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James Randi, dazzling magician and skeptic, dies at 92
James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country's foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation announ...
Oct 22, 2020
EU awards human rights prize to Belarus opposition
BRUSSELS - The European Union has awarded its top human rights prize to the Belarus opposition movement and its leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, for their challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko'...
Oct 22, 2020
The Latest: Werder Bremen player tests positive for virus
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ German soccer club Werder Bremen says one of its players has tested positive for the coronavirus and the team's tr...
Oct 22, 2020
Mixed Philippine reaction on pope nod on gay civil unions
MANILA, Philippines - Pope Francis' endorsement of same-sex civil unions drew mixed reactions Thursday in the Philippines, Asia's bastion of Catholicism, with a retired bishop saying he was scandalize...
Oct 22, 2020
Tory motion showdown and the U.S. presidential debate: In The News for Oct. 22
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Oct 22, 2020
B.C. Green leader hopes voters see value in minority government
VANCOUVER - The leader of the B.C. Green party is betting on a legislature in which one party doesn't hold all the power in the final days of a snap election campaign that began a week after her leade...
Oct 22, 2020
B.C. NDP takes snap election risk during pandemic in quest for majority government
VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrats took a risk calling a snap election during a global pandemic to pursue a majority government, creating a major campaign issue for the party's opponents.&nbs...
Oct 22, 2020
After Ohio's OMG debate, Trump, Biden prepare for presidential rematch in Tennessee
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Television viewers across the United States and Canada might well wonder tonight why living room couches don't come with seat belts. After last month's interruptive, insult-r...
Oct 22, 2020
B.C. Liberal Leader maintains confidence as campaign tests party identity
VANCOUVER - B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson says he's feeling confident and optimistic as British Columbia's provincial election campaign enters its final days. It's not the feeling that might be...
Oct 22, 2020
Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee top Billboard Latin Music Awards
SUNRISE, Fla. - Bad Bunny and Daddy Yankee triumphed at the Billboard Latin Music Awards Wednesday, claiming seven trophies apiece at the pandemic-delayed show. Bad Bunny won artist of the year, the n...
Oct 21, 2020
