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Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022
Author Salman Rushdie took the stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack. Hadi Matar, 27, is charged with attempted murder a...
Feb 11, 2025

Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment
LONDON (AP) - Sam Kerr, one of the world's top female soccer players, was found not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, Britain's Press Association reported Tuesday. Kerr...
Feb 11, 2025

Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment
LONDON (AP) - Sam Kerr, one of the world's top female soccer players, was found not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, Britain's Press Association reported Tuesday. Kerr...
Feb 11, 2025

27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests
More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans - ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists - ...
Feb 11, 2025

Saint John, Calgary are the cities that would be hit hardest by U.S. tariffs: report
OTTAWA - Calgary, Saint John, N.B. and Windsor, Ont. are the Canadian cities that would be hit the hardest by U.S. tariffs, says new research by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Using Statistics Cana...
Feb 11, 2025

Gatland out as Wales rugby coach midway through the Six Nations with team on record losing run
Warren Gatland has left his role as Wales rugby coach midway through the Six Nations, with his team on a national-record losing streak of 14 matches. The decision was announced by the Welsh Rugby Unio...
Feb 11, 2025

Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson win gold in team combined at Alpine skiing world championships
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) - Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson won gold in the new team combined event at the Alpine skiing world championships on Tuesday. The Americans beat silver medalist...
Feb 11, 2025

Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, warns 'it will end badly'
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's mass deportation of migrants, warning that the program to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal ...
Feb 11, 2025

Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, warns 'it will end badly'
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's mass deportation of migrants, warning that the program to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal ...
Feb 11, 2025

Here's the latest as Canada faces steel and aluminum tariffs from the United States
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all aluminum and steel imports to the U.S., including those from Canada, on March 12. Here's the latest ne...
Feb 11, 2025

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