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Party leaders prep for only televised debate of B.C.’s election campaign
By The Canadian Press on October 8th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The leaders of British Columbia’s three major political parties are set to debate the key issues of this provincial election campaign to be broadcast tonight on all major TV networks. The only televised debate of the election campaign will gives viewers a chance to size up the leaders and their policies with less ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space, reflects on his ‘rock ‘n’ roll ride’ in memoir
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on October 8th, 2024
Marc Garneau had already been strapped into his seat aboard the space shuttle Challengerfor two hours before hearing the countdown that would make him Canada’s first man in space. Ten … nine … eight … “Am I ready for this?” he recalls thinking 40 years ago. “You know that this is the beginning of something. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harris is still introducing herself as she sets out on media tour when people are already voting
By Zeke Miller And Chris Megerian, The Associated Press on October 7th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – When Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for an interview with podcaster Alex Cooper, the conversation didn’t start by parsing policy positions. The goal, Cooper told the Democratic nominee, was “to get to know you as a person.” And that was just fine with Harris, who said she was on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal prosecutors quietly dismiss Chasing Horse’s long-dormant sex abuse case
By Rio Yamat, The Associated Press on October 7th, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Federal prosecutors in Nevada have quietly dismissed a long-dormant sex abuse case against Nathan Chasing Horse, though the former “Dances with Wolves” actor still faces criminal charges elsewhere. The federal case was tossed Oct. 1, just as state prosecutors were finalizing the dismissal of their own indictment against Chasing Horse under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal prosecutors in Nevada quietly dismiss Chasing Horse’s long-dormant sex abuse case
By Rio Yamat, The Associated Press on October 7th, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Federal prosecutors in Nevada dismissed a long-dormant sex abuse case against Nathan Chasing Horse. The dismissal of the federal case was granted Oct. 1. The former “Dances with Wolves” actor had been charged in that case with two counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New charges filed against Chasing Horse just as sprawling sex abuse indictment was dismissed
By Rio Yamat, The Associated Press on October 7th, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Prosecutors in Las Vegas have filed a new case against Nathan Chasing Horse that accuses the former “Dances With Wolves” actor of possessing and producing explicit videos of a minor. The charges were filed late Friday, the same day authorities finalized the dismissal of Chasing Horse ‘s sweeping sex abuse indictment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie armorer on Alec Baldwin’s film ‘Rust’ pleads guilty to gun charge in separate case
By Morgan Lee, The Associated Press on October 7th, 2024
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust” pleaded guilty Monday to a separate criminal charge of carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment. Movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed agreed to change her plea to guilty on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lore Segal, esteemed Austrian American writer who fled the Nazis as a child, dies at 96
By Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on October 7th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Lore Segal, an esteemed Viennese American author and translator whose gift for words helped her family escape from the Nazis and who later drew upon her experiences as a Jewish refugee and immigrant for such fiction as “Other People’s Houses” and “Her First American,” died Monday at 96. Segal, a longtime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cissy Houston, a Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston’s mother, dies at 91
By Jonathan Landrum Jr. And Hillel Italie, The Associated Press on October 7th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and other stars and knew triumph and heartbreak as the mother of Whitney Houston, has died. She was 91. Cissy Houston died Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal judge orders Google to open its Android app store to competition
By The Associated Press on October 7th, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as a punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company’s internet empire. The injunction issued by U.S. District Judge James Donato will require Google to make several changes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ticketmaster changes Taylor Swift ticket transfer rules amid recent cyber thefts
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on October 7th, 2024
TORONTO – Ticketmaster is enforcing new rules around how fans transfer Taylor Swift tickets amid a surge in reported scams. The ticket sales giant recently updated its website to say ticket transfers for Swift’s concerts can only start 72 hours before the event. Previously, Swifties could transfer tickets between Ticketmaster accounts at any time. Representatives ... Read More »
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