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US Capitol closing to public until April amid virus outbreak
WASHINGTON - Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus. The House and Senate sergeants at arms s...
Mar 12, 2020
Mother of 3 of Floyd Mayweather Jr's children found dead
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - An ex-girlfriend of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. who was the mother of three of his children was found dead in a Southern California suburb, authorities said. The coroner's offic...
Mar 12, 2020
Princess Cruises suspending global operations for 60 days
MIAMI - Princess Cruises, which had one of its ships quarantined off the coast of Japan last month, is suspending global operations through early May because of the coronavirus pandemic. The cruise li...
Mar 12, 2020
WolfPack's Benne named to USPORTS all-rookie team
KAMLOOPS --- Nimo Benne has had a first year in Canada to remember. For the third time in four weeks, Benne has been the recipient of a major university volleyball honor.The latest is being named to t...
Mar 12, 2020 Image credit: TRU Athletics
Canada's Quinn Ngawati back for second stint with Toronto Wolfpack
TORONTO - Canadian Quinn Ngawati is back with the Toronto Wolfpack. The Wolfpack said the 20-year-old from Victoria, who left the team in October 2018, will begin playing for League 1 s...
Mar 12, 2020
Mother of 3 of Floyd Mayweather Jr's children found dead
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - An ex-girlfriend of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. who was the mother of three of his children was found dead in a Southern California suburb, authorities said. The coroner's offic...
Mar 12, 2020
Israeli court rejects Netanyahu request to delay trial
JERUSALEM - An Israeli court on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to delay the start of his corruption trial, clearing the way for proceedings to begin as planned next week....
Mar 12, 2020
Travel bans grow amid warnings viral pandemic will worsen
ROME - Sweeping travel bans accelerated around the globe Thursday, walling regions apart, keeping people inside their homes and slowing the engines of commerce to try to stem the unfolding coronavirus...
Mar 12, 2020
Virus lockdown means Italy's old are isolated from relatives
ROME - Natalina De Santis' three adult children come to her front door, bringing food to keep her healthy and books to relieve her boredom, but she doesn't let them in any more. Widowed a few months a...
Mar 12, 2020
New Brunswick premier won't attend first ministers meeting because of COVID-19
FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...
Mar 12, 2020
