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Baseball star Ohtani’s ex-interpreter is sentenced to 4 years and 9 months in sports betting case
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thursday to four years and nine months in prison and three years' supervised release for bank and tax frau...
Feb 06, 2025
Five women sexually assaulted in B.C. 'grateful' for lawsuit victory, lawyers say
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for five women who were sexually assaulted in Vancouver decades ago say their clients are grateful they won a civil lawsuit against a man acquitted of the crimes due to state misco...
Feb 06, 2025
12 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data
Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency's from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans' s...
Feb 06, 2025
Canadian teen snowboarder Eli Bouchard soars to first World Cup gold medal
ASPEN - Canadian snowboarder Eli Bouchard soared to his first win on the World Cup circuit at a big air competition Thursday in Aspen. The 17-year-old from Lac-Beauport, Que., won gold in the event wi...
Feb 06, 2025
Quebec man extradited to U.S. after pregnant migrant dies in border crossing attempt
MONTREAL - U.S. officials say a Colombian man who was living in Quebec has been extradited and arraigned in connection with the case of a pregnant Mexican woman who died while trying to cross illegall...
Feb 06, 2025
Enter the Dragon: Defenceman Marcus Pettersson finds home in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have three Petterssons, but only one Dragon. That's the nickname that was bestowed on six-foot-five Marcus Pettersson by assistant coach Trent Yawney not long after h...
Feb 06, 2025
Democratic attorneys general challenging Musk's staff access to Americans' sensitive personal data
Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency's from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans' s...
Feb 06, 2025
Former human rights chief commissioner sues for defamation
OTTAWA - A human rights lawyer whose tenure as head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission ended before it really began is suing a Conservative politician, a media personality and the Centre for Isra...
Feb 06, 2025
Austria, Germany take gold in historic luge world championship races
WHISTLER, B.C. - Austria and Germany raced to historic gold medals at the luge world championships in Whistler, B.C., on Thursday. Max Langenhan and Julia Taubitz won the first-ever mixed singles worl...
Feb 06, 2025
NCAA changes transgender policy to limit women's competition to athletes assigned female at birth
The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women's sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after President ...
Feb 06, 2025
