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Rocket blast at US Embassy in Kabul on 9-11 anniversary
KABUL - A rocket exploded at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan just minutes into Wednesday, the anniversary of the 9-11 attack on the United States, but officials at the compound declared all-clear abou...
Sep 12, 2019
Tip leads to arrest of 2 who escaped prison van last month
PHOENIX - A tip pointing to a remote Arizona community led to the end of a more than two-week-long manhunt for a couple who overpowered their guards and escaped a prison transport van that was bringin...
Sep 12, 2019
US judge denies bail to ex-Peru president in corruption case
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge in San Francisco denied bail to former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo in an extradition hearing Thursday that ended with an emotional outburst by his wife who had to ...
Sep 12, 2019
Jacobs dreams a little dream to close Fashion Week on a high
NEW YORK - Twice a year, the New York fashion world trudges to the Upper East Side and the cavernous Park Avenue Armory to see what new tricks Marc Jacobs has up his sleeve. Somehow Jacobs, who has th...
Sep 12, 2019
U.S. farmers' group says pharma, not dairy, is main obstacle to ratifying USMCA
OTTAWA - A leading U.S. farmers' organization says it wants the new North American trade agreement renegotiated to fix a major flaw - one that has nothing do with Canada's much-attacked supply-managem...
Sep 12, 2019
Canadian coach pondering roster options ahead of Rugby World Cup in Japan
Some two weeks before Canada's opening match at the Rugby World Cup, coach Kingsley Jones is already having to shuffle the deck. Flanker Justin Blanchet was replaced on the 31-man roster by Josh ...
Sep 12, 2019
100-foot wave recorded off the coast of Newfoundland during Dorian
Hurricane Dorian blazed a trail of destruction from the Bahamas to the Maritimes, but it didn't just cause turmoil on land, according to a team at Memorial University who say they recorded a...
Sep 12, 2019
Why you might see smoke and closed roads at YXS
PRINCE GEORGE-If you see smoke, and closed roads near YXS in the upcoming weeks, don't be alarmed.Airport firefighter training will be taking place at the Prince George Airport over the next few weeks...
Sep 12, 2019
Trump administration drops Obama-era water protection rule
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Trump administration on Thursday revoked an Obama-era regulation that shielded many U.S. wetlands and streams from pollution but was opposed by developers and farmers who sa...
Sep 12, 2019
Dorian damage worse than first thought in Nova Scotia's famed Annapolis Valley
HALIFAX - Closer inspections of the ripening apple crop in Nova Scotia's fertile Annapolis Valley have revealed the damage caused by post-tropical storm Dorian was worse than first thought. ...
Sep 12, 2019