There’s controversy over a new Black Lives Matter mural proposed for downtown Calgary. As Gil Tucker reports, it would take the place of a well-known artwork that people have enjoyed for the past quarter-century.

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Robert Trump, the president’s younger brother, dead at 71

Robert Trump (l.) with brother Donald at the Taj Mahal Casino Resort last week in Atlantic City, NJ (Robert Rosamilio/New York Daily News)(Photo by Robert Rosamilio/NY Daily News via Getty Images). WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement.

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13 new cases of COVID-19

There are 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today – 12 in the community and one in managed isolation.

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Parents of 2-year-old cancer patient speak out after looters ransack Ronald McDonald House in Chicago

CHICAGO - The Chicago Ronald McDonald House, where families of hospitalized children stay, was targeted Sunday night when looters smashed the door and broke windows, preventing a 2-year-old with cancer from leaving, his parents told "Fox & Friends" Friday.Looters smashed windows while families slept at the house, which is near Lurie Children's Hosptial.

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Robert Trump, the president’s younger brother, dead at 72

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Nurse with coronavirus discharged herself from hospital after patient died next to her

Birmingham Live reported. "I thought: 'I'm coming out alive because my children haven't got anyone else to look after them other than me...

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Toronto protesters face off over city’s strategy on homelessness

COVID-19 pandemic, with each side calling for change but with differing views on how it can be achieved.“I’m here today because I care about safety in the neighbourhood and I care about the shelter residents,” said Jason Appleby, a father of two.He and others on one side of the demonstration called for more focus on community safety after complaints of increases in crime and drug use.“I want my boys to be able to run around in the parks, I want them to be able to play,” he said.“Now I have to worry about needles or pieces of needles that weren’t caught by the people picking them up.”The demonstration follows the opening of a city-run temporary housing program at the Roehampton Hotel on Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue, as well as a

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AP WAS THERE: 2004 Athens Olympics

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of the Summer Games. This story was transmitted in 2004 from the Athens Olympics.

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COVID-19 media update, 16 August

The Minister of Health Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will provide an update on COVID-19 at 1.00 pm today.

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Rio de Janeiro reopens Christ the Redeemer after virus closure

Major tourist sites in Rio de Janeiro, including the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking the Brazilian city, reopened to the public after being closed for five months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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LEADING OFF: Brewers eye 3rd straight win vs rival Cubs

A look at what’s happening around the majors today:SOMETHING'S BREWINGThe Milwaukee Brewers have a chance to put a little heat on the front-running Chicago Cubs if they can beat them for the third straight time.After losing the series opener at Wrigley Field, the Brewers bounced back with a pair of taut one-run victories. The setbacks marked the first back-to-back losses by Chicago this season.

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Future of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft remains uncertain

Even as the air travel industry struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic, Boeing is still aiming to get its 737 MAX planes back in the skies, despite being grounded in the wake of two deadly crashes. Redmond Shannon explains why the aircraft has a long road ahead.

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Garcia doubles in 10th, Brewers hand Cubs 1st 2-game skid

CHICAGO – Avisail Garcia doubled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cubs 6-5 Saturday, handing Chicago its first two-game losing streak this season.The Cubs were the only team in the majors that hadn’t dropped back-to-back games before two straight losses to Milwaukee at Wrigley Field. Chicago had won three of four and 12 of 15.“It’s encouraging,” Brewers star Ryan Braun said of the team's consecutive comeback victories.

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Thousands protest against Israel’s Netanyahu over economy, corruption allegations

Hundreds of Israelis protested outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Saturday over corruption allegations and his handling of the coronavirus crisis.

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Seth Rogen adds voice to B.C. coronavirus youth push, but are celebrities effective?

coronavirus precautions.Rogen took to Twitter Saturday to implore people to keep their social circles small, stay home and — well, partake in some of the province’s famous B.C. bud.

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Protesters face off over city’s strategy on homelessness

Demonstrators clashed in midtown Toronto on Saturday, divided over issues surrounding homelessness, after temporary housing opened in the area.

Cuomo: Annual 9/11 ‘Tribute in Light’ is back on

NEW YORK - Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the annual "Tribute in Light" display honoring victims of 9/11 is back on, saying New York health officials will supervise this year's tribute to ensure workers' safety amid concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.“This year it is especially important that we all appreciate and commemorate 9/11, the lives lost and the heroism displayed ‎as New Yorkers are once again called upon to face a common enemy,” Gov.

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Ryan Reynolds urges young Canadians to quit partying amid COVID-19 pandemic: 'Don't kill my mom!'

Ryan Reynolds wants young Canadians to cool it with partying amid the coronavirus pandemic and let them know his concerns in a hilarious clip shared to Twitter. British Columbia Premier John Horgan called on the "Deadpool" actor this week for some assistance in getting young citizens in British Columbia to start taking the risks of COVID-19 seriously.

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President Trump visits ill brother Robert in New York hospital

U.S. President Donald Trump was seen Friday walking into Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York to visit his brother Robert.

