Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday said they charged a suspect with attempted murder in the shooting of two sheriff’s deputies earlier this month. Deonte Lee Murray, 36, was charged in the shootings, which took place on Sept. 12 when he allegedly walked up to a car and opened fire on two sheriff’s deputies. Video footage […]
LISBON — Three Portuguese immigration officers have been charged with murder over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man detained at Lisbon airport for trying to enter the country without a valid visa, prosecutors said on Wednesday. In a statement, they said the incident in March this year occurred in a room run by the […]
OTTAWA — Health Canada has given the green light to a rapid test for COVID-19. The department posted news of the approval of the Abbott Diagnostics ID Now test this afternoon, a day after the government said it had a deal to buy nearly eight million of the tests from the company. The test has […]
ALLIANCE — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said U.S. voters “will not stand for it” if President Donald Trump loses the November election and refuses to leave office. At a debate with Biden on Tuesday night, Trump would not commit to accepting the election result, reasserting unfounded complaints that an increase in mail-in […]
CANMORE, Alta. — Stoney Nakoda women elders have revealed a new name for a prominent landmark in the Alberta Rockies with a racist and misogynistic nickname. The feature, which has been known since the 1920s as Squaw’s Tit, is located near the summit on Mount Charles Stewart and can be seen from the mountain town […]
The NFL has postponed Sunday’s Week 4 matchup between the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among Titans players and team personnel, the league announced Wednesday. The league is expected to reschedule the game for Monday or Tuesday night. “The Steelers-Titans game, originally scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, […]
LOS ANGELES — The first U.S. presidential debate between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat challenger Joe Biden likely attracted a much smaller audience than the record set four years ago, according to preliminary ratings data released on Wednesday. An estimated 28.7 million people tuned in on broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, below […]
Former Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers will meet with the Philadelphia 76ers to discuss their head coach opening, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported Wednesday. Rivers will be at least the second NBA-champion coach to meet with the 76ers, following Tyronn Lue. On Monday, Rivers and the Clippers parted ways, 13 days after the […]
The New York Rangers parted with Henrik Lundqvist on Wednesday, buying out the final season of his seven-year, $59.5 million contract to end the goaltender’s 15 years with the club. The 38-year-old departs the Rangers with his name all over the top-10 lists in NHL history. He’s sixth in wins (459), seventh in saves (23,509), […]
CLEVELAND — Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump’s leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and the integrity of November’s election in a chaotic first debate on Tuesday marked by personal insults, name calling and Trump’s repeated interruptions. Moderator Chris Wallace never established control of the debate. The […]
