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Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73
NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who welcomed generations of worshippers as well as political leaders from across the nation and around the world at Harlem's landmark Abyssinian Baptist C...
Oct 28, 2022
Spain's state prosecutor drops charges against Neymar
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spain's state prosecutor dropped its charges against Neymar on Friday, but a Brazilian company involved in the case will continue to fight the soccer player in court. The case ...
Oct 28, 2022
Spokesman: Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted in break-in
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was "violently assaulted" by an assailant who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, and he is now in the hospital and expected...
Oct 28, 2022
Feds take first step toward hiring a company to process dental-care claims
OTTAWA - Health department officials say the federal government plans to hire a third-party company to process claims for its new dental-care insurance program. The procurement department has invited ...
Oct 28, 2022
COLLINS: It’s a wild and violent world out there
WHEN REID HAMER-JACKSON WAS ELECTED MAYOR, it was pretty clear his platform, especially the concern about community safety, hit a raw nerve among voters. It's not just the violence surrounding gang wa...
Oct 28, 2022
Former Ottawa police chief at inquiry, latest GDP numbers : In The News for Oct. 28
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 28, 2022
U.S. secretary of state continuing first Canadian visit in Montreal today
MONTREAL - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Montreal today as he continues his two-day trip to Canada. Blinken is to visit a battery recycling facility in east-end Montreal before...
Oct 28, 2022
Former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - Former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly will testify today at the public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to clear "Freedom Convoy" protesters. Sloly resigned t...
Oct 28, 2022
Manitoba presses federal government for more aid to help Ukrainians fleeing war
WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to speak in Winnipeg today to a national group that represents Canadian Ukrainians. He's also likely to hear a request from the Manitoba government for more...
Oct 28, 2022
Deaths of two great whites off Maritimes within weeks 'highly unusual': researcher
FREDERICTON - The discovery of two dead great white sharks washed ashore in Atlantic Canada in less than two weeks is a mystery to researchers. Fred Whoriskey, executive director of the Ocean Tracking...
Oct 28, 2022
