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Former Michigan trooper convicted in teen's Taser death
DETROIT - A former Michigan state trooper was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in his second trial in the death of a Detroit teenager who crashed an all-terrain vehicle and died when he...
Apr 19, 2019
Kenney's premiership to pose challenges, opportunities for Trudeau
OTTAWA - Jason Kenney's newly secured perch as premier of Alberta poses both a threat and a potential boon to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's re-election chances this fall, politic...
Apr 19, 2019
Premier announces May 16 provincial election for Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Dwight Ball has called an early election in Newfoundland and Labrador for May 16, in what's shaping up as a close race between the ruling Liberals and opposition Tories. Bal...
Apr 19, 2019
Israel's president formally nominates Netanyahu as PM
JERUSALEM - Israel's president on Wednesday formally nominated Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth consecutive term as prime minister, officially launching a process that is expected to result in a new go...
Apr 19, 2019
AP Interview: Ivanka Trump says Africa would inspire her dad
ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - On a trip to Africa to promote women's economic empowerment, Ivanka Trump said Wednesday the White House should be judged by its actions toward a continent that her father has...
Apr 19, 2019
Environment charities may benefit from new Alberta premier's vow to fight them
EDMONTON - Alberta's incoming premier plans to take on environmental charities that he says are blocking exports of the province's oil, but those groups may be saying "bring it on." In his v...
Apr 19, 2019
Ivanka Trump says she passed on World Bank job
ABIDJIAN, Cote d'Ivoire - White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump says her father asked her if she was interested in the job of World Bank chief but she passed on it. In an Associated Press interview,...
Apr 19, 2019
Norman's lawyers cite SNC-Lavalin testimony in fight for secret documents
OTTAWA - Lawyers for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and the federal government argued Wednesday over the words of Canada's top bureaucrat during the SNC-Lavalin affair as the suspended military officer's te...
Apr 19, 2019
'Her life mattered:' Friend asks Manitoba woman's killer how he could devalue life
WINNIPEG - The best friend of a Manitoba Indigenous woman killed during a botched robbery looked at a man convicted in her death and asked how a life could be worth that little to him. "Forty-five dol...
Apr 19, 2019
Maple Leafs, Bruins reflect on 'shocking' playoff exit for Lightning
TORONTO - Bruce Cassidy didn't see it coming. And quite frankly, neither did many others. A day after the Tampa Bay Lightning - the Presidents' Trophy winners, a team that tied the NHL record for wins...
Apr 19, 2019