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NEW YORK - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was portrayed Wednesday in closing arguments at his U.S. trial as a ruthless Mexican drug lord who also became skilled at evading capture and escaping prison becau...

CHICAGO - A blast of polar air enveloped much of the Midwest on Wednesday, cracking train rails, breaking water pipes and straining electrical systems with some of the lowest temperatures in a generat...

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declared that there'll be no "wall money" in any compromise border security deal as she and President Donald Trump signalled that congressional negotiators ...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is poised to announce Friday that it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War and whose demise some ...

PARIS - Is France cracking down too hard on yellow vest protesters? A top European human rights official thinks so, joining other critics decrying the police use of high-velocity rubber projectiles an...

JOHANNESBURG - At least three students are dead after a walkway collapsed at a school outside Johannesburg, a South African official said Friday. Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education for Gauteng prov...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Cory Booker on Friday declared his bid for the presidency in 2020 with a sweeping call to unite a deeply polarized nation around a "common purpose." The New Jersey Democrat, who...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has abandoned plans to host the 2021 Francophonie Games, throwing the international event into turmoil and escalating a feud with the federal government. Premier Blaine Hig...

Georges St-Pierre made history in the UFC. Now he is part of the Canadian Museum of History. The museum in Gatineau, Que., has acquired the championship belt the mixed martial arts fighter from M...

ISLAMABAD - The Taliban said Wednesday they are not seeking a "monopoly on power" in a future administration in Afghanistan but are looking for ways to co-exist with Afghan institutions - the most con...