The Associated Press NASHVILLE — A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school’s priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits. In an email obtained by The Tennessean , the Rev. Dan Reehil of Nashville’s St. Edward Catholic […]
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The Associated Press NEW DELHI — The landing module of India’s unmanned moon mission separated from the orbiter on Monday ahead of its planned touchdown on the moon’s south polar region this weekend, the space agency said. All the systems of the orbiter and the lander are “healthy,” the Indian […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — German authorities say two World War II-era bombs found in two major cities have been successfully defused and disposed of. The dpa news agency reported Tuesday that 15,200 people were evacuated overnight in the northern city of Hannover as a precaution before experts defused the […]
The Associated Press AP Member WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University wants the public to know that it has no connection to a company blamed for helping drive the nation’s opioid crisis. The university has spent years repeating that it has no affiliation to Purdue Pharma, the Stamford, Connecticut-based pharmaceutical […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — The European Space Agency says it has performed an evasive manoeuvr with one of its satellites after rival SpaceX said it wouldn’t move its own spacecraft out of the way, risking a potentially catastrophic collision. ESA said Tuesday that it “reached out early to SpaceX […]
By Danica Kirka The Associated Press LONDON — Parliament was reconvening Tuesday for a pivotal day in British politics as lawmakers challenged Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s insistence that the U.K. will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 even without a deal. Amid loud cries from protesters on the streets […]
From the OPP Members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on Aug. 24 were called to investigate an accusation of threats involving the use of a firearm. The Rainy River District Crime unit as well as the Northwest Region (NWR) Emergency Response Team (ERT) […]
The Associated Press CHICAGO — Jake Cave homered twice, C.J. Cron went deep and the surging Minnesota Twins set a major league record for home runs on the road in a 10-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. Cave led off the third with drive off Dylan Cease […]
By Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press For Jenna Kaplan, the thought of taking a day off from university to manage her anxiety disorder only made her feel worse. The now-23-year-old graduate student remembers grappling with panic attacks and sky-high stress levels during her undergraduate degree at Concordia University while trying […]
By Russell Contreras The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In middle school, Dan Scoglietti rode his bike through Chicago, picking up old beer cans with his twin brother, Ed. It was an odd hobby for a pre-teen in the 1970s that turned into a lifetime pursuit. “We’d go to junior […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA — The economy blew past projections by expanding at an annualized pace of 3.7 per cent in the second quarter, giving Canada its strongest three-month stretch of growth in two years. Statistics Canada’s latest reading for real gross domestic product shows an unexpectedly solid turnaround for […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–Canada’s cities are asking federal parties to add more than $800 million a year to the national government’s decade-long housing strategy and fill gaps in the plan over its remaining eight years to make renting more affordable and keep people from going homeless. Among the requests […]
