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COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000
With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation's death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,...
Feb 04, 2022
Police: Arrest in altercation that badly injured 49ers fan
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspect was arrested in an altercation that badly injured a San Francisco 49ers fan in a parking lot outside SoFi Stadium during last weekend's NFC championship game between the 4...
Feb 04, 2022
Police: Arrest in altercation that badly injured 49ers fan
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspect was arrested in an altercation that badly injured a San Francisco 49ers fan in a parking lot outside SoFi Stadium during last weekend's NFC championship game between the 4...
Feb 04, 2022
Ex-Montreal Canadien Chris Nilan says he lost radio job over vaccine refusal
MONTREAL - Former Montreal Canadiens forward turned radio host Chris Nilan says he was fired from TSN 690, a Montreal sports radio station, after he refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter pos...
Feb 04, 2022
Minnesota AG to join investigation into Amir Locke shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will join the review of the fatal shooting of a Black man by Minneapolis police, authorities said Friday, shortly after police released body...
Feb 04, 2022
Ottawa police deploy 'surge' in bid to control, end 'increasingly volatile' protest
Ottawa police are deploying a "surge" of about 150 extra police officers to central areas of the city paralyzed by the protest against COVID-19 mandates that has been going on for days. Police Chief P...
Feb 04, 2022
Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge Friday, electing to stand trial for a second time in the 2020 killi...
Feb 04, 2022
Statistics Canada says 200,000 jobs lost in January
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 200,000 jobs in January amid stricter public health rules put in place to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The decrease marks the la...
Feb 04, 2022
Curlers right the ship, figure skaters struggle as Canada seeks to defend gold medals
BEIJING - Canada's defence of its Olympic mixed doubles curling gold medal is looking a lot more promising. The path to repeating as figure skating team champions, however, is on perilously thin ice. ...
Feb 04, 2022
Premier Kenney holds Facebook Q-and-A to discuss police 'assault' issue and lifting mandates
EDMONTON - As vehicle convoys continue to impede traffic in southern Alberta (the Lethbridge News Now newsroom was notified of four Thursday afternoon alone), the level of frustration from the public ...
Feb 04, 2022