Murray brings championship experience to Canada while working back to form
TORONTO – Jamal Murray says he feels on a different page than his fellow Canadian men’s basketball teammates. The Denver Nuggets guard and newly-minted NBA champion...
Advocates accuse New York City of using migrants as ‘props’ in bid for federal money
NEW YORK (AP) — For days now, newly arrived international immigrants have waited night and day outside New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel, sleeping shoulder-to-shoulder on the...
Lions’ DL Betts on pace to shatter sack record
It was the Mathieu Betts show the last time the B.C. Lions visited IG Field. The 28-year-old from Montreal sacked Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros not...
Police raid in Rio favela sets off gunbattle that kills 9 people and wounds 2 officers
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A police raid in a low-income neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro set off a gunbattle that killed nine people and wounded two...
WSO joins Dec. 8 screening of Elf
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will get into the Christmas spirit on Dec. 8 when it accompanies a screening of Elf touring North America during the holiday...
Federal funds will pay to send Iowa troops to the US-Mexico border, governor says
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — About a hundred Iowa National Guard troops will be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border for the month of August in a...
Saguaro cacti, fruit trees and other plants are also stressed by Phoenix’s extended extreme heat
PHOENIX (AP) — After recording the warmest monthly average temperature for any U.S. city ever in July, Phoenix is poised to climb back up to dangerously...
Rinse and repeat: Washing machine’s hidden tune revealed
It was a mystery buried deep inside a Fisher & Paykel washing machines, but former staff have come clean. Last week Stuff reported how machines with...
Possible sighting of missing father of three Tom Phillips
RNZ Tom Phillips and his three children have been missing for a year. Police are investigating a possible sighting of missing father of three Tom Phillips...
RNZAF NH90 helicopters are back after pause following fatal crash in Australia
SUPPLIED Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopters are operational again after a 48-hour pause. The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) NH90 medium utility helicopters...