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6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, no damage known yet
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has caused buildings to sway in Mexico's capital. The earthquake struck early Thursday, just three days after a 7.6-magnitu...
Sep 22, 2022

Khmer Rouge tribunal ending work after 16 years, 3 judgments
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal on Thursday rejected the appeal of a genocide conviction by the communist group's last surviving leader in what is expected to b...
Sep 21, 2022

Australia holds national day of mourning for British queen
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - An Australian national day of mourning for the late Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday centered on Parliament House, where dignitaries placed sprigs of golden wattle - the natio...
Sep 21, 2022

Vierling's RBI single in 10th lifts Phillies past Blue Jays
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Matt Vierling had five hits, including the game-winning RBI single in the 10th, to rally the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night. J...
Sep 21, 2022

Trump docs probe: Court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a stark repudiation of Donald Trump's legal arguments, a federal appeals court on Wednesday permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from th...
Sep 21, 2022

Virginia Thomas agrees to interview with Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative activist Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Ja...
Sep 21, 2022

YouTube, TikTok say Liberal online streaming bill fails to protect digital creators
OTTAWA - Online streaming giants YouTube and TikTok are asking Canadian senators to take a sober second look at an online streaming bill that they say would cause significant harm to Canadian digital ...
Sep 21, 2022

Video helps cops arrest business break-in suspect
A suspected thief was caught on camera busting into a Vernon business.Police were called to an unnamed business in the 4900 block of Anderson Way around 2:30 this morning (Sept. 21) on a report of a b...
Sep 21, 2022

Senators open camp with optimism, but without forward Formenton
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators are entering the upcoming season with optimism after a productive summer from general manager Pierre Dorion. The team acquired veteran Claude Giroux, high-scoring winger A...
Sep 21, 2022

FIFA increases World Cup rosters but not the delegation size it will pay for
Teams at the World Cup in Qatar will be allowed a roster of 23 to 26 players, up from 23 in past tournaments. But while the player roster has been increased, FIFA has not changed the number of people ...
Sep 21, 2022

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