with disabled children and other exceptional family circumstances, warning some are being forced to choo...
May 02, 2022

Friend remembers cadet who died in vehicle incident as 'class clown'
TORONTO - One of four officer cadets who died when their vehicle plunged into water is being remembered as an outgoing athlete who was proud of the hard work he put in at Canada's Royal Military Colle...
May 02, 2022

Marina Alex wins LPGA Tour's Palos Verdes Championship
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) - Marina Alex won the Palos Verdes Championship on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title, breaking a tie with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 16th and parring the fina...
May 01, 2022

Canada finishes in fifth place at Langford women's rugby 7s event
LANGFORD, B.C. - With all the international competition Canadian coach Jack Hanratty looked forward to seeing as a challenge for his side at the HSBC Canada Sevens rugby tournament in Langford, B.C., ...
May 01, 2022

Canada's Andreescu smashes Collins to reach Madrid Open round of 16
MADRID - Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu is onto the round of 16 at the Madrid Open after she made short work of American Danielle Collins on Sunday, winning in straight sets 6-1, 6-1. The Missi...
May 01, 2022