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WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in July, signalling that the housing market has yet to enjoy a strong bounce from lower mortgage rates. The National Association of Realtors ...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's education minister says people spreading misinformation about the effectiveness of vaccines are from the "far, far fringe." A committee of the New Brunswick legislature b...

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's inspector general says former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trum...

VENICE, Italy - Scarlett Johansson says she was going through a divorce when director Noah Baumbach approached her for his divorce drama "Marriage Story." Speaking Thursday at a Venice International F...

LOS ANGELES - The Joker has been around for almost 80 years and there's no shortage of portrayals. There are even some legendary ones by Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger. But by most accounts, Joaquin ...

VENICE, Italy - Brad Pitt says that in his new film "Ad Astra," he and director James Gray are digging into the idea of masculinity. "Ad Astra" follows Pitt's detached astronaut character Roy McBride ...

BOGOTA - The top peace negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia announced Thursday that he and a small cadre of hardline supporters are taking up arms again, accusing President Ivan D...

PHILADELPHIA - Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour gun charge Tuesday in a deal that resolves a 2007 arrest that has kept him on probation or in prison for most of his adult life. The ne...

GENEVA - Countries have agreed to limit the controversial sale of wild elephants caught in Zimbabwe and Botswana, to the delight of conservationists but the dismay of some of the African countries inv...

Here are the five things you need to know today:Another issue plagues MackenzieMore trouble for Mackenzie, as BC Hydro has applied to drop the water levels below the permitted level of 21-50. The drop...