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Giants fire Shurmur but keep GM Gettleman after 4-12 season
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Co-owner Steve Tisch is looking to take a greater role in the daily operations of the New York Giants as the organization begins a third coaching search in four years and faces...
Jan 01, 2020
Federal scientists study how to adapt building codes to climate change
When storm winds howl and rivers flood, buildings take the brunt. And as climate change makes all kinds of extreme weather more frequent and more destructive, scientists at the National Research Counc...
Jan 01, 2020
Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes dies at age 75
LONDON - Comedic writer and actor Neil Innes, who created a Beatles parody group called the Rutles and frequently worked with the members of Monty Python, has died at age 75. his agent confirmed Monda...
Jan 01, 2020
'Doomsday' scenario of mass layoffs due to AI unlikely, federal documents say
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that top government officials believe there is no imminent threat that artificial intelligence and robots will displace large segments of the Canadian workforce....
Jan 01, 2020
Cyprus court: British teen guilty of fabricating rape claims
PARALIMNI, Cyprus - A Cyprus court on Monday found a 19 year-old British woman guilty of fabricating claims that she was gang raped by 12 Israelis in a hotel room at a tourist resort in the east Medit...
Jan 01, 2020
US troops fire tear gas at pro-Iran protesters in Iraq
BAGHDAD - U.S. troops fired tear gas on Wednesday as hundreds of Iran-backed militiamen and other protesters gathered outside the American Embassy in Baghdad for a second day and set fire to the roof ...
Jan 01, 2020
The Canadian Press examines some hockey storylines to watch out for in 2020
From the continued fallout of hockey's so-called social reckoning, Don Cherry's potential replacement, the shaping of Seattle's NHL franchise and the uncertain future of the women's gam...
Jan 01, 2020
Sudan sentences 27 to death for torturing, killing protester
CAIRO - A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country's security forces to death by hanging for torturing and killing a detained protester during the uprising against longtime autocra...
Jan 01, 2020
Trump suggests some flavoured vapes may be pulled from market
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will soon announce a new strategy to tackle underage vaping, promising, "We're going to protect our families, we're g...
Jan 01, 2020
Protesters attack US Embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes
BAGHDAD - Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a m...
Jan 01, 2020

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