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List of unemployment rates by Canadian province for month of December
OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in December. Here are the…
Officials to probe train’s erratic speed just before crash
NEW YORK – Federal investigators will be looking into why a packed Long Island Rail…
NOAA plans to open federal waters in Pacific to fish farming
HONOLULU – As traditional commercial fishing is threatening fish populations worldwide, U.S. officials are working…
Afghan officials say at least 7 miners killed by gunman
KABUL – The provincial governor of Afghanistan’s Baghlan province has said that an unknown gunman…
US tanks roll into Germany to bolster NATO deterrent
BERLIN – Ships began unloading U.S. tanks, self-propelled howitzers and hundreds of other fighting vehicles…
Markets Right Now: Stocks open mostly lower on Wall Street
NEW YORK – The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m.…
Naomi Campbell reveals she was almost robbed in Paris
NEW YORK – Supermodel Naomi Campbell has revealed that she was the victim of an…
Israel’s Netanyahu thanks US House for vote to rebuke UN
JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister has thanked the U.S. House of Representatives for approving a…
Report: 11 hurt in bus collision at Frankfurt airport
FRANKFURT – A passenger bus has collided with a vehicle towing luggage at Frankfurt’s international…
Israeli PM’s lawyer says no substance to graft allegations
JERUSALEM – A lawyer for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is no substance…
US trade deficit climbs to $45.2 billion in November
WASHINGTON – The U.S. trade deficit in November rose to the highest level in nine…
Pakistan makes case for Indian terrorism to UN
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s foreign ministry says Islamabad has handed over a dossier to the United…
Police probe new $8.6M claim in 2015 London jewel heist
LONDON – Police say one of Britain’s biggest jewel heists may have been even bigger…
Canadian soccer star Ashley Lawrence settling nicely into City of Lights
For Ashley Lawrence, the time was right. With her stellar soccer career at West Virginia…
Judge who wore ‘Make America Great Again’ hat in court no longer hearing cases
HAMILTON – An Ontario judge who reportedly wore a hat with a Donald Trump slogan…
Sen. Warren to seek re-election, repeats vow to fight Trump
BOSTON – Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Friday she will run for a second…
AP FACT CHECK: Alike tales of actors’ car trouble are false
Widely shared stories about celebrities experiencing car trouble and being helped out by local residents…
FBI: Roof displaying racist symbols even during trial
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Dylann Roof is as entrenched in his white supremacist beliefs as ever,…
Woman accused of soliciting hit man stays on house arrest
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida woman who told an undercover police officer she…
Tip from Australia leads to rescue of alleged child porn victim, 4, in Ontario
LONDON, Ont. – Police say a tip from Australia has led to the rescue of…
Spacewalking astronauts upgrade station with new batteries
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Spacewalking astronauts hooked up fancy new batteries Friday on the International…
Two-time Olympic champ Humphries races to World Cup gold with Lotholz
ALTENBERG, Germany – Canada’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Kaillie Humphries is back on top of…
8 ways the US job market has evolved over Obama’s 8 years
WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009 in the midst of…
Philadelphia launches pre-K program funded by soda tax
PHILADELPHIA – Thousands of Philadelphia toddlers have started 2017 in a citywide pre-kindergarten program as…