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York 9 FC makes Swedish striker Simon Adjei its first international signing
TORONTO - Simon Karlsson Adjei, a Swedish striker with Ghanaian roots, is York 9 FC’s first international signing. The 25-year-old has ties to York 9 head coach Jim Brennan, having played for hi...
Dec 03, 2018
Saskatchewan introduces mandatory semi-truck driver training after Broncos crash
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is introducing mandatory training for semi-truck drivers almost eight months after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Starting in March, drivers seeking a Class 1 com...
Dec 03, 2018
Nexstar offers just over $4B for Tribune Media
IRVING, Texas - Nexstar is offering to buy Chicago’s Tribune Media for about $4 billion Monday, four months after the collapse of a similar bid from Sinclair Broadcast Group. The deal would make...
Dec 03, 2018
Louisiana governor's race surprise: Sen. Kennedy won't run
BATON ROUGE, La. - Ending months of speculation, Sen. John Kennedy announced Monday that he won’t run against Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2019, leaving Republicans scrambling without a well-known c...
Dec 03, 2018
How Tall Was Napoleon Bonaparte Actually?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or Not In today's world many misconceptions have been perpetuated-becoming modern day "facts"-when, in reality, myths and hearsay have taken over. Sorry to...
Dec 03, 2018
Meet The Woman Who Can Juggle Anything With Her Feet
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Emma Phillips of Whangarei, New Zealand, is the only performer in the world that can juggle both umbrellas and tables with her feet! After seeing a Cirque ...
Dec 03, 2018
GIANT SLOTHS OF DOOM: Ground Sloths and Their Tunnels
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Giant Sloths Besides being adorably cute, present-day sloths come in two and three-toed varieties and are closely related to anteaters and armadillos. They...
Dec 03, 2018
Six Doctors Swallow LEGO Pieces For Science
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [November 25-December 1st, 2018] An ATM bonus, abandoned storage unit fortune, ingesting LEGO pieces to keep kids safe, and the rest of the week'...
Dec 03, 2018
Schwarzenegger would time travel to terminate fossil fuels
KATOWICE, Poland - Arnold Schwarzenegger says he wishes he could travel back in time like the cyborg he played in “The Terminator” so he could stop fossil fuels from being used. “If ...
Dec 03, 2018
B.C. First Nation to present oral evidence about Trans Mountain expansion impact
NANAIMO, B.C. - The Tsleil-Waututh Nation will be presenting Indigenous oral traditional evidence to the National Energy Board at a hearing in Nanaimo, B.C. A news release says the board is hearing ne...
Dec 03, 2018