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The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug. 25 ___ THREE DEAD IN CROSSBOW INCIDENT:…
The Latest: State probing unclean tools at medical centre
DETROIT – The Latest on problems with unclean surgical tools at Detroit Medical Center (all…
US, Turkey at an impasse over extraditing Muslim cleric
WASHINGTON – Turkey says the United States is legally bound by a treaty to immediately…
4 malnourished Hawaiian monk seals taken to hospital
HONOLULU – Four malnourished Hawaiian monk seals have been taken from remote atolls to a…
Senegal clamps down on Quranic schools that exploit children
DAKAR, Senegal – Twelve-year-old Boubacar was picked up from the streets of Senegal’s capital at…
Five stories in the news today, Aug. 26
Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press ——— LIBERALS TO COMMIT PEACEKEEPING…
Official: Striking miners kill deputy minister in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia – Striking informal miners in Bolivia kidnapped and beat to death the…
Indonesia steps up fire response as haze blankets Singapore
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Six Indonesian provinces have declared states of emergency as forest fires blanketed…
Most of remaining Fort McMurray evacuees allowed to go home Wednesday
EDMONTON – Some of the last evacuees from the Fort McMurray wildfire are being allowed…
Canadians with allergies not subject to same EpiPen price hike as U.S. consumers
TORONTO – The skyrocketing price for the rescue medication carried by people at risk for…
Man from Italy dies on Air France flight before it lands in Labrador: police
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. – Police say a man from Italy died on board an…
Ebola survivor to nurse students: Be the best of the best
ATLANTA – An American woman treated for the Ebola virus at Emory University Hospital said…
Governor’s order seeks to make Minnesota more bee-friendly
MINNEAPOLIS – Gov. Mark Dayton sought Friday to extend a little Minnesota nice to the…
Congressmen: FBI, VA must probe vet’s death outside hospital
NEW YORK – Two congressmen want federal authorities to investigate why a former Navy gunner…
Nearly a year after election defeat, Stephen Harper gives up Commons seat
OTTAWA – It’s been months since Stephen Harper packed up his Parliament Hill office, but…
Ontario man undergoing treatment after bite from rabid cat
HALDIMAND COUNTY, Ont. – Health officials say an Ontario man is undergoing treatment after being…
Brits, Romanians among the foreigners killed in Italy quake
SOMMATI, Italy – Most of the victims of this week’s earthquake were Italians, but among…
Officials: Zika spread through sex by man with no symptoms
NEW YORK – U.S. health officials on Friday reported the first case of Zika spread…
Dozens treated as heroin overdose spikes hit several states
CINCINNATI – The Latest on a surge in heroin overdoses in several states (all times…
Man who took girlfriend from hospital waives extradition
MOUNT GRETNA, Pa. – A Pennsylvania man accused of threatening two nurses at gunpoint to…
Photo of separated elderly couple draws attention to bed shortage in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Every time the elevator doors open at Wolfram Gottschalk’s care home and he…
US Open top seeds Williams, Djokovic coming off injuries
NEW YORK – Serena Williams is “starting to feel a little better.” Novak Djokovic is…
The Latest: Trump’s CEO accused of anti-Semitic remarks
WASHINGTON – The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): 10:30 p.m. The…
Bangladesh police kill 3, including Canadian suspect in Dhaka attack
NEW DELHI – Police in Bangladesh killed three suspected militants Saturday, including a man they…