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Djokovic comes back for 8th Australian Open title, 17th Slam
MELBOURNE, Australia - Novak Djokovic was looking weary and worn down. He felt dizzy and trailed Dominic Thiem in the Australian Open final -- miscues mounting, deficit growing. Djokovic did what he d...
Feb 02, 2020

Trump acquittal now likely Wednesday; Senate nixes witnesses
WASHINGTON - The Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial late Friday, all but ensuring Trump's acquittal in just the third trial ...
Feb 02, 2020

Canadian groundhogs divided on winter weather predictions
The folksy, mid-winter tradition known as Groundhog Day saw Canada's best-known shadow-casting critters divided in their weather predictions on Sunday.Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam emerged from his b...
Feb 02, 2020

Charities steered $65M to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family
WASHINGTON - Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump's lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rented $80-a-month mailbox a block away from the White...
Feb 02, 2020

China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
BEIJING - Carrying permits demanding "fast passage," truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the centre of a v...
Feb 02, 2020

Delta, American and United suspend flights between US, China
NEW YORK - Delta, American and United said Friday they will suspend all flights between the U.S. and mainland China, following the lead of several major international carriers that have stopped flying...
Feb 02, 2020

Canada not rushing to post-Brexit deal with Britain, as business urges calm
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is heeding widespread calls to apply some British stiff-upper-lip resolve to the United Kingdom's Friday exit from the European Union. The advice from business gro...
Feb 02, 2020

Tulane acquires archive of Vampire author Anne Rice
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University has acquired the complete archives of bestselling author Anne Rice, who was born and raised in New Orleans and whose books, including "Interview with a Vampire," often ...
Feb 02, 2020

Trudeau says 'deliberate process' underway to get Canadians out of virus zone
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is going through a "deliberate process" to airlift nearly 200 Canadians out of the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbr...
Feb 02, 2020

Canada has fourth case of new coronavirus, but officials say it is a mild one
TORONTO - Canada now has four confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, though health officials say the latest Ontario case is a mild one and there's no evidence of heightened risk to the public. A wo...
Feb 02, 2020