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70-year-old Texas veteran fired for confronting shoplifters
PEARLAND, Texas – A 70-year-old Army veteran has been fired from a Houston-area Home Depot…
6 killed as Indian, Pakistan soldiers trade fire in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India – Four Pakistani soldiers, one Indian soldier and a child were killed Monday…
McDonald’s free ice cream promotion marred by app glitch
OAK BROOK, Ill. – A McDonald’s promotion for free ice cream cones to celebrate National…
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau urges girls to have confidence in themselves
WASHINGTON – Sophie Gregoire Trudeau kicked off a United Nations-led girls’ conference in Washington with…
WestJet plane hit by green laser on approach to airport in Charlottetown: police
CHARLOTTETOWN – RCMP are investigating a report of a green laser being directed into the…
See this? Doctors find 27 contact lenses in woman’s eye
LONDON – Doctors intending to perform cataract surgery on a 67-year-old woman in Britain found…
Militants kill 5 police in attacks in Egypt’s Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt – Islamic militants launched a series of attacks against Egyptian police in the…
Royal tradition: Counting the swans on the River Thames
LONDON – The annual count of swans belonging to Queen Elizabeth II has begun on…
Review: ‘Afterlife’ is mind-bending thriller
“Afterlife: a Novel” (Thomas & Mercer), by Marcus Sakey The line between life and death…
Jordanian soldier gets life term for killing 3 US troops
AMMAN, Jordan – A Jordanian soldier was sentenced Monday to life in prison after being…
Detained human rights activists face charges in Turkey
ISTANBUL – Ten Turkish human rights activists who were detained by police while attending a…
Ed Sheeran posts set picture after ‘Game of Thrones’ cameo
Ed Sheeran is basking in the aftermath of his “Game of Thrones” cameo. Sheeran appeared…
59-year-old who tried for 4 decades to get pregnant has baby
ALBANY, N.Y. – A 59-year-old woman who had tried for nearly four decades to become…
The Latest: Lawyer says 4th trial would be wasting resources
TULSA, Okla. – The Latest on the case of a former Oklahoma police officer accused…
US-backed forces battle IS in heart of Syria’s Raqqa
BEIRUT – U.S.-backed Syrian fighters fought Islamic State militants in the heart of Raqqa, the…
Quebec mayor whose citizens rejected Muslim cemetery won’t reintroduce project
MONTREAL – There are no plans to use a new Quebec law in order to…
NASA communications satellite damaged 3 weeks before launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s newest, slickest communications satellite has been damaged, just three weeks…
Senators sign forward Pageau to three-year deal worth US$9.3 million
OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators avoided arbitration with restricted free agent forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau on…
New England Mafia member convicted in shakedown dies at 76
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A member of the New England Mafia who was convicted for his…
Girl, 12, dies in waterskiing accident on New Hampshire lake
HEBRON, N.H. – Authorities say a 12-year-old Colorado girl waterskiing on a New Hampshire lake…
Rapper Common surprises students at NY school, donates money
NEW YORK – Oscar and Grammy winner Common surprised a group of New York students…
Fugitive in police chief slaying died in 1997 after stroke
DARTMOUTH, Mass. – A man wanted in the 1980 killing of a Pennsylvania police chief…
The Latest: Austria to Italy: Stop migrants reaching Europe
VIENNA – The Latest on the migrant crisis in Europe (all times local): 7:15 p.m.…
Trump administration pulls health law help in 18 cities
CHICAGO – President Donald Trump’s administration has ended Affordable Care Act contracts that brought assistance…