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NYC man charged with 1st-degree murder in runner’s death
NEW YORK – A man accused of the strangulation death of a New York City…
Toronto-based Luminato Festival announces its 2017 lineup
TORONTO – Artistic works from a vast spectrum of homegrown and international artists will share…
Rappers becoming fixtures on food scene
MIAMI – Rapper Snoop Dogg furiously stirred flour into a creamy bechamel sauce, a whisk…
Suzanne Legault says she doesn’t want second term as information overseer
OTTAWA – Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says she will step down when her current term…
Trump’s trade rep pick poised to take stern stance on China
WASHINGTON – Robert Lighthizer has long complained that the United States dithered in the face…
Police issue warning after carfentanil found in drugs seized north of Toronto
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – Police are warning the public after the deadly opioid carfentanil was…
Public Services Minister Judy Foote taking leave from cabinet for family reasons
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Services Minister Judy Foote is taking an…
Tennessee attorney general questions abortion-ban bill
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s attorney general has questioned the constitutionality of current legislative proposals that would…
Chemical attack probe aided by presence of victims in Turkey
BEIRUT – Investigators have rushed to Turkey to examine survivors of the chemical attack in…
Navy says Iowa State cadets put inappropriate photos online
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Members of a military officer training program at Iowa State University…
Don Rickles, king of insult comedy, dies at 90
NEW YORK – He was only kidding. Really. Don Rickles loved everybody: black or white,…
Krelim calls U.S. missile strike on Syria “aggression against sovereign state
MOSCOW – The Kremlin has reacted to a U.S. strike on Syria as an “aggression…
B.C. ombudsman says health firings were wrong, wants to close ‘dark chapter’
VICTORIA – A former British Columbia health worker who took his own life after being…
Rickles: The man was sweet, but oh that on-stage bite
LOS ANGELES – Don Rickles kept the nice inside, his friends say. Lucky us. Offstage,…
Liberals look to target child care funding to ‘vulnerable’ families
OTTAWA – The Trudeau Liberals are going to push provinces and territories to funnel new…
Jil Sander appoints designing duo Lucie and Luke Meier
MILAN – The Jil Sander brand has appointed married couple Lucie and Luke Meier as…
Analysis: Gorsuch a win for Trump and GOP establishment
WASHINGTON – With Judge Neil Gorsuch on the verge of confirmation to the Supreme Court,…
Massive measles vaccination campaign launches in Guinea
DAKAR, Senegal – Doctors Without Borders says it is launching a massive measles vaccination campaign…
Economy churns out thousands more full-time jobs, but wage growth still weak
OTTAWA – The nation’s labour market stayed hot last month, pumping out another 19,400 net…
The Latest: Trump praises Gorsuch after confirmation
WASHINGTON – The Latest on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court…
The New Pornographers put nerves about Trump into song
NEW YORK – The New Pornographers leader A.C. Newman put his nerves about a Donald…
Film academy rules ineligible documentary series like ‘O.J.’
NEW YORK – In what has already been nicknamed “the O.J. rule,” the Academy of…
Drug epidemic: 1 small-town mayor takes on pill distributors
WELCH, W.Va. – In this once prosperous West Virginia coal town of 1,900 people, residents…
Google expands fact checking in news searches
NEW YORK – Google will expand the use of “fact check” tags in its search…