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Swedish police: Man injures at least 8 before being arrested
STOCKHOLM - Swedish police said a man assaulted at least eight people in a southern Sweden town Wednesday, and that the case was being investigated as "attempted murder." Police said a man in his 20s ...
Mar 03, 2021

Yankees manager Aaron Boone taking leave to get pacemaker
NEW YORK - Yankees manager Aaron Boone is taking a leave of absence from the team to get a pacemaker and intends to return to work in a few days. New York said the procedure was likely to be performed...
Mar 03, 2021

Demonstrators block key access to Vancouver port over jail for pipeline protester
VANCOUVER - Indigenous youth calling themselves Braided Warriors have blocked a major Vancouver intersection to protest a 90-day jail sentence handed to an anti-pipeline protester.A police spokesman s...
Mar 03, 2021

Environment Canada looks ahead to spring
PRINCE GEORGE - Looking forward to spring, Environment Canada says the weather is looking "inconclusive" at the moment."Now the upcoming forecast for spring is not looking overly conclusive this time,...
Mar 03, 2021

Public Health Agency of Canada budgets $5B for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada expects to spend up to $5 billion on vaccines and other COVID-19 treatments. Procurement Minister Anita Anand previously said vaccines alone would cost at l...
Mar 03, 2021

States rapidly expanding vaccine access as supplies surge
Buoyed by a surge in vaccine shipments, states and cities are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 shots to teachers, 55-and-over Americans and other groups as the U.S. races to beat back the vi...
Mar 03, 2021

Detectives look at SUV's 'black box' from Tiger Woods crash
LOS ANGELES - Detectives are looking at data from the so-called "black box" of Tiger Woods' SUV to get a clearer picture of what occurred during the Southern California rollover crash last week that s...
Mar 03, 2021

Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II gets 14 years for rapes
SAN DIEGO - Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offences against five women in Southern California, including one who ...
Mar 03, 2021

Minassian decision opens door for verdict of not criminally responsible due to autism
TORONTO - The judge who found Alek Minassian guilty of murder and attempted murder in the Toronto van attack has set Canadian precedent by considering autism a "mental disorder" under the Criminal Cod...
Mar 03, 2021

Strawweight Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos becomes third Canadian on UFC 260 card
TORONTO - Veteran Canadian strawweight Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos will face Luana Pinheiro at UFC 260 on March 27. It will mark the 17th UFC fight for the 35-year-old from Windsor, Ont., who made her ...
Mar 03, 2021