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Ex-NBC analyst Pierre McGuire joins Senators front office
Longtime television analyst Pierre McGuire is returning to an NHL front office as senior vice president of player development for the Ottawa Senators. The club announced McGuire's appointment Monday, ...
Jul 12, 2021
Florida resident detained as key suspect in Haiti killing
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The latest suspect detained amid the search for the masterminds and assassins in the killing of President Jovenel Mose is a Haitian in his 60s living in Florida who identi...
Jul 12, 2021
For democracy, it's a time of swimming against the tide
The old Nicaraguan revolutionary, with his receding hairline and the goatee that he had finally let turn grey, spoke calmly into the camera as police swarmed toward his house, hidden behind a high wal...
Jul 12, 2021
Star striker Jozy Altidore expected back in training with Toronto FC
TORONTO - It appears the Jozy Altidore impasse with Toronto FC is over. GM Ali Curtis said the star striker was expected back in full training with the team Monday, TFCs first session at its north Tor...
Jul 12, 2021
Top US commander to exit Afghanistan amid Taliban surge
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is to hand over his command at a ceremony in the capital of Kabul on Monday, as America winds down its 20-year military presence and Tal...
Jul 12, 2021
Police investigate racist abuse of three England players
LONDON (AP) - British police opened investigations Monday into the racist abuse of three Black players who missed penalties in England's shootout loss to Italy in the European Championship final. The ...
Jul 12, 2021
Pope to spend a few more days in Rome hospital after surgery
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis will spend a few more days in the hospital following his July 4 intestinal surgery to "optimize" recovery and rehabilitation treatment and therapy, the Vatican said Monday. Th...
Jul 12, 2021
Fleeing B.C. fires and Canada's rising vaccination rate: In The News for July 12
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 July12 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jul 12, 2021
Two Jordanians convicted in royal plot, will serve 15 years
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A Jordanian state security court has sentenced two former officials to serve 15 years in prison over an alleged plot against the Western-allied monarchy involving the half-brother...
Jul 12, 2021
Two police watchdogs now mandated to probe domestic violence, experts say more needed
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador's new police oversight agency has become just the second in Canada with an explicit mandate to investigate allegations of domestic violence committed by of...
Jul 12, 2021