By Elaine Kurtenbach and Matt Ott
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street as protests spread in China calling for President Xi Jinping to step down amid growing anger over severe restrictions imposed as part of his “zero COVID” strategy in the world’s second-largest economy. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% and the […]

By Anne M. Peterson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) – Mohammed Kudus scored twice, including the go-ahead goal after South Korea evened the match in the second half, and Ghana staved off elimination at the World Cup with a 3-2 victory on Monday. Mohammed Salisu also scored for the Black Stars, who lost their opening […]

By Mark Kennedy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) – Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie “Fame” and then belted out the era-defining hit “Flashdance … What a Feeling” from 1983’s “Flashdance,” has died. She was 63. Her publicist, Judith […]

By Freida Frisaro
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge accepted a plea deal Monday for a man who randomly killed a Florida couple in their garage six years ago and then chewed on one victim’s face that will send him to a mental hospital for treatment. Austin Harrouff, 25, pleaded not guilty […]

By Caleb Jones
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began spewing ash and debris from its summit, prompting civil defense officials to warn residents on Monday to prepare in case the eruption causes lava to flow toward communities. The eruption began late Sunday night in the summit caldera […]

Dozens of residents walked from the BHS building on King’s Hwy to the new RAAM clinic, to fight the stigma of addiction, in honour of National Addictions Awareness Week. The event was held in partnership between Giishkaandago’Ikwe Health Services, Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre, Riverside Health Care, Canadian Mental Health Association, […]

By Sylvia Hui
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON (AP) – Most schools in Scotland were closed Thursday as thousands of teachers walked off the job, joining scores of postal workers and university lecturers across the U.K. in industrial action to demand better pay and working conditions to cope with the country’s cost-of-living crisis. The teachers’ strike in […]

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has now laid a First Degree Murder charge against one of the previously accused persons charged in a 2018 homicide in Dryden. Henry Stone-Arnold was last seen alive in the City of Dryden on August 8, 2018. Human remains were found on private property on […]