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About 17 million view Baylor's championship win over Gonzaga
NEW YORK - Even an NCAA championship matchup between two widely acknowledged as the best men's college basketball teams in the country wasn't enough to set the television world afire. An estimated 16....
Apr 07, 2021

Will the Oscars be a 'who cares' moment as ratings dive?
NEW YORK - George Bradley used to love watching the Academy Awards. The 28-year-old Brit now living in San Diego would stay up late back home just to tune in. Though he's now in the right time zone, h...
Apr 07, 2021

About 17 million view Baylor's championship win over Gonzaga
NEW YORK - Even an NCAA championship matchup between two widely acknowledged as the best men's college basketball teams in the country wasn't enough to set the television world afire. An estimated 16....
Apr 07, 2021

US trade deficit jumps 4.8% to $71.1 billion in February
SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. trade deficit grew to $71.1 billion in February, as a decline in exports more than offset a slight dip in imports. The February gap between what America buys from abroad ...
Apr 07, 2021

Russia: Navalny supporters denied prison visit and detained
MOSCOW - Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were detained Tuesday outside a penal colony east of Moscow where the Kremlin critic is currently serving time. Navalny has been on hung...
Apr 07, 2021

Netanyahu asked to form new government, but faces long odds
JERUSALEM - Israel's president on Tuesday handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a new government, giving the embattled Israeli leader a chance to extend his len...
Apr 07, 2021

COVID hits the young; U.S. weighs Beijing Olympics boycott: In The News for April 7
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 April 7 ...What we are watching in Canada ...P...
Apr 07, 2021

Ahead of budget, agency funds skills-training program to buffer against future shocks
OTTAWA - When COVID-19 forced the closure of department stores, Mary Junne Boyco and her co-workers lost their jobs, ending more than a decade of working in the service sector. The 35-year-old lost sl...
Apr 07, 2021

Manitoba budget expected to include cash for pandemic fight, tax cuts, more red ink
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is expected to cut some taxes and offer new money to fight COVID-19 in today's provincial budget.Finance Minister Scott Fielding says there will be supports for peop...
Apr 07, 2021

Online platform helps keep Quebec's sugar shack tradition alive during pandemic
MONTREAL - Stephanie Laurin slept next to a colossal, simmering pot every night over the last week, supervising the production cycle of pea soup at Chalet des Erables sugar shack, north of Montreal. L...
Apr 07, 2021