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Official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted US Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct durin...
Mar 22, 2022

1 killed, 10 injured after tornado hits north Texas county
DALLAS (AP) - One person was killed when a tornado swept through North Texas, officials said Tuesday. Grayson County Office of Emergency Management Director Sarah Somers said a 73-year-old woman died ...
Mar 22, 2022

Ottawa Senators will no longer require fans to be masked as of Saturday's home game
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have eliminated their mask mandate for fans beginning Saturday. The move comes amid Ontario's easing of COVID-19 restrictions, and on the heels of Maple Leaf Sports & ...
Mar 22, 2022

Jackson faces pointed questions at Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faced senators' questions for the first time Tuesday as Democrats push to quickly confirm the only Black female justice in the court's 233...
Mar 22, 2022

Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison by Russian court
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced to nine years in a maximum security prison on Tuesday. A judge also ruled that Navalny...
Mar 22, 2022

No shortage of operators looking to get into full Ontario sports-betting market
TORONTO - Greg Warren is seeing no shortage of interest in the Ontario sports-betting market. Single-game sports betting has been legal in Canada since last summer but the industry won't open up fully...
Mar 22, 2022

CP Rail work stoppage to end, possible Liberal-NDP deal : In The News for March 22
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 March 22 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 22, 2022

Senator proposes bill to ban captivity of certain animals, protect others
A senator is set to introduce a bill today supported by primatologist Jane Goodall that would phase out elephants in captivity, put a stop to big cats at roadside zoos and give some animals legal stan...
Mar 22, 2022

Quebec finance minister to table budget today that is expected to address inflation
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard will table a budget today for the 2022-23 fiscal year, just over six months ahead of the provincial election. The budget comes as the Quebec government is facing pr...
Mar 22, 2022

Civilians fleeing Mariupol describe street-to-street battles
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - Civilians making the dangerous escape from Ukraine's embattled southern port hub of Mariupol described fleeing through street-to-street gun battles and past unburied corpses as a ...
Mar 21, 2022