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Turbulence injures 30 on flight from Istanbul to New York
NEW YORK - Severe turbulence tossed terrified passengers and crew around a Turkish Airlines plane cabin as it passed over Maine on Saturday, with 30 people suffering bumps, bruises, cuts and a broken ...
Mar 11, 2019
Creditor protection given to cigarette maker suspends order to pay billions to victims
MONTREAL - The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health said Monday that smokers who won a recent court victory are being denied justice after an Ontario judge granted cigarette maker JTI-Macdon...
Mar 11, 2019
MMA fighter Conor McGregor arrested in South Florida
MIAMI - Authorities say mixed martial artist and boxer Conor McGregor has been arrested in South Florida for stealing the cellphone of someone who was trying to take his photo. According to a Miami Be...
Mar 11, 2019
Google paid former exec $35 million after harassment claim
SAN FRANCISCO - Google paid former search executive Amit Singhal $35 million in an exit package when he was reportedly forced to resign after a sexual assault investigation, according to court documen...
Mar 11, 2019
Crown, attorney general to appeal mosque gunman Alexandre Bissonnette's sentence
MONTREAL - Quebec's Crown prosecutors' office and the provincial attorney general will appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mos...
Mar 11, 2019
Multiple Sask. communities to receive family resource centres
Families with young children will soon be able to access reliable information, services and support to help raise healthy kids in the community. The province announced that The Battlefords, Meadow Lak...
Mar 11, 2019 (Submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan) : Tyler Marr
Drive to ratify new North American trade deal gets lift from U.S. TV exposure
OTTAWA - The push for the speedy passage of the new NAFTA is getting a boost from a big advertising campaign in the United States. An alliance of U.S. companies, trade associations and lobbyists&...
Mar 11, 2019
Chance the Rapper marries longtime girlfriend
LOS ANGELES - Chance the Rapper tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend in a star-studded ceremony. The Chicago-based rapper posted several photos of him and Kirsten Corley on his Instagram and Twi...
Mar 11, 2019
The Latest: Witness: Rear of plane was smoking before impact
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 11:20 p.m. A witness to the Ethiopian Airlines crash says smoke was coming from the rear of the plane before it hit th...
Mar 11, 2019
The Latest: Silent tribute to crash victims at UN meeting
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Latest on Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local): 9:50 p.m. A U.N. official says thousands stood in silent tribute to victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash at the ope...
Mar 11, 2019