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Cadillacs probed for suspension failure that led to crashes
DETROIT - The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating complaints that the rear suspensions on some older Cadillac SUVs can fail, causing drivers to lose control and possibly crash. The p...
Nov 11, 2020
Lagarde: Recovery could be stop-and-go despite vaccine news
FRANKFURT - European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde warned Wednesday that the economy could face a "bumpy," "stop-start" recovery despite good news about vaccine development. The top central bank...
Nov 11, 2020
Nunavut health officials confirm one case of COVID-19 in Rankin Inlet
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says the territory has confirmed a case of COVID-19 in Rankin Inlet. It brings the total number of infections in the territory to three. In a n...
Nov 11, 2020
TikTok asks court to intervene as Trump order looms
The popular video-sharing app TikTok, its future in limbo since President Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall, is asking a federal court to intervene. TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDanc...
Nov 11, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):11:15 a.m.Quebec is reporting 1,378 new COVID-19 cases and 22 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, six of which occur...
Nov 11, 2020
Five federal inmates test positive for COVID-19 as case counts spike across Canada
OTTAWA - The Correctional Service of Canada says five inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 in Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta. It says contract tracing is underway and testing is being offered at th...
Nov 11, 2020
Dispute over access prompts AP to drop CMA Awards coverage
NEW YORK - The Associated Press has pulled out of its planned coverage of Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards show due to restrictions that have been placed on still photographers and screen ...
Nov 11, 2020
‘We are losing the battle against this virus’: Saskatchewan doctors hope for more action on COVID
A group of Saskatchewan doctors believes the province is currently losing the fight against COVID-19.280 physicians penned a letter to Premier Scott Moe, Dr. Saqib Shahab and Health Minister Paul Merr...
Nov 11, 2020
Officials: 3 wounded in blast at non-Muslim Saudi cemetery
PARIS - Three people were wounded Wednesday when an improvised explosive device targeted a ceremony of French, American, British, Italian and Greek officials commemorating the end of World War I at a ...
Nov 11, 2020
A festival hit waylaid by the virus, ‘The Climb’ peddles on
NEW YORK - "The Climb" is a portrait of a male friendship told in single-shot chapters with cataclysmic happenings - marriage, death, children - in between. With each lurch forward, we have to get our...
Nov 11, 2020