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Passenger describes Wright after shooting as 'just gasping'
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The woman who was riding with Daunte Wright when he was pulled over by police testified Thursday about the chaos right after an officer shot him, saying she screamed at Wright but t...
Dec 09, 2021

Canada's Jessie Fleming named FA Women's Super League player of the month
LONDON - Canadian international Jessie Fleming has won the Barclays FA Women's Super League player of the month award for November. The Chelsea midfielder beat out Reading's Natasha Dowie, Manchester ...
Dec 09, 2021

Food prices to rise 7 per cent in 2022
HALIFAX - A new report says food prices in Canada are expected to rise to record highs next year. Canada's Food Price Report predicts the average family of four will pay an extra $966 for food in 2022...
Dec 09, 2021

Biden to pay tribute to 'American giant' Bob Dole at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bob Dole will lie in state Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, as the president and others gather to pay tribute to an "American giant" who served the country in war and in politics with p...
Dec 09, 2021

School district faces two $100M suits after Oxford shootings
Two lawsuits seeking $100 million each have been filed against a Michigan school district, its superintendent, principal and others after four students were fatally shot and others wounded at Oxford H...
Dec 09, 2021

Saudi crown prince in 1st visit to Qatar after embargo ended
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia's crown prince visited Qatar on Thursday, his first trip to Doha since the kingdom rallied other Arab states to end their yearslong rift and embargo of ...
Dec 09, 2021

UK Prime Minister Johnson's wife gives birth to baby girl
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have announced the birth of a baby girl. Johnson's office says a healthy baby, the couple's second child together, was born in a ...
Dec 09, 2021

Foods prices going up, Canada attends democracy summit : In The News for Dec. 9
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Dec 09, 2021

Former B.C. TV weather forecaster predicts climate catastrophe and hunger for UN
OTTAWA - As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern. First, there was the heat dome ...
Dec 09, 2021

With Taiwan, Ukraine and Jan. 6 as backdrop, U.S. hosts global Summit for Democracy
WASHINGTON - It's hard to imagine a more dramatic backdrop as President Joe Biden's virtual Summit for Democracy gets underway today: authoritarianism looming large over Ukraine, Taiwan - and the Unit...
Dec 09, 2021