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Sikh group wants probe of gunman's possible supremacist link
INDIANAPOLIS - A Sikh civil rights organization called on law enforcement Tuesday to investigate whether a former FedEx employee who fatally shot eight people - four of them Sikhs - at a FedEx facilit...
Apr 21, 2021
Queen Elizabeth expresses thanks for 'support and kindness'
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has expressed her thanks for all the "support and kindness" shown following the death of her husband, Prince Philip. In a statement Wednesday posted on social media on her ...
Apr 21, 2021
'Sliver of hope.' Relief, caution as Floyd verdict absorbed
NEW YORK - When the verdicts came in - guilty, guilty and guilty - Lucia Edmonds let out the breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding. The relief that the 91-year-old Black woman felt floodi...
Apr 21, 2021
Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan drop out of Super League
MADRID - Atltico Madrid and Inter Milan both decided to drop out of the Super League on Wednesday. The moves came a day after the six Premier League clubs gave up on the controversial breakaway compet...
Apr 21, 2021
Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan drop out of Super League
MADRID - Atltico Madrid and Inter Milan both decided to drop out of the Super League on Wednesday. The moves came a day after the six Premier League clubs gave up on the controversial breakaway compet...
Apr 21, 2021
Canadian women to open Olympic soccer tournament against host Japan
Canada will open the Tokyo Olympic women's soccer tournament against host Japan on July 21 at the Sapporo Dome. The eighth-ranked Canadian women, bronze medallists at the last two Olympics, were drawn...
Apr 21, 2021
Ontario premier in isolation and a mission on Mars: In The News for April 21
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 April 21 ...What we are watching in Canada ......
Apr 21, 2021
Ease employment hurdles for former prison inmates, federal study urges
OTTAWA - A new federal study found that people released from prison were much more likely than the general population to have trouble finding gainful employment - even over a decade after returning to...
Apr 21, 2021
Bank of Canada to detail outlook on economy, inflation in wake of federal budget
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will say today how it sees the economy faring over the coming months and the path for inflation amid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the outlook, the ba...
Apr 21, 2021
Judge to deliver decision today on request to delay Meng extradition case
VANCOUVER - A judge is scheduled to release her decision today on a request to delay the final leg of hearings in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition case. The hearings were set to begin next ...
Apr 21, 2021