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Supreme Court nixes double royalties for streaming, downloading music online
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says songwriters are entitled to just one royalty - not two - when their music is made available for streaming or downloaded through an online service. The top cou...
Jul 15, 2022
Egypt to withdraw peacekeeping troops from Mali, UN says
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - The United Nations mission in Mali says that Egypt will withdraw its troops from the West African county by mid-August citing deadly attacks against its peacekeepers. Seven Egyptia...
Jul 15, 2022
House voting to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is set to vote Friday on two bills that would restore and guarantee abortion access nationwide as Democrats make their first attempt at responding legislatively to the Supr...
Jul 15, 2022
Prosecutors disavow 3 convictions in 1995 NYC subway killing
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors are disavowing the convictions of three men who spent decades in prison for one of the most horrifying crimes of New York's violent 1990s - the killing of a clerk who was s...
Jul 15, 2022
Biden lands in Saudi Arabia to meet king, crown prince
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - President Joe Biden touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday, working to bridge a rift between the United States and the kingdom at a moment when concerns about human rights ...
Jul 15, 2022
Medical examiner: Jayland Walker shot, grazed 46 times
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in the Ohio city of Akron last month, was shot or grazed 46 times, according to a preliminary autopsy re...
Jul 15, 2022
Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District asked to fund 40 per cent of two $1 million projects at Quesnel hospital
QUESNEL, B.C. - Northern Health made a formal request for funding for the Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District's (CCRHD) portion of two projects at G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital in Quesnel.Duri...
Jul 15, 2022
Deposition of Trump, 2 children delayed after Ivana's death
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump and two of his children got their questioning postponed Friday in a New York civil investigation into their business dealings, a delay that follows the de...
Jul 15, 2022
Crews still checking Vancouver building for possible victims after roof collapse
VANCOUVER - Eight people have been rescued from office space located below a collapsed rooftop parking lot in east Vancouver, but fire officials say it's still too early to tell if everyone is account...
Jul 15, 2022
Crews still checking Vancouver building for possible victims after roof collapse
VANCOUVER - Eight people have been rescued from office space located below a collapsed rooftop parking lot in east Vancouver, but fire officials say it's still too early to tell if everyone is account...
Jul 15, 2022
