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Speedy Sir: Lewis Hamilton knighted in year-end royal honours
LONDON - Lewis Hamilton is now a "Sir" as well as a seven-time Formula One champion. Hamilton received a knighthood Wednesday as part of Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's honours list, which also recogn...
Dec 30, 2020
Trump push on $2K checks flops as GOP-led Senate won't vote
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all but shut the door Wednesday on President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks, declaring Congress has provided enough pandemic ...
Dec 30, 2020
Police on report man was making bombs: 'Hindsight is 20/20'
NASHVILLE - More than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a Christmas Day bomb in downtown Nashville, officers visited his home after his girlfriend told police he was building bombs in a recreatio...
Dec 30, 2020
Government: Colombia manual coca eradication most in decade
BOGOTA - Colombia manually eradicated 130,000 hectares of coca crops in 2020, the highest figure in the last decade, the government said. The figure easily tops the 94,670 hectares of coca manually er...
Dec 30, 2020
Spurs' Becky Hammon first woman to direct NBA team
SAN ANTONIO - Becky Hammon became the first women to direct a team in NBA history, taking over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers following Gregg Popovich's ejecti...
Dec 30, 2020
Speedy Sir: Lewis Hamilton knighted in year-end royal honours
LONDON - Lewis Hamilton is now a "Sir" as well as a seven-time Formula One champion. Hamilton received a knighthood Wednesday as part of Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's honours list, which also recogn...
Dec 30, 2020
China gives conditional approval to Sinopharm vaccine
BEIJING - China has given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm. The vaccine is the first one approved for general use in China. Chen Shifei, the deputy comm...
Dec 30, 2020
Heavy snow expected in Texas; storm could spawn tornadoes
AUSTIN, Texas - A winter storm moving across southwestern Texas on Wednesday could dump more than a foot (0.30 metres) of snow before moving eastward and possibly spawning tornadoes in parts of Texas,...
Dec 30, 2020
Girl Scouts call on cookie bakers to address child labour
The Girl Scouts of the USA said Wednesday that child labour has no place in its iconic cookies and called on the two companies that bake them to act quickly to address any potential abuses linked to t...
Dec 30, 2020
B.C. helps fund blueberry farmers against U.S. trade commission investigation
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making a financial contribution to help blueberry farmers fight a looming trade investigation in the United States over imported berries, including from Canada. U.S. Tra...
Dec 30, 2020