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Alex Trebek announces cancer diagnosis in YouTube video
LOS ANGELES, Canada - Alex Trebek has been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. The Sudbury, Ont.-born game-show host announced the news in a video posted on the "Jeopardy!" YouTube ...
Mar 06, 2019
Helen Hunt, Paul Reiser reunite for 'Mad About You' sequel
LOS ANGELES - Paul and Jamie Buchman are picking up where they left off 20 years ago on "Mad About You." On-demand service Spectrum Originals said Wednesday a limited series will bring Helen Hunt and ...
Mar 06, 2019
Raptors Uprising GC add some familiar faces in NBA 2K League draft
TORONTO - For Raptors Uprising GC, the band's back together. Well almost, after the Toronto esports team reclaimed Seanquai (KingQuai614) Harris and Joshua (TsJosh) McKenna in Tuesday's NBA ...
Mar 06, 2019
Red Sox pitcher Wright suspended 80 games for HGH
NEW YORK - Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright has been suspended for 80 games following a positive test for Human Growth Hormone. Major League Baseball made the announcement Wednesday, the latest in...
Mar 06, 2019
Last of 13 players injured in Humboldt Broncos bus crash released from hospital
SASKATOON - The final Humboldt Broncos player who was injured in a bus crash nearly a year ago has been released from hospital, but still has a tough road ahead. The family of Morg...
Mar 06, 2019
Televisa draws heat for 'brownface' Yalitza Aparicio parody
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A television personality for the Mexican-based Televisa network is facing strong criticism after dressing up in "brownface" and wearing a prosthetic nose to make fun of indigenous ...
Mar 06, 2019
Special forces looks at recruiting off the street amid shifting demands
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces is considering whether to start recruiting its elite special-forces soldiers straight off the street rather than forcing them to follow the traditional route of first spen...
Mar 06, 2019
Arkansas governor backs removing Confederate link to flag
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas' governor on Monday backed an effort to change the meaning of a star on the state flag that honours the Confederacy to instead have it acknowledge Native Americans' contri...
Mar 06, 2019
Sen. McSally, ex-Air Force pilot, says officer raped her
WASHINGTON - Sen. Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said Wednesday that she was sexually assaulted by a superior officer, and later, when she tried to talk abo...
Mar 06, 2019
Music museums keeping Michael Jackson exhibits on display
NASHVILLE - Megastar Michael Jackson's musical legacy has been getting critically reappraised after a new documentary rekindled allegations of child sexual abuse, but at least two music museums in Det...
Mar 06, 2019