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1 dead, 8 injured after car hits pedestrians in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) - A vehicle drove into pedestrians in Berlin on Wednesday, killing at at least one person and injuring eight others, rescue services said. Berlin fire service spokesman Stefan Salzwedel, w...
Jun 08, 2022
Carbon offset markets, more Russian sanctions : In The News for June 8
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 June 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jun 08, 2022
Consultants to Russian oil, including PR and advertising, targeted in fresh sanctions
OTTAWA - Advertising and public-relations agencies have been banned for working for Russian oil and gas firms as part of a new wave of sanctions designed to increase pressure on the Putin regime. The ...
Jun 08, 2022
Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 17, injures 50
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more, including some critically, authorities said. The report said ...
Jun 08, 2022
Civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton is still 'fearless'
ATLANTA (AP) - A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped sustain the civil rights movement in the 1960s says she's deeply saddened by the hate crimes seeking to terrorize people across ...
Jun 07, 2022
Congresswoman, billionaire to faceoff in LA mayor's race
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso breezed past a large field of rivals looking to be the next mayor of Los Angeles and advanced Tuesday to a runo...
Jun 07, 2022
San Francisco ousts liberal DA Chesa Boudin in heated recall
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco on Tuesday has voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety...
Jun 07, 2022
Lightning beat Rangers 4-1 to even East final
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Nikita Kucherov scored on a breakaway and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 33 saves Tuesday night, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning shut down the New York Rangers 4-1 and even the NHL's Easter...
Jun 07, 2022
Manoah, Blue Jays shut down Royals 7-0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Alek Manoah scattered six hits in six scoreless innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 7-0 Tuesday night. Alejandro Kirk had four hits and scored a run f...
Jun 07, 2022
Mendicino ‘misunderstood’ in saying police asked for Emergencies Act: deputy minister
OTTAWA - A senior official in the department of public safety says the minister has been "misunderstood" in saying police asked the federal government to use the Emergencies Act in February. Deputy mi...
Jun 07, 2022
