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By Jordan Stoopler LAVAL, Que. — With two-time Olympian Laura Stacey out of the Victoire lineup with an injury, coach Kori Cheverie was in search of the right fit to fill her spot on Montreal’s top line with captain Marie-Philip Poulin and Jennifer Gardiner. Cheverie turned to Abby Boreen to fill the role Friday against […]
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By Kareem Chehayeb DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub. But more than a decade of war left it a wasteland of bullet-scarred walls and twisted […]
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KITCHENER, Ont. — Trent Swick and Tanner Lam scored in the shootout to lift the Kitchener Rangers to a 4-3 win over the Flint Firebirds in Ontario Hockey League play on Friday night. Swick also scored in regulation for the Rangers. Cameron Arquette and Christian Humphreys had the other Kitchener goals. Sam McCue, Matthew Wang […]
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President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever. Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks to end the 3-year-old war. In the past year, Russian troops have slowly […]
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By Audrey Mcavoy Paul Driscoll, an Associated Press journalist and newsroom leader who covered the civil rights movement and 1968 Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago, died Friday. He was 91. He died at his home in Cadyville, New York, with his wife of 35 years, retired AP journalist Lindsey Tanner, holding his hand. He […]
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If Josh Gratton's hockey journey was in book or tablet form, this page turner would reside somewhere in the gratitude section. From junior hockey pit-stops in small-town Ontario, to stints in the NHL and several in mainland Europe, Britain and Russia, Gratton is indebted to a game that has given him a life many would […]
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By John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed led to the arrest of her adoptive parents testified Friday that she and her siblings lived tumultuous lives in substandard conditions, including being forced to sleep on the floor and use buckets as toilets. The oldest daughter’s testimony wrapped the […]
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By Kim Tong-hyung SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached president will appear at a hearing in a Seoul court on Saturday to oppose a formal arrest over last month’s imposition of martial law, his lawyers said. Yoon, who has been in detention since he was apprehended on Wednesday in a massive law enforcement […]
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By Jordan Stoopler LAVAL, Que. — Abby Boreen scored twice to lead the Montreal Victoire to a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Frost in front of 10,172 fans at Place Bell on Friday. Claire Dalton and captain Marie-Philip Poulin, on a 5-on-3 power play, also scored for Montreal (5-2-1-2). It was the Victoire’s first home […]
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By Cedar Attanasio NEW YORK (AP) — A bull moose that fell through lake ice in the Adirondack Mountains was saved by New York conservation officials in a laborious cold-water rescue. The moose fell through the ice around 11 a.m. Thursday, about 200 feet (60 meters) from shore on Lake Abanakee, the New York State […]
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By Susan Montoya Bryan ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he gunned down a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him, marking a turning point in a case that had been set for trial later this year. Jaremy Smith entered the new plea […]
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By Daniel Rainbird LAVAL, Que. — Lia Cho took a deep breath to calm her nerves before skating out to the biggest crowd of her young life. A flawless performance followed for the 12-year-old figure skating phenom from Calgary. “When there’s more people … it just makes me feel more confident,” she said, beaming. “It […]
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Atletico Ottawa has signed veteran Mexican midfielder Juan (Coque) Castro to a one-year deal with an option for 2026. The 33-year-old holds the record for appearances for Atletico San Luis, the Liga MX side affiliated with Ottawa and its parent Atletico organization. Castro, known by his nickname “Coque,” helped San Luis win promotion and has...
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By Joe Reedy Even as Tom Brady goes through his first postseason and prepares to call his first Super Bowl as a television analyst in three weeks, rumors about his future continue to be rampant, much to the dismay of Fox Sports. Fox Sports president of production and operations/executive producer Brad Zager understands the spotlight […]
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DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions in the last decade and more without a legitimate purpose, including for dangerous amounts of opioids, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the complaint says the...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield, whose 2020 rape conviction was vacated late last year, will remain in California state prison for now after a judge declined to make a bail ruling Friday. Santa Clara County’s Superior Court Judge Hector Ramon said he couldn’t grant bail or release the former […]
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By Haleluya Hadero () With President-elect Donald Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple that are expected to take the popular video sharing app off their platforms in just two days. Though the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld […]
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MEDIA, Pa. (AP) — A retired minister from Georgia was found not guilty Friday in the killing of an 8-year-old girl whose remains were found in a southeastern Pennsylvania park almost a half-century ago. A jury acquitted David Zandstra, 84, of the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, after deliberating for an hour following a four-day trial. […]
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It wasn’t the same as taking a shot off the foot or hurting a shoulder along the boards. When Winnipeg Jets defenceman Colin Miller took a puck to his throat in a game against Detroit two weeks ago, he knew this wasn’t a run-of-the-mill hockey injury. Immediately helped off the ice, he went down on […]
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By Audrey Mcavoy HONOLULU (AP) — Some wounds suffered by six Hawaii residents flown to Arizona for medical treatment after a deadly illegal fireworks explosion on New Year’s are comparable to battlefield injuries, the doctor overseeing their care said Friday. Dr. Kevin Foster, the director of the Arizona Burn Center in Phoenix, said flying...
