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McConnell: Trump 'provoked' Capitol siege, mob was fed lies
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday explicitly blamed President Donald Trump for the deadly riot at the Capitol, saying the mob was "fed lies" and the president and others...
Jan 19, 2021
Ehlers scores overtime winner as Winnipeg Jets rally for 4-3 win over Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA - Nikolaj Ehlers and the Winnipeg Jets have yet to lead a contest in regulation and yet they've won two of their three games to start the NHL season. Ehlers scored in overtime as Winnipeg twice...
Jan 19, 2021
Fierce California winds fan fires, topple trees and trucks
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Months-old embers from a deadly California fire were blown back to life Tuesday by powerful winds that raked the state and prompted safety blackouts to tens of thousands of people...
Jan 19, 2021
Justice Dept. won't charge Sen. Burr over stock sales
WASHINGTON - Sen. Richard Burr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has told him it will not prosecute him over stock sales made during the coronavirus pandemic, ending an insider trading investig...
Jan 19, 2021
Tongue on the Post waiting on Medalta approval as livestream venue with no audience
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's a hurry up and wait game for the organizers of Medicine Hat's Tongue on the Post festival.The annual music event is planned to take place starting on Monday, January 25.And lik...
Jan 19, 2021
Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher for Dodgers, dies at 75
LOS ANGELES - Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation spanning an era from Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. He was 75. The Baseball...
Jan 19, 2021
From Gaga to Garth, Miranda to Moreno: Celebs join inaugural
Like so much this past year, the inaugural celebration will be like no other: pared down, distanced, much of it virtual. But for actor Christopher Jackson - the original George Washington in Broadway'...
Jan 19, 2021
File details investigation into John Mulaney 'SNL' monologue
The U.S. Secret Service opened an investigation into comedian John Mulaney over jokes believed to be made about President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" last year, according to records obtained...
Jan 19, 2021
B.C. watchdog says mentally ill children and youth retraumatized in hospital
VICTORIA - One mentally ill youth hospitalized in British Columbia recalls being restrained to a bed and injected with medication as she screamed for her mom while another says drugs turned him into a...
Jan 19, 2021
Biden's Bible puts him in line with inaugural tradition
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will take their oaths of office on Wednesday using Bibles that are laden with personal meaning, writing new chapters in a long-running American tradition - and...
Jan 19, 2021