The crash of a Ukrainian jetliner that killed 176 people in Iran touched off mourning Wednesday in both Ukraine and Canada — where many of the victims were from or were headed — and raised a host of questions about what went wrong. But U.S. intelligence officials said there was no immediate evidence it was […]
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Movie awards season is finally reaching its conclusion. The winners of last Sunday’s Golden Globes are often seen as Oscar nominee front-runners, so it’s now time for the casual movie fan to focus on which movies may earn Academy Award nominations this year (as opposed to the fanatics who stress about these nominations year-round). In
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Image caption The singer received 30 first-place votes from the pundits who voted for the Sound Of 2020 British-Jamaican soul singer Celeste has won BBC Music’s Sound of 2020, which is given to artists who are tipped for success in the coming year. The 25-year-old’s entrancing voice and jazz-steeped songs made her the runaway winner,
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Greenland has found itself thrust into headlines around the world Greenland is not used to being the centre of attention, but last year it made the front pages of newspapers around the world. It came after US President Donald Trump confirmed news reports that he wanted the US to
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For consecutive PGA Tour events in the same state, the two weeks in Hawaii could not be any more different By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer January 8, 2020, 11:48 PM 4 min read HONOLULU — Same state, new island, two courses that could not be more different. What hasn’t changed between the two-week Hawaii
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WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, insisted on Wednesday that Speaker Nancy Pelosi accept his terms for President Trump’s impeachment trial and promptly deliver the charges from the House, as a growing number of Senate Democrats signaled that they, too, were eager to begin the proceeding. A day after he announced that he
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A doctor says Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is currently free of lung cancer January 8, 2020, 11:33 PM 2 min read MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Medical scans show Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is free of the lung cancer she was diagnosed with last year, her office said Wednesday. Ivey, 75, received a follow-up examination Tuesday after
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Buckingham Palace reacted to the news that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were stepping down as senior members of the royal family with a statement of its own. “Discussions with The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at an early stage,” the palace said in a statement. “We understand their desire to take a different
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It was a Mardi Gras-style celebration as a recently completed key component of a new rocket system was loaded on a Mississippi River barge in New Orleans By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press January 8, 2020, 9:24 PM 3 min read NEW ORLEANS — With a brass band playing and a parade of workers sporting Mardi
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Breanna Stewart is set to return to competition when she leads USA Basketball against her alma mater at the end of month January 8, 2020, 10:41 PM 2 min read Breanna Stewart is set to return to competition when she leads USA Basketball against her alma mater at the end of month. Stewart and the women’s national
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