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Not cool: Jamaican bobsledder wants thief to return stolen shell to Calgary bar
An original member of the Jamaican bobsled team featured in the 1993 movie "Cool Runnings" is imploring whoever stole the nose cone from a sled that appeared in the film to return it to a Calgary bar....
Oct 28, 2020
After stint as England's No. 2, Bev Priestman takes over Canada women's soccer team
TORONTO - Bev Priestman, who spent five years developing talent for the Canadian women's soccer program and served as an assistant coach to John Herdman, is returning to take over the Canada women's t...
Oct 28, 2020
Raptors' Terence Davis arrested in New York after allegedly assaulting girlfriend
NEW YORK - Toronto Raptors guard Terence Davis was arrested in New York City on Tuesday after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. According to an NYPD statement, the victim visited Davis at the Beekm...
Oct 28, 2020
School bus driver, 7-year-old girl killed in Tennessee crash
DECATUR, Tenn. - A school bus driver was killed along with a 7-year-old girl after a utility vehicle swerved into their lane. The bus, carrying 22 children, slammed head-on into the vehicle's side, th...
Oct 28, 2020
Tokyo festival opens with grueling boxing 'Underdog' film
TOKYO - Masaharu Take's films have always focused on painful stories about Japan's "under-class," people who are often overlooked in a nation stereotyped as monolithically well-to-do. The heroes of hi...
Oct 28, 2020
Jon Stewart will be back in the host's chair for Apple TV+
LOS ANGELES - Jon Stewart is returning to TV, more than five years after bowing out as host of "The Daily Show" and with a new home at Apple TV+. Stewart will host an hour-long, current affairs series...
Oct 28, 2020
Chrissy Teigen delivers heartfelt essay on miscarriage
LOS ANGELES - Chrissy Teigen wrote a heartfelt message about the recent loss of her third child with husband John Legend. Teigen delivered the essay in a Medium post Tuesday. It was her first public r...
Oct 28, 2020
If Trump wanted people to avoid '60 Minutes,' it didn't work
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump can still be a potent television draw, although in the case of "60 Minutes" this past week, it probably wasn't what he intended. The 17.4 million people who watched t...
Oct 28, 2020
Virus cases spike at Milan's La Scala, Naples' San Carlo
MILAN - The number of performers at Milan's famed La Scala opera house who have tested positive for the coronavirus has risen to 21, even as the theatre was forced to close due to new government restr...
Oct 28, 2020
QAnon's 'Save the Children' morphs into popular slogan
MORRIS, Ill. - At a busy intersection in this small Illinois town, Lynn Vermillion smiles at passing drivers who honk their support for the colorful posters she and friends wave: "Save Our Children. S...
Oct 28, 2020
