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Canada warns about travel to Hong Kong, agrees with calls for peace
OTTAWA - It would be a mistake to label pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong as terrorists, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday as her government issued a pointed warn...
Aug 16, 2019
Epstein accuser sues as questions swirl about his death
NEW YORK - Jail guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates every half-hour as required, according ...
Aug 16, 2019
5 things you need to know: Friday, Aug.16
Here are the five things you need to know:RCMP incident involving firearm detours trafficRCMP responded to a report of a man with a firearm at a residence on Highway 97 near Christopher Drive. A part ...
Aug 16, 2019
Trump continues to weigh possible Blagojevich commutation
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump says he's still considering whether to sign commutation papers freeing former Illinois governor and one-time "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Rod Blagojevich from fed...
Aug 16, 2019
NYPD: Objects found at subway station aren't explosives
NEW YORK - Two suspicious objects that prompted an evacuation of a major lower Manhattan subway station during the morning commute Friday are not explosives, police said. The bomb squad cleared the it...
Aug 16, 2019
As Turks flee oppression, Ottawa urged to speak out on human rights issues
OTTAWA - It's long past time for the federal government to publicly condemn human rights violations that have been going on in Turkey for years, an Ottawa-based human rights activist says. More t...
Aug 16, 2019
Latino actors, writers pen 'letter of solidarity' amid fears
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria are leading a group of more than 150 writers, artists and leaders who have written a public "letter of solidarity" to U.S. Latinos after ...
Aug 16, 2019
Alleged Christchurch gunman sends letter from prison cell
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand officials admitted Wednesday that they made a mistake by allowing the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques to send a hand-written letter f...
Aug 16, 2019
Israel grants Tlaib West Bank visit on humanitarian grounds
JERUSALEM - Israel's interior minister says he has received and granted a request by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib to enter the Israeli-occupied West Bank on humanitarian grounds. Minister Aryeh Deri ...
Aug 16, 2019
In the news today, Aug. 14
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 14 --- LIBERALS NAME CANDIDATE IN WILSON-RAYBOULD'S RIDING The Liberals now have a candidate in the British Columbia riding of Vancouver Granvill...
Aug 16, 2019