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Canadian Catherine Raiche lands front-office job with Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles have hired Canada's Catherine Raiche as their football operations co-ordinator. It's the latest step up the football ladder for the 30-year-old Raiche, who left a law career to...
Jul 25, 2019
Score! Megan Rapinoe book to be published next year
NEW YORK - Soccer star Megan Rapinoe has scored again, this time with a book deal. Penguin Press announced Thursday that Rapinoe's book, currently untitled, will be published in Fall 2020. Penguin is ...
Jul 25, 2019
Federal NDP and Greens, provincial opposition call for review of Glen Assoun case
HALIFAX - Opposition leaders in Ottawa and Nova Scotia are calling for further investigation into why the RCMP destroyed potential evidence in the criminal proceedings against a Halifax man who was wr...
Jul 25, 2019
Surfing ready for its first Pan Am appearance ahead of Olympic debut
Dom Domic has been on Canadian surfing's long road to sporting prominence from the beginning. The Calgary native was first exposed to the sport on family vacations to California a...
Jul 25, 2019
Doug Ford says Boris Johnson will do 'great job' as Britain's next prime minister
LUCAN, Ont. - Ontario's premier says he believes Boris Johnson will do a "great job" as Britain's next prime minister. Doug Ford praised the new leader of Britain's Conservative Party at a n...
Jul 25, 2019
HBO chief: Sorry, fans, no 'Game of Thrones' do-over
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The clamour from "Game of Thrones" fans for a do-over of the drama's final season has been in vain. HBO programming chief Casey Bloys said Wednesday there was no serious consid...
Jul 25, 2019
HBO chief skeptical about another 'Big Little Lies' season
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The future of "Big Little Lies" is as uncertain as the legal fate of the Monterey Five. HBO programming chief Casey Bloys says he's taking a cautious approach to pursuing anoth...
Jul 25, 2019
AP source: Jeffrey Epstein found injured in NYC jail cell
NEW YORK - Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein was found injured on the floor of his cell early this week in the federal jail where he is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, a person familiar wit...
Jul 25, 2019
Justice Dept. will execute inmates for first time since 2003
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department says it will carry out executions of federal death row inmates for the first time since 2003. The department says five inmates will be executed, starting in Decembe...
Jul 25, 2019
New British PM Johnson urges EU to renegotiate Brexit deal
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the European Union on Thursday to rethink its refusal to renegotiate the Brexit deal, setting himself on a collision course with both the bloc and h...
Jul 25, 2019