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Refugee families urge Biden to keep promise to up admissions
SAN DIEGO - The families of refugees and their supporters, including 124 elected officials, sent President Joe Biden a letter Tuesday urging him to make good on his promise to boost refugee admissions...
Apr 06, 2021
Greenland election shows divide over rare-earth metals mine
HELSINKI - Greenland is holding an early parliamentary election Tuesday focused in part on whether the semi-autonomous Danish territory should allow international companies to mine the sparsely popula...
Apr 06, 2021
US boosts aid to Palestinians as some in Congress cry foul
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is moving again to increase U.S. assistance to the Palestinians as it fires up a new Mideast policy that is directly opposite of the one pursued by its predecesso...
Apr 06, 2021
Toronto FC up for CONCACAF Champions League challenge of Mexico's Club Leon
Toronto FC kicks off its 2021 season in deep water Wednesday, taking on Club Leon in Mexico in the first leg of their Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League round-of-16 tie. The timing of the tournament...
Apr 06, 2021
California's Pacific Gas & Electric charged in 2019 wildfire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California prosecutor filed 33 criminal charges Tuesday against the troubled Pacific Gas & Electric for a 2019 wildfire officials blamed on the utility. The Sonoma County di...
Apr 06, 2021
California plans to lift most pandemic restrictions June 15
SAN FRANCISCO - California plans to lift most coronavirus restrictions on businesses and workplaces June 15, with officials saying enough people should be vaccinated by then to allow for life to almos...
Apr 06, 2021
Montreal mosque says windows broken after man shot at building with air pistol
Montreal police say they will be investigating a video posted to social media that appears to show a man shooting an air pistol at a city mosque. The Centre Communautaire Islamique Assahaba in east-en...
Apr 06, 2021
MLB officially moves All-Star Game to Denver's Coors Field
DENVER - The All-Star Game will be played at hitter-friendly Coors Field. Major League Baseball officially announced the new venue Tuesday after pulling the Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over objecti...
Apr 06, 2021
Sabres sitting Taylor Hall in anticipation he'll be traded
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Sabres are taking the precautionary step of scratching forward Taylor Hall for their game at New Jersey on Tuesday in anticipation the NHL's 2018 MVP will will be traded in...
Apr 06, 2021
Sajjan aide skips committee hearing on military misconduct, minister appears instead
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan's former chief of staff is the latest Liberal aide to avoid a House of Commons order that she testify before a parliamentary committee. A majority of MPs approv...
Apr 06, 2021