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Panel overturns 4 Facebook content takedowns in first ruling
LONDON - Facebook's quasi-independent oversight board issued its first rulings on Thursday, overturning four out of five decisions by the social network to take down questionable content. The social m...
Jan 28, 2021
U.S. whiskey bolstered by liquor store sales in 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - American whiskey absorbed some setbacks but showed resilience in the face of pandemic-related clampdowns on bars and restaurants as liquor sales benefited from enduring demand for a ...
Jan 28, 2021
Indianapolis teen charged in fatal shootings of family
INDIANAPOLIS - A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his parents, two teenage siblings and his 18-year-old brother's pregnant girlfriend in the fam...
Jan 28, 2021
Liberals' two-billion-trees promise to cost $2.78 billion more than planned, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says a pledge by the Trudeau Liberals to plant two billion trees could cost almost double what the government says. The tree-planting spree, spread over a deca...
Jan 28, 2021
Most minorities disproportionately dropped from civil service hiring process: audit
OTTAWA - A new report says Black Canadians and people from most other minority groups tend to disproportionately lose out on federal civil service jobs they apply for compared with other Canadians. Th...
Jan 28, 2021
Mormon Metalmark Butterflies Webinar
Native Prairie Speaker Series Webinar on the Mormon Metalmark butterflies: an uncommon species in the prairie badlands will be held at NOON today with Speaker: Dr. Shelley Pruss, @ualberta and ParksCa...
Jan 28, 2021
Liberal government to voice support for Joe Biden cancelling U.S. 'global gag rule'
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The federal government is expected to voice its support later today when President Joe Biden rescinds the United States' so-called global gag rule. The policy prohibits internat...
Jan 28, 2021
Canadian moguls king Mikael Kingsbury prepares to compete again after injury
CALGARY - A place that gives Mikael Kingsbury confidence is doing it again, but for different reasons. The reigning men's Olympic and world moguls champion from Deux-Montagnes, Que., is fine-turning h...
Jan 28, 2021
New home sales rise in December after sharp November drop
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Sales of new homes rose 1.6% in December after a big decline in November that was even worse than previously thought. The increase last month pushed sales of new homes to a season...
Jan 28, 2021
At Sundance, pandemic dramas unfold on screen and off
NEW YORK - Peter Nicks had for months been documenting the students of Oakland High School, in California, when the pandemic hit. "It's in the Bay," says one student of the virus as he and others mill...
Jan 28, 2021