Murray Wood: Why most of us are Switzerland when it comes to culture war debates
As society becomes more and more divided, Murray Wood says a lot of his friends are just trying to stay neutral, as ther...
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Recording Academy records John Prine song for charity
NASHVILLE - The Recording Academy has released a new recording of John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery" with proceeds going to support the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. Prine died in April at age 73 ...
May 22, 2020
Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighbourhood
KARACHI, Pakistan - A jetliner carrying 98 people crashed Friday in a crowded neighbourhood near the airport in Pakistan's port city of Karachi after an apparent engine failure during landing. Officia...
May 22, 2020
China hikes defence spending by 6.6%, lowest rate in years
BEIJING - China will increase its defence spending by 6.6% in 2020, the lowest rate in years as it battles an economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus outbreak, the government said Friday. The fi...
May 21, 2020
China boosts spending for virus-hit economy, takes up HK law
BEIJING - China's No. 2 leader on Friday promised higher spending to revive its pandemic-stricken economy and curb surging job losses but avoided launching a massive stimulus on the scale of the Unite...
May 21, 2020
Man charged in son's death after police chase, crash
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama man has been charged in the death of his 15-year-old son, who died in a car crash after the man led officers and a reality television crew on a high speed chase. Reico Te...
May 21, 2020
Police: 90s TV actress arrested during street racing raid
ATLANTA - An actress with credits from a 90s TV sitcom was among 44 people arrested in Atlanta after police disbanded what they described as an illegal street racing event. Maia Campbell, 43, was arre...
May 21, 2020
Michigan governor wins legal fight with lawmakers over virus
DETROIT - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prevailed Thursday in a high-stakes challenge from Republican lawmakers who sued over her authority to declare emergencies and order sweeping restrictions during the co...
May 21, 2020
Unemployment soars to 17% as gov says virus crisis easing
The coronavirus pandemic that forced the shutdown of businesses across Rhode Island sent the state's unemployment rate soaring to 17% in April, the state Department of Labor and Training announced Thu...
May 21, 2020
Film: 'Roe' plaintiff says her anti-abortion switch was act
WASHINGTON - Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as "Jane Roe," her story was at the centre of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. At first she was...
May 21, 2020
Job market remains grim even as U.S. tentatively reopens
WASHINGTON - Signs of renewed activity are surfacing across the country as states gradually reopen economies and some businesses call a portion of their laid-off staffers back to work. Yet with millio...
May 21, 2020
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, Sept. 11
Evan chats with political columnist Biran Lilley and lawyer Warren Kinsella after the shocking death of Charlie Kirk. He...
