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Kristi Yamaguchi tweets ‘break a leg’ to Nancy Kerrigan
LOS ANGELES – A good luck tweet from Kristi Yamaguchi to former Olympic figure skating…
US new home sales rise despite higher mortgage rates
WASHINGTON – Americans responded to higher mortgage rates by snapping up new homes in February…
A look at attacks where vehicles have been used as weapons
LONDON – When an attacker plowed a vehicle into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge, killing…
‘Town That Garbage Built’ for sale in Pennsylvania for $1.5M
REDUCTION, Pa. – “The Town That Garbage Built” is up for sale. A family that…
Mayor resigns after getting threats over plan to stop prayer
CAREY, Ohio – A village mayor who’s an Air Force veteran resigned after saying he…
Stand up for electoral reform, New Democrat MP urges Liberal colleagues
OTTAWA – New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen is planning a series of town-hall meetings in…
Report: Puerto Rico municipalities see deep population loss
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. Census Bureau says nearly 80 per cent of…
Trump, Denmark leader to meet March 30 at White House
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and Denmark’s prime minister have a scheduled a White House…
New Valeant Pharmaceuticals CEO got US$63-million in compensation
LAVAL, Que. – Valeant Pharmaceuticals says its chairman and CEO received US$62.7 million in compensation…
Car tries to ram Antwerp shopping area; security tightened
BRUSSELS – Belgian authorities tightened security Thursday in the port city of Antwerp after a…
Jon Corzine’s MF Global, PwC in settlement
NEW YORK – The trial between bankrupt brokerage MF Global, run by former New Jersey…
Let there be light: German scientists test ‘artificial sun’
BERLIN – Scientists in Germany flipped the switch Thursday on what’s being described as “the…
Toronto school board to stop booking new U.S. travel over border restrictions
TORONTO – Canada’s largest school board says it will stop booking trips to the United…
Man: ‘I didn’t murder nobody’ in Detroit fire that killed 5
DETROIT – A man accused of setting a fire that killed five people in Detroit…
Pastor planning healing service after Nova Scotia church damaged in fire
NORTH PRESTON, N.S. – Members of a historic church just east of Halifax will soon…
Chicago cop faces new charges in shooting of black teen
CHICAGO – A grand jury added 16 counts of aggravated battery with a firearm to…
Former Boston drummer Sib Hashian dies at age 67 on cruise
NASHVILLE – John “Sib” Hashian, former drummer for the arena rock band Boston, died on…
Canada gets green light to join controversial China-led infrastructure bank
OTTAWA – Canada has been approved to join a controversial new international infrastructure bank led…
Toronto’s wandering capybaras – Bonnie and Clyde – have 3 pups: zoo says
Toronto’s wandering capybaras are now parents. The High Park Zoo said Thursday in a birth…
Pope’s sex abuse adviser seeks to keep survivor voice heard
ROME – Pope Francis’ top adviser on sex abuse insisted Thursday that the pontiff is…
Report: Doctor not impaired before crash that killed trooper
TRENTON, N.J. – Toxicology results indicate a New Jersey doctor was not impaired by alcohol…
Singer Don McLean’s ex-wife says tweet constituted contempt
CAMDEN, Maine – The ex-wife of Don McLean wants the American Pie singer found in…
Police: 3 dead, officer wounded in Louisiana shooting
CROWLEY, La. – Authorities are retracing the movements of a man suspected of killing two…
Trial hears arguments over whether ‘child-like’ sex doll constitutes child porn
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A sex doll at the centre of a trial in Newfoundland…