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SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday handed a 17-year prison sentence to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to...

DERNA, Libya (AP) - The Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday that the death toll from floods in Libya's eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300, as search efforts continue, Marie el-Drese, Secr...

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - The area under evacuation order around a wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C., is gradually shrinking. The Central Okanagan emergency operations centre says residents of 16 properties a...

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., say they are investigating a double homicide. A statement from the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment says officers were called to reports of shots fi...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state's nonpartisan top elections official ahead of a 2024 presidential election. Democrats say ...

KELOWNA - RCMP say they've arrested a youth after a bear-spray attack on a Sikh teenager who was riding a bus in Kelowna, B.C. Corp. Michael Gauthier with Kelowna RCMP says in a statement that video s...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Bounding through a darkened city park, a lemur managed to stay one step ahead of police officers armed only with a large towel. Bodycam video shows the two officers' attempts t...

Montreal police have announced the death of a 42-year-old woman who was one of eight people who overdosed on Sunday in the city's downtown. Const. Jeanne Drouin says the woman died in hospital Tuesday...

VANCOUVER - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the union representing WestJet cabin crew should apologize for trying to silence free speech. Poilievre used the public announcement system to giv...

VANCOUVER - For the second time in his career, Richie Laryea is returning to a former club. Laryea joined the Vancouver Whitecaps in August from English Premier League side Nottingham Forest, after hi...