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First lady calls for end of e-cigarette marketing to youth
ARLINGTON, Va. - Melania Trump is calling on companies to stop marketing e-cigarettes to children, saying they're addictive and dangerous. The first lady - who has a 13-year-old son, Barron - says tee...
Oct 07, 2019
Agent: Raptors, Lowry agree on $31 million extension
Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors have agreed on a $31 million, one-year extension that could keep him with the NBA champions through the 2020-21 season. Agent Mark Bartelstein on Monday confirmed th...
Oct 07, 2019
Kansas apologizes for risque Snoop Dogg show at hoops event
LAWRENCE, Kan. - The University of Kansas apologized for its risque Late Night at the Phog event in which rapper Snoop Dogg performed, stripper poles were wheeled onto the Allen Fieldhouse floor and f...
Oct 07, 2019
At least 13 dead in migrant boat capsizing off Lampedusa
MILAN - At least 13 people died when an overloaded migrant boat capsized near the island of Lampedusa as they were about to be rescued, the Italian coast guard said Monday. Twenty-two people were resc...
Oct 07, 2019
Suspect held in fatal bludgeoning of sleeping homeless men
NEW YORK - A homeless man wielding a long metal bar rampaged through New York City's Chinatown early Saturday attacking other homeless people who were sleeping, killing four and leaving a fifth with s...
Oct 07, 2019
Judge tosses out Trump challenge to tax return turnover
NEW YORK - A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump's challenge to the release of his tax returns for a New York state criminal probe, saying on Monday that he could not grant such a "categoric...
Oct 07, 2019
KGTC's Dodd podiums at Age Group World Cup
KAMLOOPS --- Gavin Dodd from the Kamloops Gymnastics and Trampoline Centre has podiumed at the Age Group World Cup in Spain.The 2003 born Dodd took bronze in double mini trampoline for 15 and 16 year ...
Oct 07, 2019 Image credit:Gymnastics canada
Extinction Rebellion group blocks access to major bridge in Halifax
HALIFAX - The group Extinction Rebellion is blocking the Macdonald bridge between Halifax and Dartmouth today, one of a number of actions planned across the country. Halifax Police spokesman Cons...
Oct 07, 2019
Emily Carr University in Vancouver closed until Wednesday after possible arson
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver campus of Emily Carr University of Art + Design won't reopen until Wednesday following what police believe was a deliberately set fire. The blaze was spotted early Satur...
Oct 07, 2019
Thousands show up for free Kanye West "service" in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - Thousands of people showed up to an outdoor shopping centre in Utah to see rapper Kanye West perform what he calls a worship service. Saturday's concert was held right before the Chur...
Oct 07, 2019
