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New Zealand shooter steeped attack in dark internet culture
SAN FRANCISCO - The suspected New Zealand shooter carefully modeled his attack for an internet age. He live-streamed the massacre, shouted out a popular meme slogan and published a long, rambling mani...
Mar 16, 2019
Trump answers rebuke of border order with a veto
WASHINGTON - Unbowed by a congressional rebuke, President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday in a demonstration that he is not through fighting for his signature campaign p...
Mar 16, 2019
As Brexit stalls, supporters protest betrayal of their dream
SUNDERLAND, England - With Britain's departure from the European Union likely to be put on hold, some Brexit supporters fear their dream is dying. Hard-core Brexiteers led by former U.K. Independence ...
Mar 16, 2019
New US military budget focused on China despite border talk
WASHINGTON - Chinese bombers. Chinese hypersonic missiles. Chinese cyberattacks. Chinese anti-satellite weapons. To a remarkable degree, the 2020 Pentagon budget proposal is shaped by national securit...
Mar 16, 2019
Beyond veto: Trump seeks more work-arounds to avoid Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's first congressional veto was more than a milestone: It signals a new era of ever more fraught relations between the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Trump's legis...
Mar 16, 2019
Trump downplays white nationalism threat after massacre
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump played down any threat posed by racist white nationalism after the gunman accused of the New Zealand mosque massacre called the president "a symbol of renewed white i...
Mar 16, 2019
Stars blank Bombers 3-0 in series opener
The Battlefords North Stars kicked off their postseason by defeating the Flin Flon Bombers 3-0 Friday night at the Civic Centre to take a 1-0 lead in the teams' quarterfinal best-of-seven series. Flin...
Mar 15, 2019 Stars’ goalie Joel Grzybowski was excellent all game, stopping all 37 shots he faced Friday night to earn his first-career SJHL postseason shutout. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
New Jersey Devils fight back to beat Vancouver Canucks in overtime
VANCOUVER - Damon Severson scored in the seventh round of the shootout to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night. The Devils had trailed 2-0 early in the ...
Mar 15, 2019
R. Kelly sex tapes: from duffel bag to national circulation
CHICAGO - An acquaintance of R. Kelly's recalled how the singer once lugged a duffel bag everywhere - to recording studios, film sets and gyms. Stuffed inside, she said, was a collection of his homema...
Mar 15, 2019
Tyler Motte scores twice as Canucks down Rangers 4-1 in feisty battle
VANCOUVER - Tyler Motte's teammates tried hard to help him get his first NHL hat trick. Instead, the Vancouver Canucks centre had to settle for a pair of goals in his first multi-point game, a 4-1 win...
Mar 15, 2019