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All eyes on the United States as Canadians tune in to Joe Biden's inauguration
Canadians will be watching with bated breath as a new U.S. president takes office today. President-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris are to be sworn in at a ceremony in Washington...
Jan 20, 2021

Sighs of relief accompany a sense of unease as Biden era dawns, Trump departs D.C.
WASHINGTON - Relief and apprehension alike are washing over the national capital as Donald Trump finally makes room for Joe Biden at the White House. By the time Biden is sworn in today as the 46th U....
Jan 20, 2021

Expelling Derek Sloan from Conservative caucus not entirely up to Erin O'Toole
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole wants Derek Sloan booted out of his party's caucus but it's not entirely up to him. Here's what needs to happen: Conservative MPs will have to vote on the mat...
Jan 20, 2021

Trump expected to pardon former strategist Bannon
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is expected to pardon his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, as part of a flurry of last-minute clemency action that appeared to be still in flux in the last ho...
Jan 19, 2021

Alabama museum to restore full-sized mockup of space shuttle
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama announced plans Tuesday to restore the world's only full-sized mockup of a space shuttle coupled with an external fuel tank and twin ro...
Jan 19, 2021

California sheriff's deputy, suspect dead following shootout
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California sheriff's deputy was killed and another deputy was wounded in a shootout with a suspect who gunned down a K-9 dog before he was fatally shot, authorities said. The gu...
Jan 19, 2021

Mexico reports new one-day record of 1,584 COVID-19 deaths
MEXICO CITY - Mexico reported its highest daily death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began, with 1,584 deaths confirmed Tuesday. There was also a near-record one-day rise in new virus cases of 18...
Jan 19, 2021

Capitol rioters hold out long-shot hope for a Trump pardon
In what could be the longest of legal long shots, several of those arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol are holding out hope that President Donald Trump will use some of his last hours in office to ...
Jan 19, 2021

Attorneys: Ex-governor charged in wrong county over Flint
LANSING, Mich. - Attorneys for former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder are striking back, telling prosecutors Tuesday that the Flint water case should be dismissed because he was charged in the wrong county....
Jan 19, 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's farewell falsehoods
On his way out, President Donald Trump claimed credit for things he didn't do and twisted his record on jobs, taxes, the pandemic and much more. Falsehoods suffused his farewell remarks to the country...
Jan 19, 2021