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A day of striking sows chaos across Hong Kong
HONG KONG - A general strike in Hong Kong descended into citywide mayhem Monday as defiant protesters started fires outside police stations and hurled bricks and eggs at officers. After disrupting tra...
Aug 06, 2019
Casting director David Rubin elected film academy president
LOS ANGELES - Casting director David Rubin has been elected the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that bestows the Oscars. He is the first casting dire...
Aug 06, 2019
China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards
BEIJING - China said Wednesday it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry's most prestigious honours, as Beijing ramps ...
Aug 06, 2019
Trump accuses China of manipulating currency as yuan weakens
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump accused China of manipulating its currency after Beijing let the yuan fall to a politically sensitive level against the U.S. dollar for the first time in 11 years. ...
Aug 06, 2019
Rays erase 6-run deficit, beat Blue Jays on wild pitch in 10
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Kevin Kiermaier scored the winning run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night and the Tampa Bay Rays came back from a six-run deficit to be...
Aug 06, 2019
Ohio gunman's ex-classmates decry missed chances to stop him
DAYTON, Ohio - High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended years ago for compiling a "hit list" and a "rape list," and questioned how he could hav...
Aug 06, 2019
Barty in danger of losing No. 1 ranking after second-round exit at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Ashleigh Barty of Australia is in danger of losing her world No. 1 ranking after falling 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 to American Sofia Kenin in second-round play Tuesday at the Rogers Cup. Barty wasn...
Aug 06, 2019
Clinton impeachment is FX's next 'American Crime Story'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The next chapter of FX's "American Crime Story" will dramatize Bill Clinton's impeachment with a focus on Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp and other women central to the scandal. T...
Aug 06, 2019
Stewart looking forward to more competition at upcoming Para Pan Am Games
KAMLOOPS - It's been an incredible year for Greg Stewart, undefeated so far this season, winning gold at four major meets. The para shot putter from Kamloops is ranked No. 1 in the world going to the ...
Aug 06, 2019 Kamloops para shot put athlete Greg Stewart is going to Lima, Peru later this month to compete in the 2019 Para Pan Am Games (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: Habitat For Humanity Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - In Part 7 of our series Struggle For Survival, we look at Habitat For Humanity. The international non-profit dates back to 1965 in the U.S. Habitat became well-known in the 1980s when forme...
Aug 06, 2019 Habitat For Humanity has been in Kamloops since 2000 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
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