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Six stories in the news for Thursday, May 30 --- TRUDEAU TO RAISE U.S. ABORTION LAWS WITH PENCE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence are expected to discuss the ratifi...

WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor argued Tuesday that a man accused of killing a woman whose body was found in a barrel in their backyard used physical and psychological abuse to manipulate multiple women...

A man who publishes a hiker yearbook for the Appalachian Trail says the strength and courage of a Nova Scotia woman who was stabbed on the trail is inspiring other hikers to continue their trek. Matth...

CALGARY - A sentencing hearing is to begin today for a man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a Calgary Stampeders football player. Nelson Lugela, who is 21, was convicted earlier ...

OTTAWA - A committee of senators has approved changes to a bill that aims to end solitary confinement in Canadian prisons - including one key change that would place a 48-hour maximum on the...

BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia put its troops on full alert Tuesday after heavily armed Kosovo police entered Serb-dominated northern Kosovo, firing tear gas and arresting about two dozen people in what th...

BEIJING - China has begun five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage's hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith communities through a ...

KAWASAKI, Japan - A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming "I will kill you!" attacked a group of schoolgirls near a school bus parked at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two...

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears' restraining order against her former manager will stay in place for roughly two weeks after a judge on Tuesday suspended a court hearing where he fought the restrictions ...

CHICAGO - A star government witness at the New York trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is being sentenced in Chicago, where prosecutors are seeking extraordinary leniency for the for...