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Toronto-area police warn crane climbing has become a dangerous trend
Toronto-area police are warning the public about the dangers of climbing construction cranes, noting that…
Arizona, prisoners reach deal to settle death penalty suit
PHOENIX – Lawyers for a group of condemned prisoners who sued over how Arizona conducts…
Father describes finding son’s body at Alberta triple-murder trial
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – The father of an Alberta man who was killed almost two years…
Northern Quebec stabbings: victims, suspect identified by coroner’s office
AKULIVIK, Que. – A man who lived 34 years in the remote Quebec Inuit community…
Linklater’s ‘Last Flag Flying’ to open New York Film Fest
NEW YORK – Richard Linklater’s “The Last Flag Flying” will open the 55th New York…
US cancels new protection for endangered West Coast whales
SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump administration on Monday threw out a new rule intended to…
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, June 12 ——— CANADA AND U.S. ‘QUITE FAR…
Correction: Body Cameras-Moonlighting story
In a story June 11 about police body cameras, The Associated Press reported erroneously that…
The Latest: California mother says slain son feared for life
FRESNO, Calif. – The Latest on a 13-year-old California boy suspected of killing 14-year-old classmate…
Tillerson, defending Trump policy, contradicted by his words
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s plans to slash spending on diplomacy won’t be the only…
The Latest: Moscow court jails opposition leader for 30 days
MOSCOW – The Latest on Russian opposition protest (all times local): 12:05 a.m. A Moscow…
Report: IS chemical weapons capability degraded
BEIRUT – The siege of Mosul and targeted killings of chemical weapons experts in U.S.-led…
Tech stock sell-off pulls TSX into the red, loonie up on ‘hawkish’ BoC speech
TORONTO – Weakness in the technology sector weighed on North American stock markets Monday while…
Vancouver man is dead after accidentally shooting himself during pistol contest
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A Vancouver man who fatally shot himself in the torso at a…
The Latest: Programmer to plead guilty in Iowa, Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. – The Latest on a plea agreement with a lottery computer programmer at…
Woman caught shoplifting said she was studying kleptomania
GILLETTE, Wyo. – A Wyoming college student who told officers she was working on a…
Solo sailor, 73, describes sudden trouble at sea: ‘The boat had inverted’
HALIFAX – Alone in the mid-Atlantic, 73-year-old Mervyn Wheatley awoke early Friday to heaving swells…
The Latest: No immediate verdict in police shooting trial
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Latest in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer…
‘Kinky Boots’ cake wins Best in Show at design competition
NEW YORK – A New York City baker says nothing about the design competition she…
UK, France: tougher action on tech firms to fight extremism
LONDON – Britain and France plan tougher action to tackle online radicalization, as they announced…
Senate panel backs Trump’s FEMA nominee
WASHINGTON – A Senate panel has confirmed the nomination of President Donald Trump’s pick to…
Sidney Crosby caps stunning and perhaps unprecedented two-year run with Cup
The Pittsburgh Penguins were basking in the glory of their first Stanley Cup since 2009…
Snow in June dots California slopes with skiers
SAN FRANCISCO – Sleds and skis in June? A rare winter-like storm brought more snow…
Mexican woman’s deportation protection temporarily restored
ATLANTA – Protection from deportation was temporarily restored Monday to a Mexican woman who became…