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Bollywood's Amitabh Bachchan, 3 family members test positive
NEW DELHI - Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, his son and two other family members have tested positive for the coronavirus in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, a government min...
Jul 12, 2020
United Way Alberta Northwest begins drive for Tools 4 School program
The United Way Northwest Alberta is asking the Grande Prairie community for help as it kicks off its Tools 4 School program.Over the months of July and August, the United Way is collecting school supp...
Jul 12, 2020
Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian investigators are blaming a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their commanders for the Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner ...
Jul 12, 2020
Genetic detectives begin work to trace spread of COVID-19 in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada's public health experts have been racing to stop the spread of COVID-19 by trying to figure out how everyone is getting it, and whom they might have given it to. But even the best effo...
Jul 12, 2020
2 officers, suspect killed in Texas border town shooting
MCALLEN, Texas - Two police officers were shot and killed Saturday by a suspect who later fatally shot himself in a South Texas border town after responding to a domestic disturbance call, authorities...
Jul 12, 2020
2 officers killed in shootout in south Texas border town
MCALLEN, Texas - Two police officers were shot and killed Saturday in a South Texas border town after reportedly responding to a disturbance call, authorities said. The McAllen police officers were sh...
Jul 11, 2020
Asia Today: No masks on red carpet as Taiwan logs few cases
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan wrapped up an annual film festival with an awards ceremony Saturday night as it holds more public events after keeping its coronavirus outbreak to a few hundred cases. Actors a...
Jul 11, 2020
Raptors' first practice in four months had a "first day of school" feeling
Four months to the day after COVID-19 shut down the NBA, the Toronto Raptors were finally back on the floor together. The Raptors, who'd been based in Naples, Fla., for the past two weeks, but limited...
Jul 11, 2020
Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by ...
Jul 11, 2020
Raptors' first practice in four months had a "first day of school" feeling
Four months to the day after COVID-19 shut down the NBA, the Toronto Raptors were finally back on the floor together. The Raptors, who'd been based in Naples, Fla., for the past two weeks, but limited...
Jul 11, 2020