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Man held without bond for threatening inauguration violence
CHICAGO - An Illinois man was ordered held without bond Thursday for allegedly threatening the lives of President Joe Biden and other Democrats before this week's inauguration. U.S. Magistrate Judge G...
Jan 21, 2021

Biden halts border wall building after Trump's final surge
SAN DIEGO - In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump's wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which then-firs...
Jan 21, 2021

Asia Today: Shanghai outbreak prompts 2 hospital lockdowns
BEIJING - Shanghai has imposed lockdowns on two of China's best-known hospitals after they were linked to new coronavirus cases. Outpatient services have been suspended and Fudan University Shanghai C...
Jan 21, 2021

Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census
Battered by criticism that the 2020 census was dangerously politicized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau under a new Biden administration has the tall task of restoring confidence in...
Jan 21, 2021

Mexico posts new daily highs for pandemic cases and deaths
MEXICO CITY - Mexico posted new one-day highs for the pandemic Thursday, with 22,339 newly confirmed coronavirus infections and 1,803 deaths from COVID-19 recorded for the previous 24 hours. The recen...
Jan 21, 2021

Legal review shows British Columbia can't restrict interprovincial travel: Horgan
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says a review of legal options has made it clear it cannot prevent people from travelling to the province from elsewhere in Canada. Premier John Horgan says in a stateme...
Jan 21, 2021

Legal review shows British Columbia can't restrict interprovincial travel: Horgan
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says a review of legal options has made it clear it cannot prevent people from travelling to the province from elsewhere in Canada. Premier John Horgan says in a stateme...
Jan 21, 2021

Attitude of gratitude being echoed through Northern BC's Centre for Skating
PRINCE GEORGE - The restrictions currently in place to combat the spread of COVID-19 are different from province to province, but right here in British Columbia, we're among the fortunate when it come...
Jan 21, 2021

Fire across the street from Southridge Elementary School in College Heights
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue were dispatched to a fire at Southridge Estates, a condo complex across the street from Southridge Elementary School in College Heights this afternoon.It brok...
Jan 21, 2021

CNN, MSNBC viewers flip for Biden; Fox audience slumps
NEW YORK - Nothing illustrates the political passions of a television network's audience quite like ratings for a presidential inaugural. The 6.53 million people who watched President Joe Biden take t...
Jan 21, 2021