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Murakami holds rare public reading to mark debut anniversary
TOKYO - A monkey that confesses he steals women's identity cards, causing them to temporarily forget who they are, starred Tuesday as author Haruki Murakami marked 40 years since his debut as a noveli...
Dec 19, 2019
Senate advances $1.4T spending deal in drive to adjourn
WASHINGTON - The Senate has voted to advance a $1.4 trillion government spending package in a last, bipartisan burst of legislating before bolting for the holidays from a Capitol that's toxic with imp...
Dec 19, 2019
Ford to add 3,000 jobs in the Detroit area, invest $1.45B
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs, and electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said ...
Dec 19, 2019
Northern Indigenous leaders meet with banks over investment in Arctic energy
TORONTO - First Nations leaders from Yukon are meeting with bankers in Toronto this week to try to persuade them not to invest in energy development on the range of a vital caribou herd. "We are ...
Dec 19, 2019
Halting 737 Max production will hit suppliers, airlines
As Boeing prepares to shutter much of a huge factory near Seattle that builds the grounded 737 Max jet, the economic hit is reverberating across the United States in places such as Wichita, Kansas, St...
Dec 19, 2019
Employers post more jobs in October in sign of solid economy
WASHINGTON - The number of available jobs jumped in October after hitting an 18-month low the previous month, a sign the job market remains strong. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of...
Dec 19, 2019
PM asks U.S. not to sign final trade deal with China until Canadians released
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has asked the United States not to sign any final trade agreement with China until two Canadians detained in China have been releas...
Dec 19, 2019
Ontario signs on to housing help from the federal Liberal government
OTTAWA - The federal government has signed the first of what it hopes will be 13 funding agreements for a new rent supplement for low-income households. The announcement today on the $1.4-billion...
Dec 19, 2019
CPL's York 9 FC signs Canadian international midfielder Chris Mannella
TORONTO - Chris Mannella is coming home. The former Toronto FC homegrown player, who found himself without a club after Ottawa Fury FC ceased operations, has signed with York 9 FC of the Canadian Prem...
Dec 19, 2019
Austrians sweep women's downhill training; Shiffrin opts out
VAL D'ISERE, France - An Austrian sweep of the top places was led by Ramona Siebenhofer in a training run Thursday for a World Cup downhill. Austrian skiers have won seven of the last 10 women's World...
Dec 19, 2019