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Montreal peregrine falcon chicks take first flights into a world full of danger
MONTREAL - The world is full of dangers when you're a falcon chick less than six weeks old and learning to fly - even if you're a member of the fastest species on Earth. This week, three falcon chicks...
Jun 26, 2024
Centuries of stories, from some of Canada's centenarians
The Canadian Press has spent the past month interviewing some of Canada's more than 11,000 centenarians and their families. These are some of their stories. 'EVERYONE LOOKS AT YOU AS IF YOU SHOULD HAV...
Jun 26, 2024
Was a Toronto byelection a wake-up call on Trudeau's approach to antisemitism?
OTTAWA - An organizer who encouraged Jewish residents to vote against the Liberals in this week's Toronto byelection suggests a rise in antisemitism motivated many to show up at the polls. Andrew Kirs...
Jun 26, 2024
US journalist's closed trial for espionage set to begin in Russia, with a conviction all but certain
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested in Russia on espionage charges, appeared in a court in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday for the opening hearing of his trial. Gershkovich was detained...
Jun 26, 2024
Guerrero Jr. drives in 4 runs, Blue Jays beat Red Sox 9-4 to snap 7-game skid
BOSTON (AP) - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a pair of two-run doubles, George Springer added a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays snapped a seven-game skid with a 9-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on T...
Jun 25, 2024
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox beats challenger in Republican primary election
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is likely to win a second term after he beat his primary challenger on Tuesday. Cox, a moderate Republican who took office in 2021, prevailed in the primary af...
Jun 25, 2024
George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeats Rep. Jamaal Bowman in New York Democratic primary
George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeated U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, of New York, on Tuesday in a Democratic primary that highlighted the party's deep divisions over the war in Gaza. With the vict...
Jun 25, 2024
US Rep. Lauren Boebert wins Republican House primary after switching districts in Colorado
DENVER (AP) - U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert won the Republican primary in a U.S. House race that she jumped into last year, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of ca...
Jun 25, 2024
Sheri Biggs wins Republican nod for US House in South Carolina over Trump-backed candidate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Sheri Biggs, a nurse practitioner and Air National Guard officer, won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House in South Carolina's 3rd District on Tuesday. Biggs was backed b...
Jun 25, 2024
Guatemalan appeals court revokes order to grant house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A Guatemalan appeals court on Tuesday revoked a judge's order to give house arrest to journalist Jos Rubn Zamora, known for railing against corruption in the Central American cou...
Jun 25, 2024