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Wheeler lifts Jets to 4-3 shootout win over Leafs; Matthews reaches milestone
TORONTO - Blake Wheeler wasn't ready to describe the ups and downs of the Winnipeg Jets' 4-3 shootout win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. "Are you serious? We've got places to be," joked Wheeler after s...
Jan 10, 2020
Davis, Ibaka lead Raptors past Hornets in OT, 112-110
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Every now and again, Terence Davis reminds himself that 30 NBA teams passed on him in the 2019 draft. Wednesday was one of those nights. Davis made the most of his first NBA start wi...
Jan 10, 2020
Democrats, and some in GOP, seek more info on Iran decision
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration made its case on Capitol Hill for killing a powerful Iranian general, but Democrats - and a handful of Republicans - said the classified briefings Wednesday were ...
Jan 10, 2020
Australians on SE coast urged to flee as fire risk escalates
TOMERONG, Australia - Residents in the path of wildfires razing southeast Australia were urged to evacuate on Thursday if they don't intend to defend their homes as hot and windy conditions are foreca...
Jan 10, 2020
China reports 1st death from new type of coronavirus
BEIJING - Health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan are reporting the first death from a new type of coronavirus. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported Saturday that seven other...
Jan 10, 2020
Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman, dies at 79
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully...
Jan 10, 2020
Taiwan votes with future of its democracy on the line
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The future of Taiwan's democracy is on the line as the self-ruled island's 19 million voters decide on whether to give independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen a second term. Votin...
Jan 10, 2020
Alberta shedding jobs but local outlook not so bad
Medicine Hat, AB - Full-time job numbers are starting 2020 much the same way they did in 2019, only worse. But southern Alberta appears to be beating the trend in the province with improvement in most...
Jan 10, 2020 NDP's Deron Bilous speaks about the latest Statistics Canada jobs report in Edmonton on Friday. (Photo NDP Caucus Facebook)
Newlyweds, professors, students among Edmonton victims of plane crash in Iran
EDMONTON - Amir Samani never got a chance to personally congratulate his two friends on their wedding in Iran and he can't believe that he never will. Arash Pourzarabi and Pouneh Gorji were ...
Jan 10, 2020
Boeing papers show employees slid 737 Max problems past FAA
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill lashed out at Boeing on Friday after the release of a batch of emails and text messages in which company employees questioned the safety of the now-grounded 737 Max, called t...
Jan 10, 2020