Author Archives:
Tiny New Brunswick community hosts major celebration of Hockeyville
RENOUS, N.B. - A tiny New Brunswick community, known mainly for its federal maximum-security prison, has been transformed into Hockeyville in celebration of the game - and in ...
Sep 17, 2019
Police: No sign that Duluth synagogue fire was hate crime
DULUTH, Minn. - A fire that destroyed a historic synagogue in northeastern Minnesota doesn't appear to have been a hate crime, authorities said Sunday in discussing the arrest of a suspect. Matthew Ja...
Sep 17, 2019
Jailed tycoon and professor in Tunisia's presidential runoff
TUNIS, Tunisia - Jailed media magnate Nabil Karoui and independent law professor Kais Saied will advance to Tunisia's presidential runoff, sending the North African nation's young democracy into an un...
Sep 17, 2019
New parent charged in admissions scam, linked to $400K bribe
BOSTON - A woman accused of paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit has become the 52nd person charged in a sweeping college admissions ...
Sep 17, 2019
Guatemalan gets 3 1/2 more years after crash killed Colts LB
INDIANAPOLIS - A Guatemalan man convicted of drunken driving in a crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver has been sentenced to an additional 42 months in pri...
Sep 17, 2019
'Blood money'? Purdue settlement would rely on opioid sales
The tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma would raise money to help clean up the opioid mess by ... selling more OxyContin. That would amount to blood money, in t...
Sep 17, 2019
Judge won't return R. Kelly bond money to woman who paid it
CHICAGO - A judge in R. Kelly's Illinois sexual assault case has refused to give $100,000 in bail money back to a Kelly friend who paid it in February to secure the singer's release from county jail. ...
Sep 17, 2019
Comedian Baron Cohen asks judge to dismiss Roy Moore lawsuit
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen asked a federal judge to dismiss Roy Moore's defamation lawsuit over a television segment that lampooned Moore in the wake of sexual misconduct allegation...
Sep 17, 2019
Storm conclude season opening road swing in Whitecourt Tuesday
The Grande Prairie Storm will be looking to close out their season opening three-game road trip on a high note at the Scott Safety Centre tonight, as they tangle with the Whitecourt Wolverines.The squ...
Sep 17, 2019 Jarin Sutton and the rest of the Storm will renew their acquaintances with their Highway 43 rivals tonight in Whitecourt (Photo: Jeromy Corrigan)
Peace Country still well represented on Football Alberta rankings
Peace Country high school football teams continue to make the climb up the Football Alberta Rankings.Following a big 53-6 victory over High Prairie to move to 3-1 on the year, the GP Composite Warrior...
Sep 17, 2019 St Joe's Carter Kettyle intercepts a pass during the Celtics 49-13 rout of the Notre Dame Cougars at CKC Field on Saturday (Photo: Shaun Penner)