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El Chapo wants new trial, hearing to probe jury misconduct
NEW YORK - The defence team for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman said Friday it will seek a new trial for the notorious drug lord in light of "misconduct" on the part of several jurors who allegedly followed...
Feb 24, 2019
Judge dismisses charges over boy's death on waterslide
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A judge dismissed criminal charges Friday against a Kansas water park owner and the designer of a 17-story slide on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated in 2016. Wyandotte Count...
Feb 24, 2019
Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh-Dubai flight, suspect killed
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A flight bound for Dubai from Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, made an emergency landing Sunday in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after a man attempted to hijack the plane, officials said. Th...
Feb 24, 2019
QuadrigaCX case: Canada's big banks wary of cryptocurrency assets
HALIFAX - The wary skepticism that Canada's big banks have for the cryptocurrency industry was on full display Friday when a Nova Scotia judge issued an order for the eventual disbursement o...
Feb 24, 2019
Domestic workers gather to celebrate 'Roma' and the Oscars
LOS ANGELES - Doris Tapia never imagined that she would get to watch the Oscars at a party in Los Angeles, exchanging the sneakers she wears when she takes care of children in New York for a pair of h...
Feb 24, 2019
'A line . . . was crossed' in SNC-Lavalin affair, says New Democrat MP
OTTAWA - Canadians could hear this week from Jody Wilson-Raybould about whether the former attorney general believes she faced inappropriate pressure from the prime minister's office to halt a crimina...
Feb 24, 2019
Calgary's Brady Leman wins bronze medal at skicross World Cup
SUNNY VALLEY, Russia - Canada's Brady Leman earned bronze in skicross race action on Sunday, stepping onto the World Cup podium for the third time this season. Leman, from Calgary, earned hi...
Feb 24, 2019
Canada's Mikael Kingsbury wins dual moguls gold at World Cup event in Japan
TAZAWAKO, Japan - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury captured gold in the dual moguls World Cup on Sunday in a duel with Japan's Ikuma Horishima. Kingsbury won with 87.94 points, finishing ...
Feb 24, 2019
South Korea's Sungbin wins men's World Cup skeleton finale in Calgary
CALGARY - Reigning Olympic men's skeleton champion Yun Sungbin of South Korea won the final race of the World Cup season on Sunday. Sungbin edged Russia's Alexander Tretiakov by six hundredths of a se...
Feb 24, 2019
Defence comes up big as Toronto Wolfpack defeat Leigh Centurions 14-8
LEIGH, England - The Toronto Wolfpack relied on a stiff defence en route to a 14-8 victory Sunday over Leigh Centurions in Betfred Championship rugby league play. Toronto's defence, which has conceded...
Feb 24, 2019
