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Japanese space tourists safely return to Earth
MOSCOW (AP) - A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, ...
Dec 19, 2021
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...
Dec 19, 2021
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...
Dec 19, 2021
Stastny scores two to lift Jets 4-2 over Blues, Winnipeg's last game for awhile
WINNIPEG - Linemates Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele and Paul Stastny accounted for all the goals to propel the Jets to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday and give interim Winnipeg head c...
Dec 19, 2021
Leftist millennial wins election as Chile's next president
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile's next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand l...
Dec 19, 2021
Federal government stays mum as Manchin says 'No' to Biden bill with EV tax credits
WASHINGTON - The Prime Minister's Office isn't saying anything about a key U.S. senator's decision to put President Joe Biden's controversial electric-vehicle incentives on ice. West Virginia Sen. Joe...
Dec 19, 2021
Kripps pilots Canada to bronze, Coackwell ties record for medals by a brakeman
ALTENBERG, Germany - Justin Kripps bounced back from a crash in training to pilot Canada to silver in a World Cup four-man bobsled race Sunday. The 34-year-old from Summerland, B.C., teamed up with Ca...
Dec 19, 2021
On the heels of horrible season, Redblacks look to new GM Shawn Burke
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have tasked Shawn Burke with turning around their struggling franchise. The CFL team named Burke its new general manager on Sunday, a month after finishing a disappointin...
Dec 19, 2021
Raptors game against visiting Magic postponed due to Orlando COVID-19 outbreak
TORONTO - Another Toronto Raptors game has been postponed due to COVID-19. The Raptors' game against the visiting Orlando Magic on Monday has been pushed back indefinitely, due to the number of Magic ...
Dec 19, 2021
‘She is no more’: Icefield rollover survivor who lost wife wants report released
CALGARY - A man who lost his wife when an all-terrain tour bus rolled at the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains is pressing the RCMP for answers about what happened.Three people were killed and ...
Dec 19, 2021