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Allstate loses bid to sue whistleblower who alleged policy discrimination
TORONTO - An insurance company was trying to stifle criticism when it sued a former employee who alleged the corporation was discriminating against visible minority drivers, an Ontario court has found...
Jul 23, 2019
Another son says he should guide Aretha Franklin estate
PONTIAC, Mich. - Aretha Franklin's sons disagree about who should manage what could be a multimillion-dollar estate. Attorneys for Theodore White II last week told a Michigan judge in a court filing t...
Jul 23, 2019
'The Lion King' rules and 'Endgame' scores all-time record
LOS ANGELES - If there was any doubt that the 2019 box office belonged to the Walt Disney Co., this weekend put an end to it. Not only did its photorealistic remake of "The Lion King" devour opening w...
Jul 23, 2019
Tigers beat Blue Jays 4-3 on Castellanos' HR in 10th
DETROIT - Nicholas Castellanos gave the Detroit Tigers a chance to enjoy the type of celebration that's been awfully rare of late at Comerica Park. Castellanos led off the bottom of the 10th inning wi...
Jul 23, 2019
Herb Alpert sculptures make stop at Wyoming museum
JACKSON, Wyo. - It seems like every once in a while you run into someone who can do anything. When that person seems to do it with ease, it's another thing entirely. "I never tried to make a hit recor...
Jul 23, 2019
U.S. diplomats' brain scans show differences, add to Cuba mystery
CHICAGO - Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussion-like symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery of what m...
Jul 23, 2019
Ex-Flynn business partner convicted of illegal lobbying
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent when he and Flynn undertook...
Jul 23, 2019
Police: Man intending to visit Taylor Swift's home arrested
WESTERLY, R.I. - Police in Rhode Island have arrested an Iowa man they say intended to visit singer Taylor Swift's beachfront mansion in the state and was carrying a backpack containing a baseball bat...
Jul 23, 2019
Miss America pageant leaving Atlantic City for Connecticut
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - There she is. Here she isn't. Miss America is leaving Atlantic City for the second time, trading one casino town for another in a move that caps a whirlwind of change at the near...
Jul 23, 2019
M.L. ranks fourth lowest in province for city tax rate increase
Meadow Lake residents saw a modest hike in taxes this year but it wasn't as much as other cities in Saskatchewan.City council received a report from the city of Prince Albert on a comparison of the 20...
Jul 23, 2019 Meadow Lake ranks fourth lowest in city tax rate increase with a 2.4 per cent increase in 2019. (Nikita Ganovicheff/meadowlakeNOW Staff)