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Shohei Ohtani's Dodgers deal prompts California controller to ask Congress to cap deferred payments
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Controller Malia M. Cohen wants Congress to change the tax code to cap deferred payments, a change that could ensure the state is owed more money from Shohei Ohtan...
Jan 09, 2024
Ray Epps, a target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, gets a year of probation for his Capitol riot role
WASHINGTON (AP) - A man targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories about the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to a year of probation for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of fellow D...
Jan 09, 2024
Montreal unregistered acupuncturist's clients urged to get tested for HIV, hepatitis
Montreal public health is urging clients of a man offering acupuncture treatments in the city's Notre-Dame-de-Grce neighbourhood to get tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. Officials say the r...
Jan 09, 2024
RCMP fails to submit plan on how it will respond to Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - The RCMP have failed to meet a self-imposed deadline to detail how they plan to implement recommendations from the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. When the Mass Casualty Com...
Jan 09, 2024
Toronto FC signs Honduran midfielder Deybi Flores to two-year contract
Toronto FC has signed Honduran international midfielder Deybi Flores to a two-year contract, the club announced Tuesday. Flores, 27, spent the last two seasons with Fehervar FC in Hungary's first divi...
Jan 09, 2024
Madrid and Atletico kickoff Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. Rivals meet three times in a month
MADRID (AP) - With Real Madrid enjoying good momentum and Atletico Madrid on a bit of a slump, the city rivals meet in the semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in the first ...
Jan 09, 2024
Thierry Henry says he had depression during career and cried "almost every day" early in pandemic
PARIS (AP) - Thierry Henry, who won the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship with France and is Arsenal's all-time highest scorer, has opened up about the fact he "must have been in depre...
Jan 09, 2024
Thierry Henry says he had depression during career and cried "almost every day" early in pandemic
PARIS (AP) - Thierry Henry, who won the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship with France and is Arsenal's all-time highest scorer, has opened up about the fact he "must have been in depre...
Jan 09, 2024
France gets its youngest-ever prime minister, Gabriel Attal, as Macron shakes up government
PARIS (AP) - Gabriel Attal was named Tuesday as France's youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from th...
Jan 09, 2024
In the news today: Gazans vie for visas and Iranian student denied a study permit
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Families with relatives in Gaza vie for visas Hundreds of families in Canada ho...
Jan 09, 2024