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Justice Department sues over Baltimore bridge collapse and seeks $100M in cleanup costs
BALTIMORE (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday sued the owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse, seeking to recover more than $100 million that the gov...
Sep 18, 2024
Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at World Cup in 1990, dies at 59
ROME (AP) - Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at its home World Cup in 1990, has died. He was 59. Schillaci had been hospitalized in Palermo following treatment for colo...
Sep 18, 2024
In the news today: Foreign interference inquiry resumes, Indigenous artist recognized
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Inquiry to hear from MPs targeted by meddling A federal inquiry into foreign interference is slated to hear to...
Sep 18, 2024
Public inquiry to hear from current, former MPs targeted by foreign meddling
OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into foreign interference is slated to hear today from current and former politicians who have been singled out by meddlers. Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole, Conserv...
Sep 18, 2024
Zhao bounced by Shnaider in Korea Open women's singles
SEOUL - Diana Shnaider only needed 71 minutes Tuesday night to show Canadian Carol Zhao why she's considered one of the favourites to win the women's singles title at the Hana Bank Korea Open. The fou...
Sep 18, 2024
Struggling Heim has key hit as Rangers rout Blue Jays 13-8
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Wyatt Langford homered and doubled twice, struggling Jonah Heim delivered a two-run single to break a sixth-inning tie and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 13-8 on ...
Sep 17, 2024
Voting for local government opens in Indian-controlled Kashmir for first time after losing autonomy
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - The three-phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir opened early Wednesday in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's governm...
Sep 17, 2024
16 soldiers injured in accident at Valcartier military base in Quebec
CFB VALCARTIER - More than a dozen soldiers were sent to hospital this afternoon after an accident at a military base in Quebec. Capt. Hermione Wilson, a public affairs officer with the Canadian Armed...
Sep 17, 2024
Man from Phoenix, Ariz., missing after truck plunges off Yukon bridge
WHITEHORSE - Whitehorse RCMP say a man from Phoenix, Ariz., is missing after the truck he was travelling in went off a bridge and plunged into the Yukon River. Police say the crash happened on Monday ...
Sep 17, 2024
Edler to sign one-day contract to retire as a Vancouver Canuck
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks announced Tuesday that defenceman Alex Edler will sign a one-day contract in order to officially retire as a member of the NHL team. The signing will be part of a cel...
Sep 17, 2024