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Lyon stuns Man City 3-1 to reach Champions League semifinals

LISBON – Lyon stunned Manchester City to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time in a decade, with Moussa Dembélé scoring twice for the French outsiders Saturday to seal a 3-1 win that sets up a meeting with Bayern Munich.One of the most expensively assembled squads in football history lost to the team that finished seventh in the French league and needs to lift the European Cup for the first time to return to the competition next season.It leaves Pep Guardiola without a Champions League title since 2011 with Barcelona, falling short in three attempts with Bayern Munich and once again in his fourth season at City.Guardiola's decision to deploy an unfamiliar five-man defense to match Lyon's system backfired with the back

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Gov. Cuomo announces that annual 9/11 ‘Tribute in Light’ is back on

NEW YORK - Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that New York will provide health personnel and supervision to make sure that the annual “Tribute in Light” safely shines into the sky above Manhattan this year to represent the World Trade Center during next month's anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.“I am glad that we can continue this powerful tribute to those we lost on 9/11 and to the heroism of all New Yorkers,” Cuomo said in a tweet. “We will #NeverForget.”The Tunnel to Towers Foundation had announced Friday that it was working on plans to shine the twin beams during its alternative 9/11 ceremony.

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Baseball holding its own, a third of the way through the season

FULL COVERAGE: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIESThere’s a new team in Buffalo, though no one in Buffalo can go to see it. Soon there will be a team again in St.

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Blazers make playoffs, oust Grizzlies with 126-122 victory

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – A fourth consecutive down-to-the-wire finish, a fourth consecutive win for the Portland Trail Blazers.They needed all that just to get into the playoffs.Damian Lillard scored 31 points, CJ McCollum had 14 of his 29 in the fourth quarter — including a pair of big jumpers over Ja Morant late — and the Blazers clinched the NBA’s final playoff spot by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 126-122 on Saturday.Portland’s reward: a matchup with the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers, starting Tuesday.

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Gov. Kemp issues new executive order extending COVID-19 restrictions

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp during a COVID-19 press briefing from the state capitol Thursday, May 21, 2020.

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Braves place OF Ronald Acuña on 10-day IL with sore wrist

MIAMI – The Atlanta Braves decided to place outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr.

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Mum-of-two stranded in country branded 'world rape capital' by UN due to Covid lockdown

the global health crisis and Australia’s strict flight policy in its approach to combating the virus.

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Canada reports 237 new coronavirus cases, 4 deaths

coronavirus deaths and 237 newly confirmed cases on Saturday.Those numbers were incomplete, however, as British Columbia, Alberta, Prince Edward Island and none of the territories reported COVID-19 updates over the weekend.The country has seen 121,842 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in total. More than 80 per cent of those infected — 108,106 — have recovered. The virus has killed 9,024 people in Canada since it was first discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.Ontario, one of the provinces hardest hit with COVID-19, reported 106 new cases on Saturday.

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No ‘festival city’: How one Edmonton business is dealing with COVID-19 cancellations

COVID-19 restrictions, Edmonton won’t be living up to its nickname of festival city.Cancellations of big events have had a huge effect on local businesses. According to the Old Strathcona Business Association, Fringe would normally bring business to the Whyte Avenue area to the tune of $800,000 through foot traffic alone.

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Video shows large street party in Vancouver amid COVID-19

Video posted to social media shows a large group of young people partying on Vancouver’s Granville Strip in contravention of COVID-19 protocols on Friday.

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Succession's Brian Cox Reveals He Had Coronavirus, But Didn't Even Know It

Brian Cox is opening up about how he contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and he didn’t even know he had it until much later.

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Here’s what B.C. youth have to say about the province’s coronavirus spike

As British Columbia faces a second wave of the coronavirus, youth in the province are speaking out about how they’re being affected by the pandemic.It comes as new modelling shows that the recent surge in new COVID-19 cases is being driven largely by young adults, aged 20-39 years old. Why one expert says B.C.

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US says no bailout for Lebanon, calls for change

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Cards beat White Sox 5-1 in return from coronavirus outbreak

CHICAGO – Dexter Fowler helped St. Louis get off to a fast start in its return from a coronavirus outbreak, hitting a two-run single in a four-run first inning, and the Cardinals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 on Saturday in the opener of a doubleheader.Playing its first game since July 29, St.

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Lillard wins Bubble MVP, Williams picked as top coach

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Portland’s Damian Lillard has been unanimously selected as the top player of the NBA’s seeding games at Walt Disney World, after averaging a league-best 37.6 points in the eight games.Phoenix’s Monty Williams, who led the Suns to a perfect 8-0 record in the bubble, was chosen as the top coach of the seeding-game schedule.Joining Lillard on the first team for games played at Disney between July 30 and Friday’s end of the seeding-game season was Phoenix's Devin Booker, Indiana's T.J.

