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Virus death toll in China rises as US prepares evacuation
BEIJING - A new viral illness being watched with a wary eye around the globe accelerated its spread in China with 80 deaths so far, while the U.S. Consulate in the city at the epicenter announced it w...
Jan 27, 2020
New assessment shows 450 structures damaged by Houston blast
HOUSTON - An updated assessment released Monday of the impact of a massive explosion at a warehouse in Houston that killed two workers and injured 20 others shows that 450 structures, mostly homes, we...
Jan 27, 2020
China reports 25 more virus deaths as US prepares evacuation
BEIJING - China on Tuesday reported 25 more deaths from a new viral disease as the U.S. government prepared to evacuate Americans from the city at the centre of the outbreak. Authorities reported 24 d...
Jan 27, 2020
Kobe helicopter had tried to climb to avoid cloud layer
CALABASAS, Calif. - The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into a hillside outside Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstarKobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his last rad...
Jan 27, 2020
News of Bolton book sends jolt through impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - A single paper copy in a nondescript envelope arrived at the White House on Dec. 30. Four weeks later, news of John Bolton's book manuscript about his time as President Donald Trump's nat...
Jan 27, 2020
County of Grande Prairie names 2020 Farm Family of the Year
The Ray and Dunnigan families have been named the 2020 County of Grande Prairie Farm Family of the Year.They have the Halcourt Land and Cattle Company, an operation that has cattle plus 3500 acres of ...
Jan 27, 2020 Photo supplied by the County of Grande Prairie
Countries evaluate evacuation of citizens in virus epicenter
TOKYO - Countries with citizens in the central Chinese city that's the epicenter of a viral outbreak are planning evacuations as the number of illnesses grow and China takes drastic measures to try to...
Jan 27, 2020
Amid impeachment and Iowa, 2020 top tier jilts New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. - New Hampshire isn't used to being neglected. The most prominent candidates in the 2020 presidential race spent months last year making their case to New Hampshire voters, but many o...
Jan 27, 2020
Trump defence counsel Ken Starr says impeachment is 'hell'
WASHINGTON - Impeachment, he said, "is hell." A measure of "last resort." A bad habit to be kicked. With that, Ken Starr, the man whose years-long probe led to the impeachment of the 42nd president, s...
Jan 27, 2020
Coach on Bryant helicopter put "heart and soul" in teaching
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Christina Mauser poured her heart and soul into coaching and teaching physical education at the school where young Gianna and her basketball star father Kobe Bryant were an int...
Jan 27, 2020