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Japan resumes commercial whaling, seen as face-saving end
TOKYO - Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that's seen as a largely lost cause. Whaling boats embarked Monday on their first commerci...
Jul 02, 2019
Clarification: Trump-North Korea story
In a story June 30, The Associated Press reported that President Donald Trump was joined in his Freedom House conversation with North Korea's Kim Jong Un by his daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump a...
Jul 02, 2019
Morgan scores and Naeher saves in 2-1 victory over England
LYON, France - With Alex Morgan's cheeky tea-sipping celebration and a postgame mobbing of goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, the United States has moved a step closer to successfully defending its latest Wome...
Jul 02, 2019
Riverside Park concession stand reopens for the summer
KAMLOOPS - After it was announced that the Riverside Park concession stand would not be opening this year, the City is reversing course.The City of Kamloops says in a news release that the stand was r...
Jul 02, 2019 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
Trump chooses Waller and Shelton for 2 Fed board vacancies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday on Twitter that he will nominate economists Christopher Waller and Judy Shelton to fill two influential positions on the Federal Reserve Board of Gover...
Jul 02, 2019
Kevin Durant to sign with Brooklyn Nets
NEW YORK - Kevin Durant is headed to the Brooklyn Nets, leaving the Golden State Warriors after three seasons. His decision was announced Sunday at the start of the NBA free agency period on the Insta...
Jul 02, 2019
Data scientist drops Facebook defamation suit
Aleksandr Kogan, the data scientist at the centre of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, said he is dropping a defamation lawsuit against the social network rather than engage in an expens...
Jul 02, 2019
Kaepernick stirs new controversy for Nike
NEW YORK - Nike's sales have only grown since it seized attention with its ad campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. So, the shoemaker deferred to its star endorser when he raised...
Jul 02, 2019
Kaepernick stirs new controversy for Nike
NEW YORK - Nike's sales have only grown since it seized attention with its ad campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. So, the shoemaker deferred to its star endorser when he raised...
Jul 02, 2019
River flooding in Tennessee ruins cotton, soybean crops
RIPLEY, Tenn. - Wearing wading boots and a wide-brimmed hat, Derrick Currie casts his green fishing line into a pool of brown water along a rural Tennessee road. In a couple of minutes, he reels in hi...
Jul 02, 2019
