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Family of black man shot 14 times by police wants charges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The family of a man killed in July by Sacramento police after 911 callers reported he was waving a knife and acting erratically demanded Monday that two officers face murder charg...
Oct 03, 2016
Ex-officer charged with rape, other counts after stops
NASHVILLE - A former police officer in Tennessee has been charged with rape in two separate incidents. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that a Maury County grand jury on Monday returned indi...
Oct 03, 2016
Court overturns $12M sex abuse verdict against Boy Scouts
HARTFORD, Conn. - The state Supreme Court on Monday overturned a $12 million jury verdict against the Boy Scouts of America - the largest ever against the organization - in the case of a boy who said ...
Oct 03, 2016
Ohio police initiative to get review in deal with protesters
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Columbus officials will evaluate the effectiveness of a summer police initiative as part of discussions between the city council’s president and demonstrators who have protested...
Oct 03, 2016
Toronto Argonauts release four receivers after disappointing loss to Als
TORONTO - It didn’t take Scott Milanovich long to make changes. The Toronto Argonauts released American receivers Vidal Hazelton, Kevin Elliott, Tori Gurley and Phil Bates on Monday. The moves c...
Oct 03, 2016
Argonauts release international receivers Elliot, Hazelton, Gurley and Bates
TORONTO - International receivers Kevin Elliot, Vidal Hazelton, Tori Gurley and Phil Bates were all released by the Toronto Argonauts on Monday night. The Argonauts also announced the signing of inter...
Oct 03, 2016
Northern Alberta chief says Aboriginal oilsands foes are poorly informed
CALGARY - A treaty signed by more than 50 aboriginal groups who oppose oilsands project and pipeline developments is based on misinformation, says a northern Alberta chief whose First Nation does exte...
Oct 03, 2016
Five things to know about the new national floor price for carbon emissions
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a bombshell in the House of Commons on Monday as federal, provincial and territorial environment ministers were meeting in Montreal to negotiate a pa...
Oct 03, 2016
Pence's critical role: Trump's emissary to evangelicals
DES MOINES, Iowa - Mike Pence musters all of his Midwestern earnestness as he describes Donald Trump as “a man of faith.” He says the Republican nominee is “a man I’ve prayed w...
Oct 03, 2016
2 officers on paid leave after child left in patrol car dies
KILN, Miss. - Two police officers in Mississippi are on paid leave after a 3-year-old daughter of one of the officers died unattended in a patrol car. Hancock County Chief Deputy Sheriff Don Bass said...
Oct 03, 2016