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From rivalries rekindled to superstars returning, five highlights from NHL schedule

From rivalries rekindled to superstars returning, five highlights from NHL schedule

From the renewal of intense rivalries to superstars returning to their former home bases, the release of a new NHL regular-season schedule always foreshadows some of the upcoming campaign's spiciest storylines.
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Couche-Tard ends bid for 7-Eleven parent company over 'lack of good faith engagement'

Couche-Tard ends bid for 7-Eleven parent company over 'lack of good faith engagement'

Canada's convenience store giant backed away from a blockbuster bid set to dramatically expanded its convenience store empire, when it pulled its proposal to buy the parent company of rival 7-Eleven on Wednesday.
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Prince Harry retraces Diana's footsteps by walking through a land mine field in Angola for charity

Prince Harry retraces Diana's footsteps by walking through a land mine field in Angola for charity

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince Harry followed in his late mother's footsteps on Wednesday by wearing a flak jacket and walking down a path in an active land mine field in Angola to raise awareness for a charity's work clearing explosives from
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An Alaska tsunami warning had residents scrambling for high ground after 7.3 magnitude earthquake

An Alaska tsunami warning had residents scrambling for high ground after 7.3 magnitude earthquake

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday, but officials quickly downgraded and then canceled a tsunami warnin
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A martial art that emerged among the enslaved in Brazil is helping Parkinson's patients

A martial art that emerged among the enslaved in Brazil is helping Parkinson's patients

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time.
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Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a veteran federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein , three familiar with the matter
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Carney confirms possibility of lumber quotas in trade deal with the United States

Carney confirms possibility of lumber quotas in trade deal with the United States

Prime Minister Mark Carney said any future trade deal with the United States could include quotas on Canadian softwood lumber exports, a sector that has been a sore point in cross-border trade relations long before U.S.
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Puppies rescued from flood-stricken Texas arrive at Chicago shelter

Puppies rescued from flood-stricken Texas arrive at Chicago shelter

CHICAGO (AP) — Nine puppies from parts of Texas submerged by catastrophic flooding that killed at least 132 people arrived Wednesday at the no-kill shelter PAWS Chicago , joining dozens of puppies that had already arrived.
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Government, First Nations had been preparing to move problem bear, B.C. minister says

Government, First Nations had been preparing to move problem bear, B.C. minister says

A suitable bear trap had arrived on British Columbia's Texada Island on Tuesday, meant to hold a grizzly that had caused a ruckus among the island's residents. It came too late, B.C.
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Canada to target steel originating from China with new tariffs

Canada to target steel originating from China with new tariffs

OTTAWA — Canada is moving to shore up its domestic steel industry amid U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing global trade war, with new tariffs targeting China and other countries around the world.
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