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Hashida, who wrote 'Oshin,' many other hit dramas dies at 95
TOKYO - Renowned Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida, best known for the internationally popular TV drama series "Oshin," has died of lymphoma. She was 95. Hashida had been treated for the illness si...
Apr 06, 2021
Official: Biden moving vaccine eligibility date to April 19
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden was set to announce Tuesday that he is shaving about two weeks off his May 1 deadline for states to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccines. With states grad...
Apr 06, 2021
6 relatives dead in apparent murder-suicide at Texas home
DALLAS - Six people were found fatally shot in a suburban Dallas home early Monday after police say two brothers made a pact to kill four family members and themselves. Officers in Allen went to the h...
Apr 06, 2021
New recording indicates Jordanians tried to silence prince
JERUSALEM - A new audio recording that surfaced Tuesday indicates that Jordanian authorities tried to silence a former crown prince for meeting with internal critics but contains no mention of a forei...
Apr 06, 2021
One of country's largest sugar maples removed for safety
KENSINGTON, N.H. - A sugar maple tree that has watched over a New Hampshire home for more than 200 years and was one of the largest of its kind in the United States is coming down because of safety co...
Apr 06, 2021
Putin signs law allowing him 2 more terms as Russia's leader
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law allowing him to potentially hold onto power until 2036, a move that formalizes constitutional changes endorsed in a vote last year. The...
Apr 06, 2021
New Utah law requires dads to pay prenatal child support
SALT LAKE CITY - Biological fathers in Utah will be legally required to pay half of a woman's out-of-pocket pregnancy costs under a new law unique to the state that critics say doesn't do enough to ad...
Apr 06, 2021
Humboldt Broncos team to be honoured on third anniversary of fatal bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - A virtual tribute is planned for today to mark the third anniversary of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.Sixteen people died and 13 were injured when a semi-trailer ran a stop sign and...
Apr 06, 2021
E-learning for Peel Region schools; Broncos crash tribute: In The News for April 6
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 April 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Apr 06, 2021
Second pandemic budget in Saskatchewan as COVID-19 variants hit hard
REGINA - Saskatchewan is set to table its budget today outlining how the province plans to manage the continued spread of COVID-19 in the coming year. Premier Scott Moe has said the novel coronavirus ...
Apr 06, 2021