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Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks dies at 67
LAS VEGAS - Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He was 67. Spinks, who live...
Feb 07, 2021
Florida: Slain FBI agent remembered for protecting children
MIAMI - A slain FBI agent was remembered for her strength, infectious laugh, love of family and commitment to protecting children during a memorial service Saturday. Agents Laura Schwartzenberger, 43,...
Feb 07, 2021
Heavy snowstorm pounds Germany, upends travel
BERLIN - A snowstorm and strong winds pounded northern and western Germany on Sunday, forcing trains to cancel trips and leading to hundreds of road accidents. Police said 28 people were injured on ic...
Feb 07, 2021
Internet access restored as Myanmar coup protests grow
YANGON, Myanmar - As enthusiastic crowds of tens of thousands marched through the streets of Myanmar's biggest city on Sunday to protest last week's coup, their spirits were lifted by the return of in...
Feb 07, 2021
Glacier breaks in India's north, flooding power plant, homes
LUCKNOW, India - Indian authorities launched a search operation Sunday after part of a mountain glacier broke, sending a massive flood of water and debris slamming into two dams and damaging a number ...
Feb 07, 2021
Search underway for 3 climbers on K2 mountain in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - An aerial search was underway Sunday to find three experienced climbers who lost contact with base camp during what would be only the second winter ascent of K2, the world's second highest...
Feb 07, 2021
UK vaccine gambles paid off, while EU caution slowed it down
SAINT-HERBLAIN, France - French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate. The buyer? The United Kingdom...
Feb 07, 2021
Grief persists for spouses of first responders, soldiers killed in line of duty
OTTAWA - Angela Gevaudan recalls the first year after her RCMP-officer husband was killed on duty as a whirlwind of responsibility and emotion that offered her little time to process her grief and los...
Feb 07, 2021
'Jarring experience' in B.C. psych wards because of 'uniquely problematic' law
VANCOUVER - A peer-support worker who helps youth with mental health challenges says being involuntarily detained in a psychiatric facility half a dozen times has given him insight into the lack of le...
Feb 07, 2021
'Jarring experience' in B.C. psych wards because of 'uniquely problematic' law
VANCOUVER - A peer-support worker who helps youth with mental health challenges says being involuntarily detained in a psychiatric facility half a dozen times has given him insight into the lack of le...
Feb 07, 2021
