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The Latest: UN says many killed in Syria aid convoy attack
BEIRUT – The Latest on the developments in Syria, where a Russia-U.S.-brokered cease-fire, now in…
Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemic
For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum…
Uruguay rejects demand by hunger-striking ex-Gitmo detainee
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Uruguay’s government on Monday rejected an ultimatum from a former Guantanamo…
Jim Carrey calls lawsuit over ex’s death ‘heartless’
LOS ANGELES – Jim Carrey says a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estranged husband…
Critics pick favourites at upcoming Met Opera season
NEW YORK – Two tragedies of love and death, along with the inspiring story of…
Vancouver-Seattle partnership must be explored, Innovation Minister says
VANCOUVER – Canada’s Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister says it’s important to explore ways…
In Zimbabwe, comedy thrives as country slowly falls apart
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s economy is falling apart, and police are cracking down on growing…
Ex-roommate of Facebook founder becomes rabbi in Israel
JERUSALEM – When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was launching a social media revolution 12 years…
Israel: Palestinian killed after attempted stabbing
JERUSALEM – Israel’s military said its troops shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian on Tuesday…
Protesters march at EU headquarters over planned trade link-ups with Canada, US
BRUSSELS – Thousands of demonstrators marched at the European Union headquarters on Tuesday to protest…
Moments in Brad and Angelina’s Hollywood romance
LOS ANGELES – Irreconcilable differences have brought an end to a Hollywood romance for the…
Researchers find 90% of Grassy Narrows residents show signs of mercury poisoning
TORONTO – The chief of the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario says the…
Parents: Arizona pilot of burning plane performed heroically
PHOENIX – Her voice cracking, the mother of an Arizona pilot burned keeping a blazing…
Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompts UN response
NEW YORK – World leaders are pushing to end the overuse of antibiotics and to…
Judge says Pennsylvania inmate’s decades in solitary to end
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered prison officials to end a convicted…
UN suspends Syria aid convoys after ‘savage’ attack
BEIRUT – The United States on Tuesday blamed Russia for an overnight attack on an…
Nothing to see here: Southeast Asia flummoxed by haze study
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean authorities have dismissed research that smoky haze from…
Game warden finds missing toddler sleeping on road in Maine
BRADFORD, Maine – A missing 18-month-old boy was returned to his family after a game…
Divorce will unspool the complex life Jolie and Pitt created
LOS ANGELES – For more than a decade, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been…
DNA tests confirm second switched-at-birth case in northern Manitoba
NORWAY HOUSE, Man. – A second set of DNA tests have confirmed that two men…
Indoor plant displays: built-ins, wall pockets and more
Imagine stepping into a bathtub, and instead of bathroom tiles lining the wall next to…
‘Simple Gifts’: Met exhibit explores Shaker design
NEW YORK – The Shakers, an industrious and pious New England sect that rose to…
Bad habits, not a bad brain, afflict many cerebral palsy patients, says doctor
TORONTO – Just sitting upright is a battle for two-year-old Jack Pankratz, and so his…
Xavier Dolan says new film ‘It’s Only the End of the World’ not an AIDS drama
TORONTO – In adapting the play “It’s Only the End of the World,” Montreal filmmaker…