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Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II gets 14 years for rapes
SAN DIEGO - Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offences against five women in Southern California, including one who ...
Mar 3, 2021
Coach/GM Stephen Hart signs contract extension with CPL's HFX Wanderers FC
HALIFAX - Head coach/GM Stephen Hart has signed a three-year contract extension with the Canadian Premier League's HFX Wanderers FC.Hart, 60, is entering his third season with the franchise. The forme...
Mar 3, 2021
Lawmakers can't cite local examples of trans girls in sports
Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls' sports teams in public high schools. Yet in almost every case, sponsors can...
Mar 3, 2021
Grande Prairie restaurant uses Soup It Forward Day to provide meals to two local non-profits
The Mud Puddle Farm's Rustic Kitchen in Grande Prairie is celebrating National Soup It Forward Day by pledging meal donations to two local non-profits based off soup sales."So if somebody comes in and...
Mar 3, 2021
Pandemic puts 1 in 3 nonprofits in financial jeopardy
NEW YORK - More than one-third of U.S. nonprofits are in jeopardy of closing within two years because of the financial harm inflicted by the viral pandemic, according to a study being released Wednesd...
Mar 3, 2021
Palace to investigate after Meghan accused of bullying staff
LONDON - Buckingham Palace said Wednesday it was launching an investigation after a newspaper reported that a former aide had made a bullying allegation against the Duchess of Sussex. The Times of Lon...
Mar 3, 2021
Man accused of QAnon vandalism at 'America's Stonehenge'
SALEM, N.H. - Police have made an arrest following a 15-month-long investigation into vandalism at a group of rock configurations in New Hampshire called "America's Stonehenge." Mark Russo, 51, of Swe...
Mar 3, 2021
Swedish police: Man injures at least 8 before being arrested
STOCKHOLM - Swedish police said a man assaulted at least eight people in a southern Sweden town Wednesday, and that the case was being investigated as "attempted murder." Police said a man in his 20s ...
Mar 3, 2021
Yankees manager Aaron Boone taking leave to get pacemaker
NEW YORK - Yankees manager Aaron Boone is taking a leave of absence from the team to get a pacemaker and intends to return to work in a few days. New York said the procedure was likely to be performed...
Mar 3, 2021
Public Health Agency of Canada budgets $5B for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada expects to spend up to $5 billion on vaccines and other COVID-19 treatments. Procurement Minister Anita Anand previously said vaccines alone would cost at l...
Mar 3, 2021