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Authorities: 19 charged in New York mob takedown
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The purported street boss of the Luchese crime family and 18…
Court orders last main opposition group in Bahrain dissolved
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A court in Bahrain ordered the country’s last main opposition…
Forecast thunderstorms add to flooding concerns across southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – Residents in several areas of British Columbia are bracing for severe thunderstorms as…
Police in Ontario turning to Facebook in an effort to get leads in cold cases
Police are turning to social media in an effort to generate leads in unsolved homicides…
Man drowns trying to enter cave located behind waterfall
SUPAI, Ariz. – A Utah man has drowned on the Havasupai Reservation while trying swim…
Vucic sworn in as Serbia’s new president amid protests
BELGRADE, Serbia – Populist leader Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in as Serbia’s president on Wednesday,…
Players on hand as Canada Post commemorates Canada-USSR hockey showdown
WINNIPEG – The most famous goal scored in Canadian hockey history is now featured on…
Lebanon bans the new “Wonder Woman” movie
BEIRUT – Lebanese authorities banned the new “Wonder Woman” movie Wednesday hours before it was…
Re-elected McNeil signals tough line with N.S. unions, new help for health
HALIFAX – A day after winning Nova Scotia’s first back-to-back majority governments in nearly 30…
Aetna in talks to move headquarters from Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says Connecticut is working to insure that Aetna…
New England’s last big coal plant powering down
SOMERSET, Mass. – New England’s largest — and one of its last — coal-fired power…
The Latest: Man gets 7 years in Nevada ranch standoff case
LAS VEGAS – The Latest on the sentencing of a New Hampshire man in an…
Pelley out, Mason temporarily in as CBS News anchor
NEW YORK – CBS’ effort to brand itself as the home of hard-edged newscasts has…
B.C. officials continue search for man who is believed to have died in mudslide
SALMON ARM, B.C. – RCMP say they are not giving up the search for a…
Pro-Syrian forces staying in border area despite US warnings
WASHINGTON – Forces backing the Syrian government haven’t left a protected area near Syria’s southern…
The Latest: Charity investigates misconduct against migrants
BERLIN – The Latest on asylum-seekers and migrants in Europe (all times local): 9:15 p.m.…
Nova Scotia voter turnout at all-time low: ‘Disillusionment is a factor’
HALIFAX – Voter turnout in Nova Scotia slumped to an all-time low in Tuesday’s provincial…
Official: 9 local guards dead, 11 Americans wounded in Kabul
WASHINGTON – Nine Afghan guards at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul were killed and 11…
Review: In ‘The Exception,’ a lion in Nazi Germany winter
Has any lion in winter ever roared like Christopher Plummer? In British theatre director David…
Accessing child porn not part of possession offence, Appeal Court rules
TORONTO – The criminal charge of possessing child pornography does not include a lesser offence…
Ex Puerto Rico senator, businessman convicted of bribery
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A former Puerto Rico senator and a prominent businessman have…
Toronto 18 ringleader ordered detained until end of sentence
A ringleader of the so-called Toronto 18 terror cell continues to minimize his role in…
Documents raise new questions about taxpayer risk in Liberal infrastructure bank
OTTAWA – Federal investments doled out through the government’s new infrastructure financing agency may be…
Karla Homolka volunteered at her childrens’ elementary school: reports
MONTREAL – The day-to-day activities of Karla Homolka are once again causing a stir in…