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Gaza artists call on Eurovision singers to boycott Israel
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Palestinian artists are calling on Eurovision song contest contestants to boycott the international music competition that Israel is hosting next week. The Gaza Strip-bas...
May 08, 2019
Barack Obama's book not expected to be released in 2019
WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama's post-White House memoir isn't expected to be released this year, setting up the likelihood that the highly anticipated book will drop during the 2020 campa...
May 08, 2019
Harry and Meghan love story takes new turn: a baby boy
WINDSOR, England - The improbable love story between an American actress and a British royal took the best of all possible turns Monday with the arrival of a healthy baby boy. The as-yet-unnamed baby ...
May 08, 2019
UN report: Humans accelerating extinction of other species
People are putting nature in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday. But it's not too la...
May 08, 2019
Students kill classmate, injure 8 at school near Columbine
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - Two high school students shot and killed a classmate and injured eight others at a charter school in a Colorado community that just weeks ago marked the 20th anniversary of on...
May 08, 2019
Philadelphia centre Joel Embiid has become the 76ers lightning rod
Win or lose, Joel Embiid has become the Philadelphia 76ers' lightning rod. In between IVs, gastroenteritis and an upper respiratory infection, the Sixers big man delivered a 33-point performance in Ga...
May 08, 2019
Country group Alabama extends 50th anniversary tour
NASHVILLE - Country band Alabama is extending their 50th anniversary tour this year with 29 more shows, including a show with The Beach Boys and additional dates in Ontario, Canada. The Grammy-winning...
May 08, 2019
Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan arrives in Canada: lawyer
ISLAMABAD - A lawyer representing a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan says she has arrived in Canada. Pakistani officials and others ...
May 08, 2019
Green Party's Paul Manly wins Nanaimo-Ladysmith
NANAIMO, B.C. - Voters in Nanaimo, B.C., elected the Green Party's Paul Manly as their new member of Parliament, barely six months before October's federal election. With about 93 per cent o...
May 08, 2019
Meghan, Harry present royal newborn to public
LONDON - Royal couple Meghan and Prince Harry revealed their newborn son to the public on Wednesday, with the proud new mother declaring him "a dream." The couple, known as the Duke and Duchess of Sus...
May 08, 2019