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Man pleads guilty to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur in attack that shocked the city
BALTIMORE (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Friday to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere last September in an apparently random attack that shocked the city. Jason Billingsley, 33, entered the ...
Aug 30, 2024
Canada's Keely Shaw claims Paralympic track cycling bronze
PARIS - Keely Shaw has won a track cycling bronze medal at the Paralympic Games. The 30-year-old from Midale, Sask., repeated her podium result from Tokyo three years ago when she was also third in th...
Aug 30, 2024
Former Flames star Gaudreau and his brother die after being hit by a car
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau, who starred over eight seasons with the Calgary Flames before joining the Columbus Blue Jackets, was killed Thursday night when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle i...
Aug 30, 2024
In the news today: StatCan to release second quarter GDP report today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... StatCan to release second quarter GDP report today Statistics Canada is set to release its gross domestic prod...
Aug 30, 2024
International student enrolment drops below federal cap: Universities Canada
OTTAWA - Universities Canada says enrolment by students from outside Canada has fallen below the cap the federal government set on international student visas this year. The immigration minister annou...
Aug 30, 2024
Germany deports Afghan nationals for first time since Taliban takeover in 2021
BERLIN (AP) - Germany deported Afghan nationals on Friday for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power. Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit described the Afghan nati...
Aug 30, 2024
US Open: Carlos Alcaraz's 15-match Grand Slam win streak ends in loss to Botic van de Zandschulp
NEW YORK (AP) - Carlos Alcaraz's 15-match Grand Slam unbeaten run ended at the U.S. Open with a sloppy 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 loss to 74th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round on Thursday night. ...
Aug 29, 2024
New Zealand's Māori King dies after 18-year reign
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) - New Zealand's Mori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died Friday at age 69, days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne. He was the seventh monar...
Aug 29, 2024
New Zealand's Māori King dies after 18-year reign
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) - New Zealand's Mori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died Friday at age 69, days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne. Tuheitia died in hospita...
Aug 29, 2024
Trump asks federal court to intervene in hush money case in bid to toss conviction, delay sentencing
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump asked a federal court late Thursday to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, seeking a pathway to overturn his felony conviction and indefinitely delay his s...
Aug 29, 2024