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The Latest: Founder of firm tied to Trump dossier speaks
WASHINGTON – The Latest on investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and possible…
Baby found under interstate overpass; suspect in custody
MINDEN, La. – A Louisiana man is accused of aggravated kidnapping after a 2-month-old boy…
El Salvador’s supreme court sides with massacre suspects
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – El Salvador’s supreme court on Tuesday cancelled arrest orders for…
Jury refuses to convict 4 in Nevada ranch standoff retrial
LAS VEGAS – A federal jury in Las Vegas refused Tuesday to convict four defendants…
AP-NORC poll: Hispanics see barriers to nursing care
WASHINGTON – Close to one-half of older Hispanics have faced language or cultural barriers interacting…
Panama to require visa for Venezuelans amid crisis
PANAMA CITY – Panama’s president says his country will begin requiring an entry visa for…
Committee hears from founder of firm tied to Trump dossier
WASHINGTON – The co-founder of a Washington opposition research firm that produced a dossier of…
Ridership, revenue down for Southern Nevada’s cab companies
LAS VEGAS – The Nevada Taxicab Authority’s latest figures show Southern Nevada’s cab companies continue…
CIBC expects ‘moderation’ in new mortgages as new regulations take shape
TORONTO – Soaring home prices have been a boon to mortgage businesses, but recent government…
City in Mississippi considers moving Confederate statue
MCCOMB, Miss. – A century-old Confederate monument could be moved from a city hall in…
Repairs on schedule, Amtrak, NJ Transit plan normal service
NEWARK, N.J. – The three major railroads that use New York’s Penn Station say they…
Gov. Cuomo formally introduces bridge named for late father
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday formally introduced a new $4 billion bridge…
Duke University receives 2 endangered lemurs from Madagascar
DURHAM, N.C. – A pair of endangered lemurs has been imported to the U.S. from…
Man punched by cop pleads not guilty to resisting arrest
EUCLID, Ohio – A black man seen in a cellphone video being punched more than…
73-year-old dies after climbing fall in Rocky Mountain Park
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. – A 73-year-old man has died after a fall while…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Bestsellers
Bestselling Books Week Ending 8/20/17 HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Store” by Patterson/DiLallo (Little, Brown) 2.…
Quebec preparing to dole out welfare to asylum seekers
Quebec will begin handing out welfare cheques to as many as 4,000 asylum seekers next…
US rabbis protest Trump by dropping holiday conference call
NEW YORK – American rabbis critical of President Donald Trump will not try to organize…
Ontario puts up to $657M to social housing repairs, roughly half to Toronto
TORONTO – Ontario is putting hundreds of millions of dollars toward social housing repairs and…
Mexico’s oil output falls below 2 million barrels per day
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s crude oil output has fallen below 2 million barrels per day…
Trump, former top spy trade verbal barbs
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump traded verbal barbs Thursday with James Clapper, the former national…
Cominar selling properties across Canada to focus on base in Quebec, Ottawa
MONTREAL – One of Canada’s largest commercial property owners is selling the Dixie Outlet Mall…
US: At least 16 Americans affected by health attacks in Cuba
WASHINGTON – At least 16 Americans associated with the U.S. Embassy in Havana suffered symptoms…
Peru discovers in pre-Incan site tomb of 16 Chinese migrants
LIMA, Peru – Peruvian archeologists have discovered in a sacred pre-Incan site the bodies of…