Author Archives: Syndicated Content

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Uruguay's senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - One of the most significant airlifts in Alaska history was underway Wednesday to move hundreds of people from coastal villages ravaged by high surf and strong winds from the remn...

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead a...

A strong smell of gas at the domestic terminal of Vancouver's airport forced passengers to be temporarily moved out on Wednesday. Statements from the airport say the source of the smell was quickly id...

NEW YORK (AP) - Expansion was not discussed at the NHL's Board of Governors meeting on Wednesday, Commissioner Gary Bettman said afterward. The league has been at 32 teams since Seattle entered for th...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport has suspended Cricket Canada from the Canadian Safe Sport Program. The suspension was for failure to meet participant e-learning and consent requiremen...

OTTAWA - Federal Industry Minister Mlanie Joly said financial relief is coming soon for Canada's tariff-struck softwood lumber sector. The minister said in Fredericton Wednesday the government will pr...

Ah, rats! Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago's so-called "rat hole," one of the Windy City's weirdest local landmarks. Hold on. The rat hole wasn't what you think. It wasn't so...

It's all about West Division races in the CFL's Week 20. Behind the Saskatchewan Roughriders home and dry with first place and the division final locked in, the B.C. Lions, Calgary Stampeders, Winnipe...

SEATTLE - Toronto manager John Schneider said he wanted more uppercuts than jabs from his team in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. A series of haymakers did the trick. Toronto hit fi...