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NFL player Antonio Brown released on bail by Florida judge
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - NFL free agent Antonio Brown was released on bail Friday after a night in a Florida jail, where he turned himself in to face charges that he and his trainer attacked the driver...
Jan 25, 2020
Youth served: Gauff wins, Serena loses at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Perhaps Serena Williams, now 38, will win a 24th Grand Slam title someday. And maybe Coco Gauff, still just 15, never will earn her first major championship. Sure felt, though, ...
Jan 25, 2020
Pacific Division defeats Atlantic Division to win NHL all-star game
ST. LOUIS - Tomas Hertl scored the winning goal - his fifth goal of the night - as the Pacific Division defeated the Atlantic Division 5-4 to win the NHL all-star game's 3-on-3 tournament on Satu...
Jan 25, 2020
N Korea names sharp-tongued army figure as foreign minister
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea has named a sharp-tongued former army officer with little foreign policy experience as its top diplomat, in a possible indication it will take a harder line wit...
Jan 25, 2020
Normalcy returns to Guatemala-Mexico border after caravan
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico - From the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel ngel Vzquez has seen all the caravans of Central American migrants and asylum seekers st...
Jan 25, 2020
China expands lockdown against virus, fast-tracks hospital
BEIJING - China expanded its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people and rushed to build a prefabricated, 1,000-bed hospital for victims Friday as the outbreak cast...
Jan 25, 2020
Virus death toll in China rises to 56 with about 2,000 cases
BEIJING - The death toll from the new virus in China has risen to 56 with 1,975 total cases reported. The figures reported Sunday morning cover the previous 24 hours and mark an increase of 15 deaths ...
Jan 25, 2020
First Canadian case of new coronavirus detected in Toronto
TORONTO - Health officials in Ontario have confirmed the first presumptive positive case of the new coronavirus in Canada. Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the province's associate chief medical officer o...
Jan 25, 2020
Canadian Forces sending plane and crew to help fight Australia's fires
OTTAWA - Canada is sending a military transport plane and about 15 personnel to help fight bushfires in Australia. The Canadian Forces say the CC-17 Globemaster is leaving Monday. The plane and crew a...
Jan 25, 2020
Poilievre ends bid for Tory leadership over desire to spend time with daughter
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre is bowing out of his party's leadership race, aborting his campaign before it really begins. Poilievre said in a Thursday-afternoon stream of tweets he i...
Jan 25, 2020