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Stocks open slightly higher after worst drop in 2 years
NEW YORK - Stocks opened slightly higher on Wall Street as the market claws back some of the ground it lost in a dramatic sell-off a day earlier. Home Depot and Macy's rose Tuesday after reporting res...
Feb 25, 2020
AP: US opera union probe finds Plácido Domingo abused power
SAN FRANCISCO - An investigation into legendary singer Plcido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera performers found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed...
Feb 25, 2020
Nova Scotia coast chosen as potential home for retired whales raised in captivity
SHERBROOKE, N.S. - A U.S.-based conservation group has chosen a site in Nova Scotia where it plans to build a kind of retirement home for whales raised in captivity. The Whale Sanctuary...
Feb 25, 2020
Raf Simons joining Prada in full creative collaboration
MILAN - Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons - two of the fashion world's biggest creative names - will collaborate on Prada collections from Spring/Summer 2021 going forward indefinitely, the designers annou...
Feb 25, 2020
IOC senior member: 3 months to decide fate of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO - Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the IOC, estimates there's a three-month window to decide the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, which are being threatened by the fast-spreading virus from ...
Feb 25, 2020
IOC senior member: 3 months to decide fate of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO - Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the IOC, estimates there's a three-month window to decide the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, which are being threatened by the fast-spreading virus from ...
Feb 25, 2020
Trudeau revisits blackface embarrassment during Black History Month
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau acknowledged his own past history of unconscious racism during a celebration Monday of Black History Month. The prime minister reflected on the "dumb choices" he made when...
Feb 25, 2020
Hillary Clinton: Will support Sanders if nominated for Dems
BERLIN - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed her skepticism about Bernie Sanders but says she will support the Democratic nominee regardless of who it is. Clinton, who beat Sa...
Feb 25, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Bidding for the 2030 Olympics in Vancouver just not worth it
KAMLOOPS - WHERE WERE YOU 10 years ago? The right answer is supposed to be: making memories with the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.To listen to the current hype, those Olympics were a defining moment...
Feb 25, 2020
Canary Islands hotel quarantined after virus confirmed
MADRID - A tourist hotel in the Canary Islands was placed in quarantine Tuesday after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the new coronavirus, evidence that the epicenter of the outbre...
Feb 25, 2020
