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CHICAGO - A judge who ordered a default judgment against R. Kelly after the singer failed to respond to a lawsuit filed by one of his alleged victims now says the suit can proceed. The Chicago Sun-Tim...

OTTAWA - The federal government should immediately fund a crisis line for victims of coerced and forced sterilizations to ensure traumatized women can get assistance, says Ontario Sen. Yvonne Boyer,&n...

WINNIPEG - A man accused of killing an Indigenous woman in Manitoba after a night of drinking and sex told a jury Monday that she came at him with a knife and he blacked out. But Crown ...

LOS ANGELES - The nation's most productive agricultural state will ban a widely used toxic pesticide blamed for harming brain development in babies, California officials said Wednesday. The move would...

OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP who was found by his peers to have sexually harassed a member of his office staff is apologizing to the victim for unintentionally causing her difficulty. But reading...

MONTREAL - A town in Quebec's Beauce region will be getting a new elementary school after a student's song about its sorry state drew the attention of Premier Francois Legault. Legault said ...

REGINA - The Regina Police Service is the latest agency in Canada to pilot a program that allows sexual assault investigations to be reviewed by outside experts. The service says it will be tryin...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court is expected to set key court dates today for the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The Department of Justice says in a statement th...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending Canadian well wishes to the world's newest royal parents. Prince Harry announced his wife, the former Meghan Markle, gave birth to a healthy baby boy ...

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks brushed off early losses and were mixed in midday trading as gains in industrial companies were offset b...