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Don’t look to the Electoral College to upend Trump victory
WASHINGTON – There’s more hustle than hope behind an effort to derail Donald Trump’s presidency…
Crashing at grandma’s? NYU students to bunk with seniors
NEW YORK – Ah, college. Halls of ivy. Stimulating class discussions. All-night cram sessions. ……
Globalization took hits in 2016; Will 2017 lead to more?
LONDON – Globalization, the path that the world economy has largely followed for decades, took…
Aboriginal woman’s slaying exposes Australia’s racial divide
YAMBA, Australia – The life was long drained from Lynette Daley by the time the…
AP FACT CHECK: UN didn’t order US to pay slavery reparations
A widely shared story that claims the United Nations ordered the United States to immediately…
Dangerous wind chills puts parts of US in the deep freeze
CONCORD, N.H. – Low temperatures and high winds have put the Northeastern U.S. in a…
Want a hippo for Christmas? The story of a girl who got one
LOS ANGELES – All a cute, curly haired 10-year-old girl named Gayla Peevey wanted for…
Yahoo faces proposed Canadian class action over compromised user info
TORONTO – Yahoo is now facing a proposed class action on behalf of Canadians whose…
Investigation, cleanup underway after riot at Saskatchewan Penitentiary
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A Saskatchewan prison where a riot took place this week had…
Catalan leader mulls early vote on break with Spain
BARCELONA, Spain – Separatist leaders in Catalonia plan to seek Spanish government support for a…
B.C. coroner, police, politicians issue overdose alert after 11 deaths
VANCOUVER – An urgent warning has been sent out to illicit drug users in British…
5 ways North Korea has changed in 5 years under Kim Jong Un
TOKYO – It’s been five years since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took power…
China restricts cars, factories amid latest smog alert
BEIJING – China’s capital and other northern cities have banned half of all vehicles from…
Drug overdose deaths increased significantly in past 5 years
CONCORD, N.H. – Drug overdose deaths have increased by 33 per cent in the past…
Trump’s Cabinet selections signal a bold shift after Obama
WASHINGTON – Propelled by populist energy, President-elect Donald Trump’s candidacy broke long-standing conventions and his…
The Latest: UK medics stage Syria ‘die-in’ protest
BEIRUT – The Latest on the conflict in Syria where thousands more civilians and rebels…
Roof won’t use mental health experts to try to save his life
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Dylann Roof doesn’t want jurors to consider his mental health when they…
Health demands ‘out of the realm’ of what feds would consider: Morneau
OTTAWA – Canada’s finance minister is calling provincial demands for bigger federal health transfers “out…
Croatia: 42 migrants hospitalized after found packed in van
ZAGREB, Croatia – Forty-two migrants were hospitalized after police in Croatia found a van crammed…
Massive 2013 oil spill in North Dakota still not cleaned up
BISMARCK, N.D. – Three years and three months later, a massive oil spill in North…
Maui gives initial OK to limits on plastic foam containers
WAILUKU, Hawaii – Restaurants in Maui County would have to pack food in eco-friendly containers…
Farrakhan sees a new opening for black separatist message
CHICAGO – Minister Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam, spoke from a podium…
Montreal’s great debate: how much control should government have on restaurants?
MONTREAL – David McMillan, co-owner of Montreal’s renowned Joe Beef restaurant, laments that virtually anyone,…
Japan Emperor has a cold, cancels year-end banquet
TOKYO – Japan’s Emperor cancelled an annual year-end palace banquet on Monday because of a…