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Kentucky man who shot classmates in '97 imprisoned for life
A Kentucky man who killed three fellow students and wounded five others when he was 14 years old will have to spend the rest of his life in prison without another opportunity to seek parole, the Kentu...
Sep 26, 2022
Australia hands Canada its first loss at FIBA World Cup
SYDNEY, Australia - Host Australia handed Canada's women's basketball team its first lost at the FIBA World Cup on Monday. Ezi Magbegor scored 16 points as the Aussies topped Canada 75-72 Nirra Fields...
Sep 26, 2022
13 dead, 23 wounded in school shooting in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) - A gunman opened fire in a school in central Russia on Monday, killing 13 people and wounding 23 others before shooting himself dead, authorities said. The shooting took place in School N...
Sep 26, 2022
Egyptian cleric revered by Muslim Brotherhood dies at 96
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Youssef al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian cleric who was seen as the spiritual leader of the pan-Arab Muslim Brotherhood, died Monday at the age of 96, according to his official website. He ...
Sep 26, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Candidates off to a slow start at first civic election forum
THE FIRST FORUM of the civic election campaign is on the books and while none of the candidates stood out as obvious picks, it did provide some clues as to where the focus will be.Almost a hundred peo...
Sep 26, 2022
COVID travel restrictions announcement, Fiona's aftermath : In The News for Sept. 26
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 Sept. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 26, 2022
Quebec votes: CAQ, PQ leaders head to Fiona-battered Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Two of Quebec's main party leaders are heading to the les-de-la-Madeleine region, which is in cleanup mode after a battering from post-tropical storm Fiona. Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamond...
Sep 26, 2022
Joly to raise abortion, sexual violence in closing UN speech
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is urging countries to uphold women's rights and abortion access while rooting out sexual violence, as the United Nations General Assembly comes to a clos...
Sep 26, 2022
Military en route to assist with recovery efforts
Residents of Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec are coming to terms with the full scope of the damage left behind after post-tropical storm Fiona tore through the region over the weekend as one of the...
Sep 26, 2022
Cardinal Zen, 5 others stand trial in Hong Kong over fund
HONG KONG (AP) - A 90-year-old Catholic cardinal and five others stood trial in Hong Kong on Monday for allegedly failing to register a now-defunct fund set up to assist people arrested in the mass an...
Sep 25, 2022
