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Back at work, Boris Johnson urges patience over UK lockdown
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary nation to be patient Monday, arguing that easing social and economic restrictions too soon would create a second deadly spike of ...
Apr 27, 2020
Questions over Kim's health highlight intelligence limits
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's prolonged public absence has led to rumours of ill health and worries about how it could influence the future of what one analyst calls No...
Apr 27, 2020
Georgia restaurants allowed to reopen as restrictions loosen
ATLANTA - Some Georgia restaurants were reopening for limited dine-in service Monday as the state continued a loosening of coronavirus restrictions, but many chose to remain closed for the time being....
Apr 27, 2020
Evacuation orders issued as rising rivers threaten Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Spring ice breakup on rivers in northern Alberta forced evacuations and the complete closure of Fort McMurray's downtown core early Monday. A boil water advisory for a...
Apr 27, 2020
More evacuation orders issued as rising rivers threaten Fort McMurray
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - More residents of Fort McMurray have been ordered out of their homes as spring ice break-up causes flooding on the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers in and around the northern Alb...
Apr 27, 2020
Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rights
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City's former ban on transporting guns. The justices threw out a challenge from gun rights g...
Apr 27, 2020
Man charged in drive-by shooting at 'Duck Dynasty' estate
WEST MONROE, La. - A man was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting at the Louisiana estate of "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson. Daniel King Jr. was booked into a correctional centre afte...
Apr 27, 2020
Undefeated, high schoolers head online for isolation proms
NEW YORK - In party dresses or come as you are, with colored lights flashing in their bedrooms and teachers-turned-DJs spinning, high schoolers have turned to virtual proms to salvage at least one sli...
Apr 27, 2020
King's Day at Home: Dutch monarch's birthday muted by virus
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch national birthday party for their king was a muted affair Monday, dubbed King's Day at Home because of coronavirus restrictions. King Willem-Alexander was celebratin...
Apr 27, 2020
County launches interactive road closure web map
The County of Grande Prairie has launched an interactive web map to give motorists an idea of the locations of all road closures and washouts due to spring flooding. The map, which can be found at www...
Apr 27, 2020 Photo: County of Grande Prairie / Twitter