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Support for autism brings community together
Smiles and giggles filled the Nations West Field House Saturday afternoon as families came together to take part in a fun event to raise awareness about autism.Some children played on the bouncy castl...
Apr 07, 2019 Mom Kristy Sydoruk and son Zachary enjoying the Autism Awareness fun event Saturday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen resigns
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her job amid growing frustration by the administration over the number of southern border crossings. Tr...
Apr 07, 2019
Long-serving Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch dead at 72
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Michael Busch, the longest-serving Maryland House speaker in the state's history, died Sunday, his chief of staff said. Busch was 72. Busch, a Democrat who became speaker in 2003, had...
Apr 07, 2019
Avengers help unveil $5M donation for seriously ill children
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Some of Marvel's top Avengers have assembled to support a $5 million donation to benefit seriously ill children in hospitals around the globe. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Sca...
Apr 07, 2019
Scheer urges PM to follow through on libel threat over SNC, testify in court
Andrew Scheer is challenging Justin Trudeau to follow through on a threat to sue him over his assertion that the prime minister politically interfered with the criminal prosecution of Montreal enginee...
Apr 07, 2019 Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
R. Kelly gives 28-second performance at Illinois club
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - R. Kelly gave a 28-second performance and spent about half an hour more hobnobbing with fans who paid $50 to $100 to see him at a club in the Illinois capital of Springfield. The R...
Apr 07, 2019
Baltimore's embattled mayor intends to return to work
BALTIMORE - A spokesman for the embattled mayor of Baltimore says she'll return from her leave of absence as soon as her health allows. Spokesman James Bentley told The Baltimore Sun on Saturday that ...
Apr 07, 2019
7 who accused Cosby of sex abuse settle defamation suits
Seven women who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago and then labeled them liars by denying it have settled defamation lawsuits against the imprisoned actor. Court documents filed Frida...
Apr 07, 2019
Former sports radio co-host Carton gets 3 1/2 years in prison
NEW YORK - Sports radio personality Craig Carton was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Friday by a longtime fan and listener - the judge - for a ticket reselling scam that ended his decade-long broad...
Apr 07, 2019
West Virginia mother charged in false abduction report
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A woman who told police that an Egyptian man had tried to kidnap her daughter from a West Virginia shopping mall was jailed Friday after the accusation unraveled, a police detectiv...
Apr 07, 2019