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By Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico agreed Friday to expand support to other Latin American and Caribbean nations as part of a regional migratory response, days before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office with a promise to carry out mass deportations. The aid was announced by Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Juan Ramon...
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By Maria Teresa Hernandez MEXICO CITY (AP) — Behaving at their best, a dozen dogs attended Mass at Mexico City’s cathedral Friday, waiting for their turn to be doused with holy water. The blessing of the animals is a long-time Catholic tradition celebrated on January 17. On this day, Mexican Catholic congregations and priests welcome […]
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ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — A bulletproof vest saved a SWAT police officer’s life just before he returned fire and killed a fleeing man Friday in an Atlanta suburb, the police chief said. A SWAT team in Roswell was serving arrest and search warrants when a man ran out the back of a house and encountered […]
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By Brittany Hobson WINNIPEG — Emergency crews in southern Manitoba were called to dozens of collisions as a winter storm blew through. RCMP say many detachments outside of the Perimeter Highway and in rural communities have been busy responding to multi-vehicle crashes. Several highways, including the Perimeter and the Trans-Canada from Brandon...
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By Isabella O’malley And Nadia Lathan AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A fire at one of the world’s largest battery plants in Northern California contained tens of thousands of lithium batteries that store power from renewable energy and have become a growing electricity source. By a long shot, California and Texas are opening more large-scale battery...
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TORONTO — Two police officers are facing criminal charges for their alleged involvement in a deadly wrong-way highway pursuit that killed four people, including an infant and his grandparents, Ontario’s police watchdog said Friday. The Special Investigations Unit said two Durham regional police officers have each been charged with three counts...
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By Jimmy Golen A court settlement that would require colleges — for the first time — to pay athletes billions for their play is not going to settle the debate over amateurism in NCAA sports. Many schools have said that most of the up to $20.5 million they’ll pay out to their athletes as part […]
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By Jason Dearen LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for a woman who is among thousands who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire outside Los Angeles say Southern California Edison crews working to repair and restore power in the area may have destroyed evidence that could help determine what sparked the wildfire. The fire has […]
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VANCOUVER — A residential market sales forecast by Greater Vancouver Realtors says the impact of possible tariffs from the United States would likely be short-lived. The annual report from the association that represents 15,000 Realtors says its preliminary investigation and economic modelling shows a drag on sales could rise as cross-border...
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By Wyatte Grantham-philips And Mae Anderson NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban — with the nation’s highest court upholding a law that’s set to halt new downloads of the app starting Sunday. But many questions around what exactly this ban will look like, and whether […]
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By Fu Ting And David Cohen WASHINGTON (AP) — As the fate of TikTok hangs in the balance, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, also called RedNote — making it the top downloaded app in the U.S. Some of the “TikTok refugees,” as they call themselves, say the TikTok […]
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By Lisa Wallace OTTAWA — There’s little Emerance Maschmeyer can’t do. She’s not only the starting goaltender of the PWHL’s Ottawa Charge but a proud new mom and entrepreneur. Despite balancing a hectic, sometimes seemingly overwhelming life, Maschmeyer is thriving. After playing in all but one game last season, the Charge was looking to...
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters led by university students held a noisy rally Friday outside Serbia’s state television headquarters in Belgrade to protest what they called the broadcaster’s pro-government bias. The rally came a day after one student was seriously injured when a driver rammed his car into a protesting...
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By Jeffrey Collins COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection instead of by electric chair or firing squad later this month. Marion Bowman Jr., 44, is the third inmate set to die since the state was […]
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By Ian Bickis TORONTO — Bank of Montreal and National Bank have withdrawn from the UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance that aims to accelerate climate action among financial institutions. The Friday departures follow withdrawals by the six largest banks in the U.S. in recent weeks from the alliance ahead of the presidential inauguration of Donald...
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By Adrian Sainz MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Sentencings for five former Memphis police officers convicted of federal charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will take place after an April state court trial on second-degree murder in the Black man’s death, a judge ruled Friday. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin, Desmond Mills Jr....
