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Mexican American group MEChA eyes name change amid furor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - MEChA, a Mexican American student group founded 50 years ago at the end of the turbulent 1960s, is considering a name change, highlighting the divisions between older civil rights ...
Apr 3, 2019
Group of doctors calls for stronger gun control laws across country
TORONTO - A group representing doctors and other health-care workers pushing for stronger gun laws was holding rallies across the country on Wednesday, calling for a national ban on private ownership ...
Apr 3, 2019
Canadiens notch important wins but still battling for a playoff spot
MONTREAL - With a season-ending schedule against four of the NHL's top teams, the Montreal Canadiens knew their push for a playoff spot wouldn't be easy. Halfway there, they have picked...
Apr 3, 2019
Loughlin, Huffman set for court appearances in college scam
BOSTON - Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman faced court appearances Wednesday on charges they took part in the college bribery scandal that has ensnared dozens of wealthy parents. The actres...
Apr 3, 2019
Group of doctors calls for stronger gun control laws across country
TORONTO - A group representing doctors and other health-care workers pushing for stronger gun laws was holding rallies across the country on Wednesday, calling for a national ban on private owner...
Apr 3, 2019
Chinese complaint to third canola firm not a recent escalation: minister
OTTAWA - A spokesman for federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says China's move to issue a non-compliance complaint against a third Canadian canola-seed exporter was not a r...
Apr 3, 2019
Court reduces sentence for Winnipeg woman guilty of hiding infant remains
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman convicted of hiding the remains of six babies in a U-haul storage locker has had her sentence reduced to three years. Andrea Giesbrecht was originally sentenced to 8 1...
Apr 3, 2019
Baltimore mayor goes on leave as book scandal intensifies
Baltimore's embattled mayor announced Monday that she is taking an indefinite leave of absence, just as a political scandal intensifies over what critics call a "self-dealing" book-sales arrangement t...
Apr 3, 2019
Japan's Matsumura dumps Canada's Koe 9-3 at world men's curling championship
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Japan's Yuta Matsumura knocked Canada's Kevin Koe out of first place at the world men's curling championship on Wednesday. Japan scored five points in the third end of a 9-3 v...
Apr 3, 2019
Movie theatre owners, studios and stars convene at CinemaCon
LAS VEGAS - The movie industry - everyone from the Hollywood studios that produce the films to the companies that make the screens, speakers and seats in theatres - are descending on Las Vegas this we...
Apr 3, 2019
