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Brazil enjoys fun in the sun as COVID-19 deaths top 200,000
SAO PAULO - The night before New Year's Eve in Rio de Janeiro, thousands of revelers clad in their bathing suits crowded onto the iconic Ipanema beach to have some seaside drinks. It was one of many o...
Jan 07, 2021

Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accounts
After years of treating President Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric with a light touch, Facebook and Instagram are silencing his social media accounts for the rest of his presidency. The move, whic...
Jan 07, 2021

Kim vows to improve ties with outside world at party meeting
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored the need to drastically improve his nation's ties with the outside world as he addressed a major political conference for the th...
Jan 07, 2021

Publisher drops book by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley
NEW YORK - A planned book by Sen. Josh Hawley, who objected to President-elect Joe Biden's win and backed baseless claims that the election was stolen, has been cancelled by its publisher in the wake ...
Jan 07, 2021

Mexico leader condemns Twitter, Facebook for blocking Trump
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's president on Thursday condemned the decision by social media platforms to block the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump. President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador at the same time...
Jan 07, 2021

Trump finally concedes - amid talk of ouster from office
WASHINGTON - With 13 days left in his term, President Donald Trump finally bent to reality on Thursday amid growing talk of trying to force him out early, acknowledging he'll peacefully leave after Co...
Jan 07, 2021

Black leaders cheer Georgia success, push for more progress
What started as a day of celebration for Black organizers, voters and other Georgians who helped deliver two historic Senate runoff victories was overshadowed Wednesday when a violent, mostly white mo...
Jan 07, 2021

Conservative media decry Capitol riot, but grievances remain
NEW YORK - Media outlets that appeal to conservatives offered condemnations, explanations and deflections following the U.S. Capitol riot by President Donald Trump's supporters, but little introspecti...
Jan 07, 2021

PG pair launch Naramata board game showcasing BC Wine
PRINCE GEORGE - This is no Monopoly, or Prince George-opoly, but it is a brand new board game created by two PG men that shines a light on BC's wine country.Norm Coyne says he never planned to help cr...
Jan 07, 2021

Football hoping to grow in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Kodiaks Football Club is bringing a new program to the Northern Capital, intended as a way to provide football players in our region to get out and active during the ...
Jan 07, 2021