A Nigerian man given a life sentence for trying to blow up a packed jetliner using a bomb sewn into his underwear on Christmas Day 2009 has appealed the punishment. A notice of appeal by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was dated Thursday and posted Friday in the electronic court record for federal court in Detroit. An [...]

As preparations continue for what’s expected to be a star-studded funeral for Whitney Houston, New Jersey police have urged fans to stay away from the private service. On Thursday, Newark police said that six square blocks around the New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston began singing as a child, would be cordoned off on Saturday [...]

News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch on Friday warned staff at his scandal-hit British tabloid The Sun that he won’t protect reporters found to have broken the law, but pledged unstinting support to the title he claimed is among his proudest achievements. The media mogul, who flew on Thursday to Britain from the United States [...]

Andy Fantuz is returning to southern Ontario. The veteran slotback agreed to terms on a contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday morning after spending a couple days weighing his options. “Strange to feel heartbroken and thrilled at the same time,” Fantuz wrote on Twitter. “Love you forever Ridernation! Western Ontario I’m coming HOME!” Financial [...]

Canadian cross-country skiing star Devon Kershaw used a powerful final kick to capture a FIS World Cup sprint race in Szklarska Poreba, Poland, on Friday. Kershaw surged past Nikolay Morilov of Russia in the final metre to claim his second win of the World Cup season. Ola Vigen Hattestad of Norway finished third. It’s the [...]