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Toronto Wolfpack improve to 3-0-0 with rugby league win over Widnes Vikings
NEWCASTLE, England - The Toronto Wolfpack scored three tries in 10 minutes in the second half to break open a tight game and dispatch previously unbeaten Widnes Vikings 30-6 in Betfred Championship ru...
Feb 16, 2019
Reconciliation outlasts Wilson-Raybould: Indigenous senators
OTTAWA - Indigenous parliamentarians say Jody Wilson-Raybould's controversial exit from the cabinet doesn't signal the end of reconciliation efforts between the federal government and Indigenous ...
Feb 16, 2019
B.C. proposes stronger security for witnesses testifying at criminal trials
VICTORIA - British Columbia is proposing changes to its witness protection program in order to strengthen security for people who could provide police with information on serious crimes. Public S...
Feb 16, 2019
Vlad Guerrero Jr. impresses in first day at Blue Jays big league camp
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Devon Travis doesn't have to watch batting practice to know when Vlad Guerrero Jr. is hitting the ball. He can tell just by listening. "It's the sound," the Blue Jays second baseman sa...
Feb 16, 2019
Quebec declines talks with feds, provinces, territories on coerced sterilization
OTTAWA - Quebec won't be part of a working group the federal government wants to examine claims that Indigenous women have been sterilized against their will. A spokesperson for Quebec's hea...
Feb 16, 2019
Avenatti says he has new video evidence against R. Kelly
CHICAGO - Attorney Michael Avenatti said Thursday he has given Chicago prosecutors new video evidence of R&B star R. Kelly having sex with an underage girl. Avenatti said the video isn't the same ...
Feb 16, 2019
Chicago police, Fox dispute reports about Smollett attack
Chicago police said Thursday night that local media reports that the attack against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was a hoax are unconfirmed. The reports surfaced as detectives were questioning two "...
Feb 16, 2019
Nadav Lapid's 'Synonyms' wins Berlin film fest's Golden Bear
BERLIN - Israeli director Nadav Lapid's "Synonyms," a film following a young Israeli man who uproots himself to France and tries to immerse himself in his new country, has won the Berlin International...
Feb 16, 2019
William Barr sworn in for 2nd stint as US attorney general
WASHINGTON - William Barr was sworn in Thursday for his second stint as the nation's attorney general, taking the helm of the Justice Department as special counsel Robert Mueller investigates Russian ...
Feb 16, 2019
Canada's Brazdeikis has 13 points as No. 6 Michigan beats No. 24 Maryland 65-52
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Charles Matthews scored 14 points and Canada's Iggy Brazdeikis added 13 to lift No. 6 Michigan to a 65-52 victory over No. 24 Maryland on Saturday. The Wolverines (23-3, 12-3 Big Te...
Feb 16, 2019