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Police: Inmate who escaped by faking death back in S. Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison with help from guards by faking his own burning death was brought back to South ...
Apr 13, 2023
Florida mops up after floods close Fort Lauderdale airport
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - South Florida kept a wary eye on a forecast that called for more rain as it cleaned up Thursday from nearly a foot (30 centimeters) that fell in a matter of hours, causing...
Apr 13, 2023
Australia's most powerful cyclone in 8 years to cross coast
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A tropical cyclone nearing Australia is forecast to be the most powerful storm in eight years to hit the country, bringing wind gusts of up to 315 kilometers (196 miles) per...
Apr 13, 2023
Chicago Blackhawks say they will not re-sign captain Jonathan Toews
CHICAGO - Longtime Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will not be returning to Chicago next season, the team announced on Thursday. In a statement posted to Twitter, Chicago general manager Kyle Davids...
Apr 13, 2023
Lethbridge fire crews respond to late night house fire
LETHBRIDGE, AB - On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services responded to a fire on the north side of the city. Just before 11:00 p.m., 24 firefighters from four stations resp...
Apr 13, 2023
Trump will answer questions in NY fraud lawsuit, lawyer says
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump arrived at the offices of New York's attorney general Thursday for his second deposition in a legal battle over his company's business practices, with his...
Apr 13, 2023
Cyberattack knocks out website and mobile app for Quebec's hydro utility
MONTREAL - Quebec's power utility says its website and mobile application have been knocked offline by a cyberattack. Hydro-Qubec says it was targeted at around 3 a.m. by a denial-of-service assault -...
Apr 13, 2023
Expelled to reinstated: Pearson returns to Tennessee House
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The second of two Black Democrats kicked out of the Republican-led Tennessee House followed his colleague back to work at the Capitol on Thursday, a week after they were banish...
Apr 13, 2023
Bayern drops Mané for 'misconduct' after Man City game
MUNICH (AP) - Bayern Munich has dropped Sadio Man from its squad for the team's next game and will fine the Senegal forward following reports in German media that he struck teammate Leroy San after Tu...
Apr 13, 2023
Women's tennis tour ends Peng Shuai-inspired China boycott
The women's professional tennis tour will bring its events back to China later this year, announcing on Thursday the end of a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former p...
Apr 13, 2023