B.J. Thomas, who announced in March that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, died from complications of the disease Saturday at his home in Arlington, Texas, a statement released by his representatives said.
Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time Saturday, beating Manchester City 1-0 thanks to Kai Havertz's first-half goal as Pep Guardiola's overthinking proved costly again in the all-English final.
Actor Gavin MacLeod, who achieved stardom as sardonic TV news writer Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the cheerful Capt. Stubing on The Love Boat, has died. He was 90.
Governors and legislatures in Republican-controlled states across the U.S. are moving to define what race-related ideas can be taught in public schools and colleges, a reaction to the country's racial reckoning after last year's police killing of George Floyd.
A rocket carrying supplies for China's new space station blasted off on Saturday from an island in the South China Sea.
The U.S. State Department says Arnold Chacon has been named to serve as charge d'affaires to Canada at the American embassy.
New restrictions will be taking effect in Manitoba on Saturday to curb the spread of COVID-19, a day after federal health officials said the third wave of the pandemic is subsiding across Canada.
Alexander Lukashenko has survived as Belarus's authoritarian ruler for 27 years by knowing how to play Russia off against the West. But did his gambit to "hijack" an Irish airliner to arrest a government opponent go too far?
Federal parties have shifted their positions on Israel-Palestine after a long period of stasis. The Gaza conflict is also causing tensions within the Liberal Party, the NDP and Green Party. Some MPs say BLM and other social justice protests have affected public views, driving up sympathy for Palestinians.
