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World junior roundup: Russia knocks off Switzerland to advance to semis
TRINEC, Czech Republic - Dmitri Voronkov scored two goals as Russia beat Switzerland 3-1 in quarterfinal action on Thursday at the world junior hockey championship. Russia needs one more win to captur...
Jan 02, 2020
Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race
AUSTIN, Texas - Former Obama housing secretary Julin Castro is ending his run for president. His announcement Thursday comes as Castro failed to garner enough support or donations to make the recent D...
Jan 02, 2020
Golden Globes will serve plant-based meal at awards ceremony
LOS ANGELES - The Golden Globes, known as the "party of the year," is going with a meatless menu for its 77th annual awards show. Guests will be served a 100% plant-based meal just ahead of showtime S...
Jan 02, 2020
Canadian men's hockey team sets record by capturing 16th Spengler Cup
DAVOS, Switzerland - Canada has won the Spengler Cup for the fourth time in the past five years. The Canadian team - made up mostly of European-based pros, including many ex-NHLers...
Jan 02, 2020
Daughter hopes social media can lead to answers in mother's killing 39 years ago
WINNIPEG - Denise Pochinko remembers waking up and hearing the screams. She hid under blankets with her sister until sirens drowned out their panicked breathing. It was October 1980 in Winnipeg and sh...
Jan 02, 2020
Correction: Libya-Migrant Business-Sketches story
CAIRO - In a story December 31, 2019, about an Eritrean migrant making sketches about detention centres in Libya, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he escaped forced military conscription...
Jan 02, 2020
Talks to resume with refuellers and an unsolved murder; In The News for Jan. 2
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 Jan. 2. What we are watching in Canada .....
Jan 02, 2020
Japanese prosecutors raid Nissan ex-chair Ghosn's Tokyo home
TOKYO - Japanese prosecutors raided the Tokyo home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn after he skipped bail before a trial on financial misconduct charges and left for Lebanon. Tokyo prosecutors a...
Jan 02, 2020
Security tight, Jews gather at stadium for religious event
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Tens of thousands of Jewish people congregated Wednesday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to celebrate the reading of the entire Talmud in an event called Siyum HaShas - and dr...
Jan 02, 2020
Santa Fe Chicano mural slated for destruction for new museum
An iconic Chicano mural in Santa Fe painted by Mexican American artists is scheduled for destruction to make way for a new contemporary museum, generating a debate about gentrification and whose cultu...
Jan 02, 2020