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By Paola Flores LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A Bolivian judge on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of former President Evo Morales after he failed to appear in court over a case alleging that he sexually abused a minor. Morales, 65, is alleged to have had a child with a teenage girl in […]
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By Jenna Fryer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sebastian Ray Serpa, a 16-year-old high school student from Volusia County, passes by Daytona International Speedway often and hears the roar of race cars from outside the gates but had never before been inside the “World Center of Racing.” After an immersive experience Friday designed for talented...
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By Daniel Rainbird LAVAL, Que. — Madeline Schizas wants her crown back. The two-time national women’s champion enters this weekend’s Canadian figure skating championships hungry for redemption after falling short of a three-peat last year. “I’m very motivated,” a confident Schizas said Friday after her practice session at Place Bell....
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from parents in suburban Washington who want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters. The justices will review an appeals court decision that went against parents in Montgomery County, Maryland. The parents claim that the...
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When the American pass catcher signed on the dotted line, he had one overarching theme he wanted to relay. After signing Dillion Mitchell to a contract on Monday, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers introduced him to the community four days later. "I have always wanted to be a winner, and I felt this was the perfect […]
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By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s House speaker said Friday that he’s lifting his ban on a state senator entering the House chamber, a day after Sen. Colton Moore was arrested after he tried to enter for Gov. Brian Kemp’s state of the state speech. The decision came after state Senate and Republican Party […]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA added women’s wrestling as a sport Friday, bringing its total number of championships to 91. The sanctioning body approved the addition at the annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Women’s wrestling had been under the “emerging sports for women” banner. Now, female athletes from Division I, II and III...
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By Josh Boak WASHINGTON (AP) — When Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo looks at Donald Trump, she says she sees a president-elect who for all of his aggressive talk is afraid to let America compete with the rest of the world, responding instead with tariffs and curtailing immigration. “What Trump is saying is I want to […]
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy said Friday it was setting aside $1.2 billion in federal funds to help finance renewable energy projects in Puerto Rico to lessen its dependence on fossil fuels. The funding includes the closing of a $585 million loan guarantee to finance a 100-megawatt system of […]
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By Philip Marcelo NEW YORK (AP) — Mozambique’s former finance minister has been sentenced to serve another two-and-a-half years in prison by a U.S. court for his role in the ” tuna bond ” scandal that triggered a financial crisis in the African nation. Manuel Chang, 69, was convicted last year of accepting payoffs to […]
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By David Hamilton SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video […]
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By Jack Farrell EDMONTON — The Alberta Energy Regulator has laid nine charges against Imperial Oil almost two years after an estimated 5.3 million litres of contaminated wastewater overflowed from a pond at its Kearl oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta. The charges, announced Friday, include failing to report the spill as soon as […]
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By Mary Katherine Wildeman And Christopher L. Keller Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly […]
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By Holly Ramer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Vermont’s child welfare agency relied on baseless allegations about a pregnant woman’s mental health to secretly investigate her and win custody of her baby before it was born, according to a lawsuit that alleges the state routinely targets and tracks pregnant women deemed unsuitable for parenthood. The...
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By Mark Long GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida assistant coach Taurean Green will continue working the men’s basketball team despite being accused of sexual assault. Head coach Todd Golden said Green “will be with us” when the fifth-ranked Gators take the court against Texas on Saturday. Golden, who remains the subject of a Title IX […]
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A rural Manitoba school division has returned the playing of God Save the King to their school's morning routines, but says they won't force anyone to take part based on their own "personal convictions.” In a notice sent to Mountain View School Division (MVSD) staff, the Dauphin-based school division told staff that beginning on Thursday, […]
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By Doug Feinberg MIAMI (AP) — Unrivaled is ready for its closeup. The new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier will debut Friday night. The idea for the domestic league was first discussed a couple of years ago and now it’s come to fruition. “I can’t even put […]
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By David Hamilton SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video […]
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kay Cossington, the women’s technical director for the English Football Association, will head a new multi-club soccer organization in collaboration with the majority owner of Bay FC. The Bay Collective initiative announced Friday will invest in premier women’s soccer clubs internationally in partnership with Sixth...
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ROME (AP) — Germany’s Lufthansa Group on Friday finalized its acquisition of Italian airline ITA Airways, closing a long period of uncertainty for Italy’s former flagship carrier. Under the 325-million-euro ($350 million) deal, Lufthansa takes an initial 41% stake in ITA, formerly Alitalia, from the Italian government, gaining full control by...
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