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Halifax debates developers’ influence as N.S. capital undergoes condo boom
HALIFAX – A suggestion that Halifax councillors who accept money from developers should stop voting…
Diaz launches bid to be 1st woman to lead Spain’s Socialists
MADRID – Susana Diaz, the regional president of Andalusia, has launched her bid to become…
‘We’re all hurting’: Calgary arts cut to the bone as corporate funds dry up
Calgary’s performing arts scene has become a casualty of corporate cost-cutting as the city’s economic…
Toronto woman heads to rights tribunal over washroom access issue
TORONTO – A Toronto woman has launched a human rights complaint against a bar that…
Drought-stricken Somalia battles hunger and cholera
BAIDOA, Somalia – An emaciated woman writhes on her hospital bed, weakly waving her bony…
With eye toward Trump, Arab leaders to seek consensus
DEAD SEA, Jordan – With an eye toward Washington, leaders of a fractured and conflict-ridden…
Medical pot bill in S. Carolina bolstered by conservatives
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina Rep. Eric Bedingfield once shunned all marijuana use, but when…
Seattle plant failure dumps millions of gallons of sewage
SEATTLE – Millions of gallons of raw sewage and untreated runoff have poured into the…
No gunshots fired in store burglary at Bellagio in Las Vegas
Las Vegas police now say there weren’t shots fired during a burglary at a high-end…
Antonio Banderas says he’s recovered from a heart attack
MADRID – Spanish film star Antonio Banderas says he has recovered from a heart attack…
Insider Q&A: Mattel’s COO talks Barbie movie
NEW YORK – Mattel is looking to the movies. The maker of Barbie and Hot…
Governor signs tax cut for airlines, at expense of Phoenix
PHOENIX – Gov. Doug Ducey and the Arizona Legislature have given airlines a big tax…
6 aid workers killed in South Sudan
NAIROBI, Kenya – Six aid workers were ambushed and killed in South Sudan, the deadliest…
Berkeley killing renews debate over gender pronouns
BERKELEY, Calif. – Pablo Gomez Jr. was a University of California, Berkeley, senior majoring in…
Ripples from US nuclear plant closings overwhelm small towns
OAK HARBOR, Ohio – Living in the shadows of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant’s cooling…
Hundreds demonstrate to support Brazil corruption probe
RIO DE JANEIRO – Hundreds of people are demonstrating on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach…
Settler leader: Population growth is end of 2-state solution
JERUSALEM – The number of Israeli settlers living in the West Bank has soared by…
Danny Blind fired as coach of Dutch football team
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Dutch football association fired national coach Danny Blind on Sunday,…
Johnson, Rahm win to set up powerful title match
AUSTIN, Texas – Dustin Johnson finally held up his end of the bargain Sunday morning,…
Estrada scheduled to start Toronto’s opener as Jays set pitching rotation
DUNEDIN, Fla. – The Toronto Blue Jays will send Marco Estrada to the mound when…
Canada’s Raonic withdraws from Miami Open with hamstring injury
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. – Milos Raonic has pulled out of the Miami Open after aggravating…
‘Still one of us’: 92-year-old gets Purple Heart from WWII
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A 92-year-old North Carolina man has finally received the Purple Heart he…
Brown swipes Trump for border wall, says California to fight
WASHINGTON – California Gov. Jerry Brown likened President Donald Trump to a strongman whose goal…
Will NYC invite the ‘Fearless Girl’ to stay on Wall Street?
NEW YORK – Should the “Fearless Girl” stand up to Wall Street’s charging bull forever?…