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12 new coronavirus cases in London-Middlesex, highest daily increase since mid-May

coronavirus on Saturday.It is the highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases since May 10 when 13 new cases were reported.There are now a total of 707 COVID-19 cases locally, with 621 recoveries and 57 deaths.At least 29 cases are active in the region as of Saturday.No new recoveries were reported Saturday, and the death toll has remained unchanged since June 12.All 12 new cases are from the city of London, Ont., where there are now 655 confirmed cases.Elsewhere, 26 cases have been reported in Strathroy-Caradoc, 12 in Middlesex Centre, six each in North Middlesex and Thames Centre, and one each in Lucan Biddulph and Southwest Middlesex.Seven of the new cases are people under 19 years of age.

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Manitoba sees 9th coronavirus death, 20 more positive cases

COVID-19 and 20 more people have tested positive as of Saturday morning.The province says the new fatality brings the number of people who have died since the coronavirus pandemic hit the province to nine.The latest death is a man in his 80s from the City of Portage la Prairie health district in the Southern Health-Santé Sud region, a previously-reported case connected to a known cluster. The province says the man individual was in the intensive care unit.

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Fear, language barriers hinder immigrant COVID-19 contact-tracing

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Coronavirus: Thousands in South Korea protest against leader despite COVID-19 warning

Thousands of demonstrators in Seoul protested against South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s policies on Saturday, after a spike in new COVID-19 cases prompted authorities to re-impose tighter social distancing restrictions in the city.

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Coronavirus: 4 new cases identified in New Brunswick related to international travel

Public Health reported four new cases of COVID-19 Saturday in New Brunswick, according to a government release.The province said the new cases consist of two individuals between the age of 40 and 49 in Zone 1 (Moncton region) and are related to international travel. The individuals arrived in Moncton from Europe and are self-isolating.The other two cases are individuals under the age of 10 in Zone 3 (Fredericton region) and are contacts of a previously-related case.

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The UK's 29 hotspots on Public Health England’s coronavirus lockdown watch list

coronavirus infection rates across England, with an update on the areas most at risk of localised lockdowns. There now 21 areas of England classed as "areas of intervention" where local restrictions are in place to curb the infection rate while the health authority has listed a further eight "areas of concern" which may see future restrictions.Newark and Sherwood in Nottinghamshire is the latest area to added to the list after a local spike and is now classed as an "area of concern" with 26.3 cases of coronavirus per 100,000 population in the last seven days.

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World Series MVP Strasburg on IL with nerve issue in hand

WASHINGTON – World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg was put on the 10-day injured list by the Washington Nationals on Saturday because of the recurring nerve issue in his throwing hand that delayed his start to the 2020 season and cut short his second appearance after just 16 pitches.The team classified his injury as “carpal tunnel neuritis of the right hand.”The 32-year-old Strasburg, who signed a $245 million, seven-year contract with Washington this offseason, is 0-1 with a 10.80 ERA in two starts this season. After being scratched from the rotation his first couple of turns, Strasburg made his debut last Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, but left during a five-run fifth inning.

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Pelicans fire Alvin Gentry after 5 seasons as team's coach

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Pelicans fired coach Alvin Gentry on Saturday after the club missed the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons.The Pelicans went 30-42 this season, finishing with just two victories in their final eight games despite the presence of top overall draft choice Zion Williamson and first-time All-Star Brandon Ingram in the lineup.Gentry was hired by former Pelicans general manager Dell Demps after the club fired Monte Williams following the 2014-15 season, when Anthony Davis was the face of the franchise.The Pelicans made the playoffs in Gentry's third season, but were derailed last season by a combination of injuries and Davis' trade demand, which precipitated Demps' firing.

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Andretti puts 2 cars at the front of Indy 500 qualifying

INDIANAPOLIS – Andretti Autosport claimed the top of the speed chart midway through Indianapolis 500 qualifying, with former race winners Ryan Hunter-Reay and Alexander Rossi leading a strong Honda showing.Rossi moved to the top of the board with a four-lap average of 231.268 mph at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Teammate Hunter-Reay was waiting on pit lane to make his run when Rossi radioed feedback from his four laps.Hunter-Reay made a quick adjustment then bumped Rossi with a qualifying run of 231.330 mph.“We knew we had the speed,” Hunter-Reay said.

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Eleven new COVID-19 cases reported in Ottawa Saturday: OPH

OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Saturday.

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Covid-19 most disruptive event in modern history: Mukesh Ambani

Mumbai: The COVID-19 is the most disruptive event in the modern history and a 'cooperative and collaborative' effort is needed at the global level in the fight against the pandemic, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said during the launch of a book on coronavirus on Saturday.Ambani and his wife Nita e-launched the book via JioMeet - The Corona Virus: What You Need to Know About the Global Pandemic - by three medical experts. The book written by internal medicine specialist Dr Swapneil Parikh, clinical psychologist Maherra Desai, and neuropsychiatrist Dr Rajesh M Parikh, is published by Ebury Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

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City of Calgary proposes Black Lives Matter mural, will replace long-standing downtown painting

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