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Judge halts federal execution after lawyers contract virus
WASHINGTON - A federal judge is temporarily blocking the federal government's plan to execute the first female death row inmate in almost six decades after her attorneys contracted the coronavirus vis...
Nov 19, 2020
Mexico becomes 4th country to hit 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
MEXICO CITY - Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths Thursday, becoming only the fourth country - behind the United States, Brazil and India - to do so. Jos Luis Aloma Zegarra, Mexico's dir...
Nov 19, 2020
Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden victory
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part o...
Nov 19, 2020
Trump summons Michigan GOP leaders for extraordinary meeting
DETROIT - President Donald Trump summoned Michigan's Republican legislative leaders to the White House for an extraordinary meeting Friday amid a long shot GOP push to subvert the democratic process t...
Nov 19, 2020
Military pay raise at risk in dispute over Confederate bases
WASHINGTON - An annual defence policy measure that has passed Congress every year since the Kennedy administration is in danger of cratering next month over a move by Democrats to rename military base...
Nov 19, 2020
Joe Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for Democrats
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden has won Georgia and its 16 electoral votes, an extraordinary victory for Democrats who pushed to expand their electoral map through the Sun Belt. The win by Biden pads his Elect...
Nov 19, 2020
Stalwarts Mitchell, Bowman and Elimimian among players named to CFL all-decade squad
TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic has done something few CFL defences have since 2014 -- ground Bo Levi Mitchell. The Calgary Stampeders star was named the quarterback of the CFL's all-decade team (2010...
Nov 19, 2020
The Daily with LNN – November 19, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...
Nov 19, 2020
Olympic champ Kyle Shewfelt laments another COVID-19 closure of gymnastics club
CALGARY - Olympic champion Kyle Shewfelt is frustrated he's had to close his Calgary gymnastics club to curb COVID-19 while other group activities are allowed to continue. The Alberta government shut ...
Nov 19, 2020
Know how to reduce food waste? You could win up to $1.5-million
OTTAWA, ONT - The Food Waste Reduction Challenge has commenced.Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says they are looking for innovators who can come up with new ways of "doi...
Nov 19, 2020