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Lori Loughlin released after prison term in college scam
"Full House" actor Lori Loughlin was released from prison Monday after spending two months behind bars for paying half a million dollars in bribes to get her two daughters into college. Loughlin was r...
Dec 28, 2020
Saudi women's rights activist sentenced to nearly 6 years
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - One of Saudi Arabia's most prominent women's rights activists was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in prison, according to state-linked media, under a vague and broad...
Dec 28, 2020
Unique fundraiser for local Ronald McDonald House chapter
Local community groups have had to come up with some unique fundraisers because of the pandemic.Megan Durda with the Grande Prairie office of Ronald McDonald House says for her organization, that incl...
Dec 28, 2020
Moderate 5.0 magnitude quake hits Croatia, damages buildings
ZAGREB, Croatia - A moderate earthquake hit central Croatia near the capital of Zagreb early Monday, triggering panic and damaging some buildings in towns south of the city. There were no immediate re...
Dec 28, 2020
UK warns of 'bumpy' post-Brexit transition despite deal
LONDON - First came the Brexit trade deal. Now comes the red tape and the institutional nitty gritty. Four days after sealing a free trade agreement with the European Union, the British government war...
Dec 28, 2020
Collaboration was key priority for the County of Grande Prairie in 2020
Leanne Beaupre, Reeve of the County of Grande Prairie, says collaboration was key in getting through a year that saw an economic downturn due to the plunge in the price of oil and the COVID-19 pandemi...
Dec 28, 2020
After naming bombing suspect, focus turns to motive
NASHVILLE - With federal officials having identified the man believed to be behind Nashville's Christmas Day bombing, authorities now turn to the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind ...
Dec 28, 2020
Mired in crises, North Korea's Kim to open big party meeting
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Coronavirus restrictions that have significantly limited his public appearances. Warning signals for an economy battered by pandemic-related border closings and natural dis...
Dec 28, 2020
Hezbollah says it has doubled its arsenal of guided missiles
BEIRUT - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said Sunday his group now has twice as many precision-guided missiles as it had a year ago, saying Israel's efforts to prevent it from acquiring them have fa...
Dec 28, 2020
Gibraltar’s border with Spain still in doubt after Brexit
BARCELONA, Spain - While corks may have popped in London and Brussels over the end to a four-year saga known as Brexit, there is one rocky speck of British soil still left in limbo. Gibraltar, a Briti...
Dec 28, 2020