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Deutsche Bank to pay $100 million to avoid bribery charge
NEW YORK - Deutsche Bank agreed Friday to pay fines and penalties of more than $100 million to avoid a criminal prosecution on charges it participated in a foreign bribery scheme. Lawyers for the bank...
Jan 08, 2021

Former Canadian star Dwayne De Rosario looks to help keep soccer growing in Canada
TORONTO - While Dwayne De Rosario's playing days may be behind him, his brand continues to grow.On the heels of being named one of Major League Soccer's "25 Greatest," the 42-year-old De Rosario plans...
Jan 08, 2021

Virus concerns hit Dallas, Columbus as NHL season looms
The NHL said Friday that six Dallas Stars players and two staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 in a development that will push back the opener for the defending Western Conference champions...
Jan 08, 2021

Game on: Manitoba approves NHL in Winnipeg, clearing way for play across Canada
Manitoba has given the green light for the Winnipeg Jets to play home games during the COVID-19 pandemic, the final approval needed for the NHL to play games in all seven Canadian cities this year. Ma...
Jan 08, 2021

Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93
LOS ANGELES - Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an ambassador for the sport he loved during his 71 years with...
Jan 08, 2021

Democracy takes work, Trudeau says in condemning 'violent rioters' incited by Trump
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is again condemning violent rioters he says were incited by U.S. President Donald Trump and other politicians on Capitol Hill this week.Speaking outside his resi...
Jan 08, 2021

5 nations want Iran to deliver justice on downed plane
COPENHAGEN - The countries whose citizens were killed when Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian jetliner said Friday they want Iran "to deliver justice and make sure Iran makes full reparations to ...
Jan 08, 2021

A year on, questions haunt Iran's downing of Ukrainian plane
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When Navaz Ebrahim learned that a Ukrainian plane had fallen from the sky near Iran's capital, she didn't realize her older sister was on the flight. They had just spoken...
Jan 08, 2021

Biden to speed release of coronavirus vaccines
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden will release most available COVID-19 vaccine doses to speed delivery to more people, a reversal of the Trump administration policy, his office said Friday. "The ...
Jan 08, 2021

Ontario reports record COVID-19 cases, hospital CEO warns of vaccine shortage
Canada's most populous province has shattered another record for new daily COVID-19 infections.Ontario is reporting 4,249 new cases today, a record-breaking figure even as it factors in 450 earlier in...
Jan 08, 2021