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In the news today, August 9
Four stories in the news for Friday, August 9 --- COMMUNITY SEARCHES FOR ANSWERS AFTER MANHUNT ENDS The residents of Gillam, Manitoba are grappling with questions about how a massive manhunt...
Aug 09, 2019
Taliban suicide blast in Kabul kills 14 people, 145 wounded
KABUL - A Taliban car bomb aimed at Afghan security forces ripped through a busy Kabul neighbourhood on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 145 - most of them women, children and other civilians...
Aug 09, 2019
Casting director David Rubin elected film academy president
LOS ANGELES - Casting director David Rubin has been elected the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that bestows the Oscars. He is the first casting dire...
Aug 08, 2019
China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards
BEIJING - China said Wednesday that it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry's most prestigious honours, as Beijing r...
Aug 08, 2019
Canadian hurdler Watson races to gold medal at Pan Am Games
LIMA, Peru - Sage Watson won gold in the women's 400-metre hurdles Thursday as Canada continued to pile up track and field hardware at the 2019 Pan American Games. Watson, from Medicine Hat, Alta., ra...
Aug 08, 2019
Rays erase 6-run deficit, beat Blue Jays on wild pitch in 10
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - It was a single for almost anyone else. It was a double for Kevin Kiermaier, whose speed in the bottom of 10th inning produced the run to cap Tampa Bay's big comeback. Kiermaier...
Aug 08, 2019
New York Yankees extend winning streak, defeating Toronto Blue Jays 12-6
TORONTO - Gio Urshela hit a pair of home runs as the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to a season-high nine games as they defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 on Thursday. Mike Tauchman a...
Aug 08, 2019
Sex assault trial starts for former MSU hoops star Cleaves
FLINT, Mich. - An attorney for former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves says during his trial on sexual assault charges that consensual sex between two adults is not a crime. Defence attor...
Aug 08, 2019
Clinton impeachment is FX's next 'American Crime Story'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The next chapter of FX's "American Crime Story" will dramatize Bill Clinton's impeachment with a focus on Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp and other women central to the scandal. T...
Aug 08, 2019
WolfPack women's soccer prepare for season, win "friendly" against Cap.
KAMLOOPS --- Both WolfPack soccer teams opened their training camps this week in preparation for the upcoming Canada West season. The women's season doesn't start until September 5 ------ and when it ...
Aug 08, 2019 Image credit:TRU Athletics
