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Authorities: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday. York County Sherif...
Apr 08, 2021
Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech
A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made "false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said the giant social network removes hate speech and ot...
Apr 08, 2021
Biden orders gun control actions -- but they show his limits
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden put on a modest White House ceremony Thursday to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what he called an "epidemic and an international embarrassment" of g...
Apr 08, 2021
Authorities: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday. York County Sherif...
Apr 08, 2021
OJ Simpson, Las Vegas Strip hotel settle defamation case
LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity news site he had been banned from the property in No...
Apr 08, 2021
Amazon takes early lead as union vote count gets underway
Vote counting in the union push at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, is underway but a winner may not be determined until Friday. By Thursday evening, the count was tilting heavily against the...
Apr 08, 2021
Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates
BELFAST, Ireland - Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other....
Apr 08, 2021
Saskatchewan ‘bone dry’ as warmth and wind erase soil moisture
Like a good martini, Saskatchewan has been dry lately.Actually, Environment Canada's senior climatologist, David Phillips, said it has been more like that for a while."We've seen, in that period from ...
Apr 08, 2021
Ice on North Saskatchewan River breaks
After much speculation, river break up came earlier than experts at both the water treatment plant and the Water Security Agency predicted this year. By Thursday afternoon, the ice had broken and the ...
Apr 08, 2021
Liberals hope for 'tame' convention, in contrast to rival parties' controversies
OTTAWA - Thousands of federal Liberals will gather online Thursday night for the start of a three-day national convention that promises to be downright dull compared to similar events held by the Cons...
Apr 08, 2021
