The Canadian PressLisa Wallace OTTAWA–The Ottawa Senators have had a knack for doing the unexpected this post-season. They’ll need to do it one more time to advance to their first Stanley Cup final in a decade. The Senators take on the defending champion Penguins in Pittsburgh tonight in Game 7 […]
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The Associated Press BOSTON–It took 10 games and halfway through the third round of the NBA playoffs before the Cleveland Cavaliers finally encountered their first true dose of resistance this post-season. After cruising to a 2-0 Eastern Conference final lead over Boston, the Cavs were humbled at home in a […]
The Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG, Va.–After learning of his grandmother’s cancer diagnosis, a 17-year-old wanted to give her a night to remember. Stephen Vigil took his grandmother to Stafford High School’s prom on Saturday–the eve of Julia Jarman’s 92nd birthday. The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star reported Jarman was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer […]
The Associated Press STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.–A bear with a sweet tooth ripped off the bumper of a car used to deliver doughnuts in Colorado, then tried to claw its way through the trunk to get inside. Moose Watch Cafe owner Kim Robertson said she and her husband discovered the bumper-less […]
From the OPP Members of the Kenora OPP, with the assistance of Scenes of Crime Officers, are investigating a number of break-and-enters that were reported over the weekend. On Sunday, police received a report that sometime over the winter months, unknown suspect(s) forced entry into a number of seasonal residences […]
The Associated Press STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — A bear with a sweet tooth ripped off the bumper of a car used to deliver doughnuts in Colorado then tried to claw its way through the trunk to get inside. Moose Watch Cafe owner Kim Robertson said she and her husband discovered […]
By Brendan Farrington The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Thousands of illegally harvested alligator eggs and several illegal alligator hunts were discovered by undercover officers working in a fully functional alligator farm set up by Florida’s wildlife agency, leading to the arrest Wednesday of nine men on 44 felony charges. […]
The Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — After learning of his grandmother’s cancer diagnosis, a 17-year-old wanted to give her a night to remember. Stephen Vigil took his grandmother to Stafford High School’s prom on Saturday ‚Äî the eve of Julia Jarman’s 92nd birthday. The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star reports (http://bit.ly/2rzP7Lg) that […]
The Associated Press COCOA, Fla. — Another day, another python in Florida. This time a woman found a python wrapped around her pet rat’s blanket while she was doing laundry. Juanita Tedesco called police after spotting the snake as she rinsed blankets Wednesday. She says she believes it was trying […]
By Jonathan Lemire And Julie Pace The Associated Press BRUSSELS — Visiting a city he once called a “hellhole” to meet with the leaders of one alliance he threatened to abandon and another whose weakening he cheered, President Donald Trump will address a continent Thursday still reeling from his election […]
By Scott Smith The Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. — A renowned strawberry researcher in California broke patent law and violated a loyalty pledge to his former university by taking his work with him to profit from it in a private company, a jury in San Francisco decided Wednesday. Professor Douglas […]
The Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s prime minister says the government will reduce mortgages for families with three or more children and build or renovate many nurseries to help boost the country’s birth rate. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has also announced cuts to student loans owed by women with […]
