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Finland's centre-right government resigns
COPENHAGEN - Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila's centre-right government resigned Friday after the governing coalition failed to agree on and push through a planned social and health reform. "I take ...
Mar 10, 2019
Crown to proceed by direct indictment against accused Fredericton shooter
FREDERICTON - A Fredericton man accused of fatally shooting four people in the city last August is one step closer to a possible trial. Matthew Raymond is charged with four counts of first-d...
Mar 10, 2019
Lawyer for double murderer urges judge against 'custodial death sentence'
CALGARY - The lawyer for a Calgary man convicted of killing a Calgary mother and her young daughter says 50 years in prison before any chance of parole would be tantamount to a death sentence. A ...
Mar 10, 2019
Dan Jenkins, sports writing great and author, dies at 89
FORT WORTH, Texas - Dan Jenkins, the sports writing great and bestselling author whose career covered Ben Hogan to Tiger Woods, began with Western Union and ended with Twitter, has died. He was 89. "T...
Mar 10, 2019
Chicago police looking for source of leaks in Smollett case
Chicago police say they are conducting an internal investigation to determine the source of information leaked anonymously to media during the probe into "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's claims he was...
Mar 09, 2019
Search and Rescue teams visit White City area for training
Ian McNeil's first mission as a search and rescue volunteer in La Loche 37 years ago was to find a missing friend he had met just one month earlier.That friend had gone canoeing on a hunting trip and ...
Mar 09, 2019 Search and Rescue volunteers from all across Saskatchewan came to the White City area on March 9 for a training exercise. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME) : Glenn Hicks
Southern storms, apparent tornadoes cause damages; none hurt
Two apparent tornadoes touched down Saturday in central Arkansas, destroying shops as severe storms raking the South damaged some buildings and tore away roofs in northeast Mississippi. There were no ...
Mar 09, 2019
Turbulence injures 30 on flight from Istanbul to New York
NEW YORK - Severe turbulence injured 30 people aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul that landed safely at New York's Kennedy International Airport on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Spok...
Mar 09, 2019
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are engaged
LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Lopez said yes to Aaron Rodriguez's proposal, and with the rock he presented, who could say no? The couple posted an Instagram photo of their hands with a massive engagement rin...
Mar 09, 2019
For Jussie Smollett, 1 story equals 16 felony counts
CHICAGO - News that a grand jury had indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly lying to Chicago police about being attacked by two masked men may not have made much of a splash except for ...
Mar 09, 2019