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Suns drain 21 3-pointers, beat Raptors 123-115
PHOENIX - Devin Booker scored 24 points, Jae Crowder added 21 and the Phoenix Suns made 21 3-pointers on the way to a 123-115 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. The Suns made at leas...
Jan 06, 2021

The Latest: 4 died as Trump supporters stormed Capitol
WASHINGTON - The Latest on Congress' tally of the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden (all times local): 11:10 p.m. Four people died as supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the ...
Jan 06, 2021

World leaders appalled by US rioting, urge peaceful transfer
TOKYO - Teargas and bullets in the U.S. Capitol building. Outrage, confusion and condemnation from leaders across the world. "What is happening is wrong," New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sai...
Jan 06, 2021

Asia Today: Virus restrictions heightened in China province
BEIJING - Lockdown measures were being imposed in a northern Chinese province where coronavirus cases more than doubled in the region near Beijing that's due to host some events in next year's Winter ...
Jan 06, 2021

Dems' Georgia alliance is diverse and broad. Is it durable?
ATLANTA - President Donald Trump came to the north Georgia mountains Monday night to gin up turnout in conservative strongholds and stave off the Democratic challengers who threatened the GOP's Senate...
Jan 06, 2021

Kim vows to bolster North Korea's military at party meeting
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen the country's military defences in a speech at a major ruling party meeting that provides insights into his priorities am...
Jan 06, 2021

Raptors, Suns link arms in solidarity hours after storming of U.S. Capitol
PHOENIX - The Toronto Raptors and Phoenix Suns linked arms in a centre-court circle for the national anthems ahead of Wednesday night's game. The show of solidarity came hours after a violent mob of U...
Jan 06, 2021

UFA keeps employees working through COVID-19 pandemic
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. -- The pandemic forced many companies to cut back and lay off employees.That was not the case for UFA.It paid the workers at its Farm and Ranch Stores and Petroleum locations a bon...
Jan 06, 2021

Media captures unprecedented storming of U.S. Capitol
NEW YORK - The storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump played out on television in searing fashion Wednesday, with stunning pictures of guns drawn in the House of Represen...
Jan 06, 2021

Experts: Capitol riot product of years of hateful rhetoric
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The storming of the U.S. Capitol is a jarring but natural product of years of violence and hateful rhetoric stoked by disinformation and conspiracy theories, experts on far-right e...
Jan 06, 2021