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US spending on construction projects rises 1.7% in January
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Spending on U.S. construction projects rose 1.7% in January as new home building continues to lift the sector. Last month's increase followed small revised gains in December and N...
Mar 01, 2021
Plans announced to create a grassroots Canadian rugby league co-op
TORONTO - Professional rugby league in Canada lasted less than four seasons with the Toronto Wolfpack. The Ottawa Aces have yet to take the field. But there are plans to kick-start the sport at the gr...
Mar 01, 2021
Chloé Zhao is 2nd woman to win best director prize at Globes
LOS ANGELES - Chlo Zhao became the second woman to win best director at the Golden Globes and the first female winner of Asian descent on a night in which her film "Nomadland" was crowned the top dram...
Mar 01, 2021
Review: A virtual Golden Globes is no party, but they tried
Tina Fey asked the tough question 10 minutes into the three-hour Golden Globes broadcast Sunday: Could this whole night have been an email? Well, maybe. We wouldn't have gotten to see the awkwardness ...
Mar 01, 2021
With loved ones and pets, Globes winners embrace cozier show
LOS ANGELES - From Jason Sudeikis' hoodie to Jodie Foster's bare feet, the stars embraced a virtual Golden Globes, and still found ways to cut loose. There was no red carpet and logjam of celebrities ...
Mar 01, 2021
Prince Philip to a London hospital for infection treatment
LONDON - Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip has been transferred to another London hospital to continue treatment for an infection. The palace says Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth...
Mar 01, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Answer to Peterson Creek Park safety is common sense, not money
KAMLOOPS - TWO THINGS STAND OUT about the rescue of a hiker in Peterson Creek Park yesterday.One is that we don't know whether said rescuee was male or female, because the police haven't old us.The ne...
Mar 01, 2021
Report: US wasted billions on cars, buildings in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD - The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a report released Monday by a U.S. gove...
Mar 01, 2021
Defying lethal shootings, Myanmar protesters back on streets
YANGON, Myanmar - Police in Myanmar's biggest city on Monday fired tear gas at defiant crowds who returned to the streets to protest the military's seizure of power a month ago, despite reports that s...
Mar 01, 2021
Democratic voting bill would make biggest changes in decades
WASHINGTON - As Congress begins debate this week on sweeping voting and ethics legislation, Democrats and Republicans can agree on one thing: If signed into law, it would usher in the biggest overhaul...
Mar 01, 2021
