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New York's highest appeals court declines to block Trump's sentencing in hush money case
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court declined to block Donald Trump's upcoming sentencing in his hush money case Thursday, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect's likely last o...
Jan 09, 2025
New York's highest appeals court declines to block Trump's sentencing in hush money case
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court declined to block Donald Trump's upcoming sentencing in his hush money case Thursday, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect's likely last o...
Jan 09, 2025
Canadian women drawn with Britain, Fiji and U.S. for HSBC SVNS stop in Perth
PERTH - The Canadian women have been drawn in Pool B alongside Britain, Fiji and the U.S. at the HSBC SVNS Perth in Australia later this month. The Perth event, the third round of the seven-stop rugby...
Jan 09, 2025
Northleaf Capital Partners joins with Altor Equity Partners in CCM Hockey deal
TORONTO - Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has partnered with Swedish private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to invest in CCM Hockey. Financial terms of the agreement were not di...
Jan 09, 2025
Out-of-control Los Angeles wildfires burn thousands of homes and other structures
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A fast-moving fire broke out in the hills above Hollywood Boulevard and threatened some of the most popular Los Angeles tourist spots as firefighters battled to get control on two o...
Jan 09, 2025
Lebanon's parliament chooses army commander Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's parliament voted Thursday to elect the country's army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The session was the legis...
Jan 09, 2025
WNBA's Toronto Tempo joins forces with Sephora Canada in first sponsor partnership
TORONTO - Toronto Tempo president Teresa Resch believes the WNBA expansion team has found a kindred spirit in Sephora Canada as the basketball franchise's "founding partner and official beauty partner...
Jan 09, 2025
Tri-community raises $7K to support RCMP officer battling cancer
Brent Nicol, a longtime RCMP officer who is currently battling cancer, said he was overwhelmed by the community support on Tuesday during a steak night fundraiser. "You don't always think about everyo...
Jan 09, 2025
Gaza's Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the war has surpassed 46,000
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday, as the conflict raged into a 16th month with no end in si...
Jan 09, 2025
Gaza's Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the war has surpassed 46,000
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Gaza Health Ministry says the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has climbed above 46,000. The ministry updated its toll from the ongoing 15-month conflict on Th...
Jan 09, 2025