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Jury seated in hate crimes trial in Ahmaud Arbery killing
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A jury has been seated in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Twelve jurors and four alternates were selected Monday fr...
Feb 14, 2022
Democrats sue to overturn new Kansas congressional districts
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Democrats sued Kansas officials on Monday over a Republican redistricting law that costs the state's only Democrat in Congress some of the territory in her Kansas City-area distric...
Feb 14, 2022
Pakistani court acquits model's killer on parents' pardon
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani man sentenced to life in prison in 2019 for strangling his sister, a model on social media, was acquitted of murder Monday after his parents pardoned him under Isla...
Feb 14, 2022
Russian diplomat urges Putin to talk with West on Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's top diplomat advised President Vladimir Putin on Monday to continue talks with the West on Russian security demands amid tensions over Ukraine. Speaking at the start of a meetin...
Feb 14, 2022
Blockade deadline and Ukraine crisis: In The News for Feb. 14
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 Feb. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Feb 14, 2022
Ottawa mayor pushes to shrink convoy footprint, as feds eye action
Ottawa's mayor has set a deadline of noon today for truckers encamped in the capital's core to move out of residential streets in a bid to pare down the size of the protest's footprint. Mayor Jim Wats...
Feb 14, 2022
Russian skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Olympics
BEIJING (AP) - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test. The Court of Arb...
Feb 13, 2022
Russian skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Olympics
BEIJING (AP) - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test. The Court of Arb...
Feb 13, 2022
Canadian bobsledder Christine de Bruin wins bronze in monobob
YANQING, China - Canada's Christine de Bruin won silver in the inaugural Olympic monobob race at the Beijing Games on Monday. Kaillie Humphries - the Stony Plain, Alta., native's former Canadian teamm...
Feb 13, 2022
Super Bowl ads go heavy on nostalgia and star power
NEW YORK (AP) - On the field, the Los Angeles Rams are facing off against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 56. Off the field, Super Bowl advertisers aim to deliver a night of ads heavy with celebr...
Feb 13, 2022