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Former Carey vice Burgess bets on herself, looks forward to fresh start with Einarson
With her curling future now uncertain beyond this season, Karlee Burgess still decided it was the right time to bet on herself. The three-time world junior champion recently left Team Chelsea Carey to...
Jan 07, 2025

Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, joins 2026 governor's race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who became a household name in the state in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is running for governor. Acton, 58, a physician and pu...
Jan 07, 2025

Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said T...
Jan 07, 2025

Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said T...
Jan 07, 2025

Canada blanks Czechia 5-0, finishes group stage perfect at U18 women's hockey worlds
VANTAA - Stryker Zablocki scored twice and Marilou Grenier made 20 saves as Canada blanked Czechia 5-0 Tuesday at the world women's under-18 hockey championship. Canada finished the preliminary round ...
Jan 07, 2025

Jimmy Carter is back in Washington, where he remained an outsider
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Car...
Jan 07, 2025

Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, joins 2026 governor's race
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who became a household name in the state in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is running for governor. Acton, 58, a physician and pu...
Jan 07, 2025

B.C. woman already banned from midwifery is charged after infant dies
LADYSMITH, B.C. - A British Columbia woman who describes herself as a childbirth advocate has been charged with manslaughter after police say an infant she helped deliver died days after its birth. RC...
Jan 07, 2025

B.C. woman already banned from midwifery is charged after infant dies
LADYSMITH, B.C. - A British Columbia woman who describes herself as a childbirth advocate has been charged with manslaughter after police say an infant she helped deliver died days after its birth. RC...
Jan 07, 2025

Okanagan winery banned from hiring foreign workers after breaching abuse rules
OLIVER, B.C. - A winery in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley has been permanently banned by the federal government from hiring foreign workers and fined $118,000 for breaking program rules. Immigration, Refugees...
Jan 07, 2025

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