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Young field hockey coach takes over Canada after helping Spain rise up the ranks
While just 33, Andrew Wilson paid his dues en route to becoming Canadian women's field hockey coach. Originally from Kent in southeast England, Wilson went to university in Exeter and Canterbury befor...
Jan 28, 2021
Christianity on display at Capitol riot sparks new dialogue
WASHINGTON - The Christian imagery and rhetoric on view during this month's Capitol insurrection are sparking renewed debate about the societal effects of melding Christian faith with an exclusionary ...
Jan 28, 2021
NY undercounted nursing home deaths by thousands, AG says
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents by thousands, the state attorney general charged in a report Thursday that dealt a blow to Gov. Andrew Cuomo'...
Jan 28, 2021
Apple CEO lambasts tech rivals ahead of privacy update
SAN RAMON, Calif. - Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasted social media companies, though without naming them, accusing them of prioritizing user attention and data collection at the cost of allowing and even r...
Jan 28, 2021
Human remains found 49 years ago finally identified as missing Kamloops man
KAMLOOPS - DNA evidence has identified human remains found nearly 50 years ago on one of the Gulf Islands as a Kamloops man.According to an RCMP news release issued Thursday (Jan. 28), the 41-year-old...
Jan 28, 2021
Penguins warily carry on after GM Rutherford's abrupt exit
PITTSBURGH - Sidney Crosby is used to change. More than 15 years in the NHL has taught the Pittsburgh Penguins longtime captain that it's simply part of the business. Not all change, however, is creat...
Jan 28, 2021
Concordia University says lectures from dead professor were 'teaching tool'
MONTREAL - Concordia University says there should have been no confusion about who was teaching an online class after a student said he was surprised to discover the professor delivering the video lec...
Jan 28, 2021
Biden rescinds abortion restrictions on US foreign aid
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday rescinded a regulation that barred U.S. foreign aid from being used to perform or promote abortions. His decision, while expected, was cheered by abortion-...
Jan 28, 2021
Poland: Near-total abortion ban takes effect amid protests
WARSAW, Poland - A near-total ban on abortion has taken effect in Poland and triggered a new round of nationwide protests three months after a top court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged...
Jan 28, 2021
General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035
General Motors has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and the entire company carbon neutral, including operations, five years after that. The Detroit ...
Jan 28, 2021
