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Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who travelled to Italy this month has Latin America's first confirmed case of the contagious new coronaviru...
Feb 26, 2020
Emergency goaltender's mom makes emotional US TV appearance with son
The mother of Carolina Hurricanes emergency goalie David Ayres brought her son to tears during a television appearance with him Monday. On NBC's "Today," Ayres's mother, Mary, came on a video lin...
Feb 26, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 7:40 p.m. The West Coast Express commuter rail service in Metro Vancouver...
Feb 26, 2020
Auschwitz Museum upset at scene in Amazon series 'Hunters'
WARSAW, Poland - The museum of the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp is objecting to a scene in a new Amazon TV series that shows a murderous game of human chess being played there, insisting that no s...
Feb 26, 2020
Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones to co-host Jerusalem ceremony
JERUSALEM - Hollywood power couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are set to return to Israel as co-hosts of this year's Genesis Prize ceremony. The Genesis Prize Foundation announced on Wed...
Feb 26, 2020
Original 'Flash Gordon' comic strip art headed to auction
LOS ANGELES - The original artwork for the "Flash Gordon" comic strip is headed for a new realm - the auction block. The auction house Profiles in History said Wednesday that it will sell the drawing ...
Feb 26, 2020
Johnny Depp in UK court for hearing on tabloid libel lawsuit
LONDON - A lawyer for Johnny Depp told a British judge on Wednesday that the star's ex-wife Amber Heard lied when she accused him of domestic abuse. Depp denies the abuse allegations, and attended the...
Feb 26, 2020
Trump to hold news conference on coronavirus US threat
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he'll discuss the coronavirus threat at a White House news conference Wednesday, a day after he sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across t...
Feb 26, 2020
Montreal Alouettes re-sign veteran Canadian long-snapper Martin Bedard
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes re-signed Canadian long-snapper Martin Bedard to a two-year contract Tuesday. The six-foot-three, 239-pound Bedard, 35, will return to Montreal for a 1...
Feb 26, 2020
Ovechkin scores 701st, shootout winner as Capitals beat Jets
WASHINGTON - Alex Ovechkin began the night being celebrated for what he's best at. He ended it doing something much more rare. Ovechkin scored his 701st goal minutes after being honoured for 700 and a...
Feb 26, 2020
