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Jeb Bush optimistic he and Jeter can close deal for Marlins
MIAMI – Jeb Bush says he is optimistic he can close a deal to buy…
Home Capital delaying the release of its first-quarter earnings
TORONTO – Canadian alternative mortgage lender Home Capital Group Inc. says it is delaying the…
What on earth might a Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting look like?
BANGKOK – In one corner: the unpredictable dictator, the third-generation family ruler whose nation has…
Montana dam, passage to save fish lacks funding
HELENA, Mont. – A federal agency targeted by President Donald Trump for budget cuts next…
Haiti’s main international airport flooded by downpour
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The terminal at the Haitian capital’s international airport has been flooded after…
Nevada lawmaker strips refund provision from insulin bill
CARSON CITY, Nev. – A Nevada state lawmaker and backers of a proposal to control…
Jones says racial taunts speak to wider racial issues
BOSTON – Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said Tuesday that racial taunts that prompted immediate condemnation…
Clinton blames misogyny, FBI, Russia, herself for 2016 loss
NEW YORK – Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that she’s taking responsibility for her 2016…
Santa Fe voters reject soda tax, hand rare win to industry
SANTA FE, N.M. – Voters in New Mexico’s capital city rejected a tax increase on…
Human Rights Watch slams Hamas holding of 2 Israelis in Gaza
JERUSALEM – Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on Gaza’s Hamas rulers to release two…
Archbishop of Canterbury leads prayers at Jordan River
AL-MAGTHAS, Jordan – The head of the Anglican Church prayed at the Jordan River as…
IS attack on US convoy kills 8 Afghans, wounds 3 US soldiers
KABUL – A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. military convoy in the Afghan capital…
Six stories in the news today, May 3
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 3 ——— FORT MCMURRAY MARKS ONE YEAR…
White House press association gets German free speech award
BERLIN – German broadcaster Deutsche Welle says it is giving its annual freedom of speech…
Greece: Man shot dead outside primary school
ATHENS, Greece – Police in Greece say gunmen killed a man outside a primary school…
A look at high-profile police shootings
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A lawyer for the family of a black motorist shot to death…
False alarm over possible explosives closes Dutch road
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch police closed a major highway for more than an hour…
Comedy star Mary Walsh pens personal debut novel, ‘Crying for the Moon’
TORONTO – Canadian comedy star Mary Walsh says her debut novel “Crying for the Moon”…
‘Beyond our wildest dreams’: Canada’s ‘Come From Away’ earns 7 Tony nominations
NEW YORK – The married co-creators of “Come From Away” were celebrating their six-year-journey from…
Former cabinet minister writes about revolt that almost toppled a premier
WINNIPEG – The acrimony, distrust and eventual open warfare that crippled the Manitoba New Democrats…
NAFTA burgers: Canadian envoy touts trade deal through example of a hamburger
WASHINGTON – Just before lunchtime in Washington, a Canadian MP spoke to his audience’s stomach…
Puff, puff, pray: Inside Colorado’s International Church of Cannabis
DENVER – Walk into Denver’s International Church of Cannabis, and even the sober might feel…
In Colorado, pot tourism a lucrative business the state can’t promote
DENVER – Inside a neon-lit party bus bumping along a pothole-riddled Denver street, Andre Henriquez…
Two thirds of electricity in Canada now comes from renewable energy
OTTAWA – Two-thirds of Canada’s electricity supply now comes from renewable sources such as hydro…