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State Dept. to give AP all Clinton schedules before election
WASHINGTON – The State Department agreed Thursday to turn over all the detailed planning schedules…
Sen. Boxer to donate congressional papers to UC Berkeley
LOS ANGELES – U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is leaving Capitol Hill, but the record of…
P.K. confident younger brothers, Malcolm and Jordan, will carve path to NHL
P.K. Subban’s two younger brothers thought he was only joking when he told them he’d…
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Smoked meat and basketball: Trudeau takes lighter approach to connect with China
SHANGHAI – With the higher-stakes political discussions behind him, Justin Trudeau’s week-long mission to foster…
Illinois teen accused of plotting terrorist attack
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Authorities arrested an 18-year-old southern Illinois man who they allege had communicated…
Trinidad court orders assets frozen under terrorism law
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Authorities in the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago have frozen the…
Alderman: Chicago mayor wants to hire ‘hundreds’ more police
CHICAGO – Rahm Emanuel’s floor leader in the Chicago City Council says the mayor plans…
Recalls this week: Toys, cables, motorcycles
A line of toys that can break into small pieces hazardous to children are being…
Ex-New England Mafia boss, associate indicted in ’93 killing
BOSTON – Former New England Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme and a mob associate…
Government-run hot springs in the Rocky Mountain won’t be privatized
CALGARY – The federal government says it won’t be privatizing three hot springs run by…
EU foreign ministers seek unity on relations with Turkey
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – European Union foreign ministers on Friday looked for a way to speak…
Dwyane Wade mourns cousin, urges tougher gun laws in Chicago
Dwyane Wade has lashed out against Chicago’s gun laws, calling them weak and saying he’s…
Spain PM’s bid to form govt rejected again, election looms
MADRID – Spain took a step closer toward holding its third election in a year…
Father kills 2-year-old daughter, wounds her sister and self
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A South Carolina sheriff says a father told deputies he was trying…
Prosecutor drops case against man imprisoned for 2 decades
DURHAM, N.C. – A North Carolina prosecutor is dismissing the case against a man imprisoned…
President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan dies at age 78
MOSCOW – Islam Karimov, who crushed all opposition in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
FBI publishes notes on Clinton’s use of private email
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton told the FBI she relied on the judgments of her staff…
Screening immigrants for ‘anti-Canadian’ values will make Canada safer; Leitch
OTTAWA – Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Kellie Leitch stood firm Friday amid criticisms of a…
EgyptAir: Passenger detained after storming pilot’s cockpit
CAIRO – EgyptAir says a passenger has been detained after storming the pilot’s cockpit on…
Saskatchewan city lifts all watering restrictions following oil spill
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Officials in a Saskatchewan city affected by an oil spill say…
CRTC says Quebec cannot block access to websites without regulator’s approval
MONTREAL – Quebec cannot force Internet companies to block people’s access to certain websites without…
Slain nuns honoured in funerals in Kentucky, Wisconsin
BARDSTOWN, Ky. – Eulogized in the church where she took her vows decades ago, a…
Another Texas death row inmate gets reprieve
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday halted the execution scheduled…