Sarah Mills: Trying to score World Cup tickets is a fool's game under FIFA
Sarah Mills spent five hours and 50 minutes in a queue for FIFA's general sale for World Cup tickets on Wednesday, only ...
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Overdoses prompts B.C. First Nation to declare state of emergency
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A spike in overdose deaths in the six British Columbia nations that make up the Tsilhqot'in National Government has prompted the chiefs to declare a local state of emergency. The...
Apr 12, 2024
Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, dies at 93
NEW YORK (AP) - Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decad...
Apr 12, 2024
Alberta distillery behind jumbo vodka jugs wants apology after getting 'load of hate'
EDMONTON - An Alberta distillery behind four-litre vodka jugs that stirred controversy this week says it was unfairly targeted on social media and wants an apology from the cabinet minister who said t...
Apr 12, 2024
Noncitizen voting isn't an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here's why
Former President Donald Trump turned to one of his favorite themes on Friday - the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections. House Speaker Mike Johnson came to the former president...
Apr 12, 2024
Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a "vague" bill...
Apr 12, 2024
Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor's role in filling US Senate vacancies
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies - a move supporters said was unrelated to recent scr...
Apr 12, 2024
Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people's search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring th...
Apr 12, 2024
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - ABC's "This Week" - Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.; Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn. ___ NBC's "Meet the Press" - Govs. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., and Wes Moore, D-Md.; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio. ...
Apr 12, 2024
Judge declines to delay Trump’s NY hush money trial over complaints of pretrial publicity
NEW YORK (AP) - The judge in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president's request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It's the latest in ...
Apr 12, 2024
Biden tells racial justice meeting, 'We've kept our promises,' as he looks to energize Black voters
NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden virtually addressed the Rev. Al Sharpton's racial justice conference on Friday, telling a sympathetic crowd "we've kept our promises" as he ramps up efforts to ener...
Apr 12, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Tiger Woods should know better after another DUI case
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 2
On today's show, Evan asks whether you really relax when you have time off, the economic impact of the industrial carbon...