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Air search off N.S. coast suspended until Sunday for missing scallop fishermen
HILLSBURN, N.S. - The aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended until Sunday, and the ground search has been called off in...
Dec 19, 2020
Canadian Oshae Brissett one of three players waived by Raptors ahead of opener
TAMPA, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors have waived Canadian guard/forward Oshae Brissett, forward/centre Henry Ellenson and forward Alize Johnson.The team's roster now stands at 17 players. Toronto's seaso...
Dec 19, 2020
Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter dies at 97
JACKSON, Miss. - Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died. He was 97. Winter, who was governor from 1980 to 198...
Dec 19, 2020
NHL, players reach tentative deal for 56-game season
The National Hockey League and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season in 2021, pending the approval of each side's executive board and Canadian health officials.The season wo...
Dec 19, 2020
Olympic champion Goggia gets 1st downhill win in 22 months
VAL D'ISERE, France - Sofia Goggia had a gutsy run to win a women's World Cup downhill on Saturday for her first victory in the discipline in almost two years. A day after finishing runner-up to Corin...
Dec 19, 2020
Kilde beats US skier Cochran-Siegle to take 2nd win in Italy
VAL GARDENA, Italy - Aleksander Aamodt Kilde returned to the top of the overall World Cup standings on Saturday after winning the classic Saslong downhill for his second victory in two days. After tri...
Dec 19, 2020
Russia to give icon that sparked controversy back to Bosnia
MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday it will return an Orthodox icon presented to the Russian foreign minister in Bosnia, a gift that has triggered a protest from Ukraine. The presiding Serb member of Bosnia...
Dec 19, 2020
Hospital fire kills 9 COVID-19 patients at ICU in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey - A fire broke out Saturday at an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 patients in southern Turkey after an oxygen cylinder exploded, killing nine people, the health minister said. The...
Dec 19, 2020
Epstein-linked modeling agent charged with rape of minors
PARIS - A modeling agent associated with disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein has been charged in France with sexual harassment and the rape of minors over 15 years old. Jean-Luc Brunel was arrest...
Dec 19, 2020
Asia Today: Sydney beach suburbs in lockdown as cases rise
SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney's northern beaches will enter a lockdown similar to the one imposed during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March as a cluster of cases in the area increased to 41. Fro...
Dec 19, 2020