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1 dead, 1 injured in blast at Chicago area petroleum plant
LEMONT, Ill. (AP) - An explosion at a suburban Chicago petroleum plant killed one person and injured a second Tuesday morning, authorities said. The Will County Sheriff's Office said that one person w...
Apr 25, 2023
UN warns of lab risk, more displacement amid Sudan conflict
GENEVA (AP) - U.N. officials said Tuesday that one side in the Sudan conflict has seized control of a national health lab in the capital of Khartoum that holds biological material, calling it an "extr...
Apr 25, 2023
Patch crowned 'beautiful bulldog' at Drake University event
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Patch, sporting a jean jacket as she strutted down the runway, was crowned the winner of Drake University's Beautiful Bulldog Contest. The 2-year-old English bulldog beat out 2...
Apr 25, 2023
Rosalind Franklin's role in DNA discovery gets a new twist
NEW YORK (AP) - The discovery of DNA's double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science - and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit. Much of the c...
Apr 25, 2023
Yukon government starts funding 40 hours of paid sick leave
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's premier says the territory is the first in Canada to provide government-funded paid sick leave with a program targeting workers who are most likely to suffer from taking unpaid ti...
Apr 25, 2023
Colorado's Cale Makar suspended for Game 5 vs. Seattle
Colorado Avalanche star defenseman Cale Makar was suspended one game by the NHL on Tuesday for his hit on Seattle's Jared McCann in the first period of a Game 4 loss to the Kraken. Makar, last year's ...
Apr 25, 2023
Canada's Marino advances to second round of Madrid Open, Bouchard makes main draw
MADRID - Canada's Rebecca Marino defeated China's Zhu Lin 7-6 (1), 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday. Marino fired 11 aces to just two double faults in the win. The Vanc...
Apr 25, 2023
'Last of Us' star, Petro Pascal, has matching outfits with Vancouver's libraries.
VANCOUVER - Actor Pedro Pascal hasn't started filming in Vancouver yet on the second season of his smash HBO hit "The Last of Us," but the city library is already matching him up with its branches. A ...
Apr 25, 2023
Thousands of Hydro-Québec clients lose power after Churchill Falls interruption
MONTREAL - Quebec's electric utility says thousands are without power in the province after a problem at the Churchill Falls generating station in Labrador. A Hydro-Qubec spokesman says the station ex...
Apr 25, 2023
Former Canada captain Jason deVos named Canada Soccer's interim general secretary
TORONTO - Former Canada captain Jason deVos has been named interim general secretary of Canada Soccer. The Canada Soccer Hall of Famer, who is currently the governing body's director of development, s...
Apr 25, 2023