August 23, 2019

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska's highest court lifted one of the last major hurdles for the Keystone XL pipeline in the state on Friday when it rejected another attempt to derail ...

August 23, 2019

PARIS — The chief Paris prosecutor has announced that he is opening an investigation into the rape of minors and a raft of other charges linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case.A ...

August 23, 2019

BEIJING — President Donald Trump on Friday called on U.S. companies with operations in China to consider an alternative place to do business after Beijing announced a series ...

August 23, 2019

Toronto police say a man has been arrested in connection to a shooting that left two emerging artists dead last summer.Jahvante Smart, 21, known as Smoke Dawg and Ernest ...

August 23, 2019

WARSAW, Poland — A Polish emergency official on Friday likened the deadly lightning storm over the Tatra Mountains that killed at least five people and injured more than 150 ...

August 23, 2019

Four stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 23 ——— GRITS DIG UP VIDEO OF SCHEER SPEAKING AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Liberals went trolling Thursday for young, ...

August 23, 2019

MONTREAL — New statistics show Quebec is making good on its promise to reduce its share of immigrants in 2019, but the province has cut deeply in the category of skilled ...

August 23, 2019

OTTAWA — Zuhair Alshaer spends most of his day editing articles and organizing interviews with politicians for his Ottawa-based Arab Canada newspaper, to introduce ...

August 22, 2019

EDMONTON — A judge has ruled an Edmonton man is criminally responsible for killing and mutilating his ex-girlfriend.Court heard that Silva Koshwal stabbed Nadine Skow 101 ...

August 22, 2019

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data ...

August 22, 2019

QUEBEC — Job postings at Quebec's largest school board have begun including the requirement that new teachers not wear religious symbols or face coverings on the job, in ...

August 22, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A former star linebacker on Florida State's 1993 national championship football team has been sentenced to 54 months in federal prison and must pay more ...

August 22, 2019

NEW YORK — Miley Cyrus denied rumours Thursday that she cheated on her soon-to-be ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth.In stream-of-consciousness mode, the pop star concluded : "You ...

August 22, 2019

OTTAWA — The parents of Jack Letts, a British-Canadian man imprisoned in northern Syria, are chastising Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer for saying he wouldn't lift a ...

August 22, 2019

TORONTO — Jack Layton's family and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are celebrating the late politician's life today, saying they continue to be inspired by his memory.Layton's wife ...

August 22, 2019

WARSAW, Poland — Rescuers have found the body of a Polish celebrity businessman who went missing after falling from his motorboat into a lake, a Polish minister said ...

August 22, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Jurors on Thursday found a man prosecutors have dubbed "The Boy Next Door Killer" was sane when he fatally stabbed two women and tried to kill a third inside ...

August 22, 2019

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg woman has lost a bid to run in the upcoming Manitoba election because she has been living outside the province to attend university.Hannah Mihychuk ...

August 22, 2019

TORONTO — The editor of a Toronto-based publication was handed the maximum one-year jail sentence on Thursday for promoting hatred against women and Jews.In sentencing James ...

August 22, 2019

Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam have donated $4.5 million to the city's eclectic musical arts.The couple has given to the Cleveland Orchestra, Rock & Roll Hall ...

August 22, 2019

FULLERTON, Calif. — A man arrested in the stabbing death of a retired administrator at the California State University, Fullerton campus was a co-worker, police said ...

August 22, 2019

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will head to Cuba next week for more talks with her counterpart there on the situation in Venezuela.Freeland made the ...

August 22, 2019

NEW YORK — Prosecutors are bringing a new indictment against Harvey Weinstein in an attempt to bolster their case with testimony from an actress who says he raped her in 1993...

August 22, 2019

OTTAWA — Liberals went trolling Thursday for young, progressive-minded voters with 14-year-old video footage of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer speaking out against ...

August 22, 2019

OTTAWA — Some Canadian patients and groups that advocate on their behalf are sounding the alarm about the federal government's recent changes to the way it regulates the cost...

August 22, 2019

INVERNESS, N.S. — Known for its two world-class golf resorts, a former coal mining town in Cape Breton is quickly gaining a reputation for something other than spectacular ...

August 22, 2019

FARGO, N.D. — A judge overstepped by giving a life prison sentence to a man whose girlfriend cut the baby from the womb of an unsuspecting neighbour, the North Dakota Supreme...

August 22, 2019

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is shoring up its commitment to eradicating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.International Development Minister Maryam Monsef says Canada is ...

August 22, 2019

OTTAWA — The wealthiest countries in the world — including Canada — are lagging instead of leading in the fight against global warming, a new report says.The Climate Action ...

August 22, 2019

MONTREAL — A Quebec man and his family who say their lives were ruined by the provincial police's attempts to link him to the high-profile disappearance of a nine-year-old ...

August 22, 2019

LACONIA, N.H. — New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been indicted in New Hampshire on a charge of cocaine possession, according to court paperwork released ...

August 22, 2019

OTTAWA — Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military first became aware of a Manitoba reservist's alleged links to a neo-Nazi group in the spring and were ...

August 22, 2019

FREDERICTON — A new report identifies grey seals as the main cause of a decline in cod stocks in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence that could drive the fish to extinction by ...

August 22, 2019

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Republican Jason Lewis jumped into Minnesota's Senate race Thursday, using a YouTube video and State Fair appearance to make it clear that he'll try ...

August 22, 2019

SLAVE LAKE, Alta. — A northern Alberta barbershop owner is assessing the damage after an encounter with a wild customer that wasn't looking for a trim and a hot shave.Sam ...

August 22, 2019

MIAMI — Rapper Kodak Black pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal weapons charges stemming from his arrest just before a scheduled concert performance in May.Black entered the...

August 22, 2019

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A federal judge has placed the man at the centre of a documentary series "The Innocent Man" on the path to potential freedom.U.S. District Judge James Payne...

August 22, 2019

NEW YORK — A documentary about an Ohio auto glass factory that is run by a Chinese investor debuted Wednesday on Netflix as the streaming service's first project backed by ...

August 22, 2019

WARSAW, Poland — Lightning struck across the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland and neighbouring Slovakia on Thursday, killing five people and injuring over 100 others in an ...

August 22, 2019

NEW YORK — About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC ...

August 22, 2019

DENVER — Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday that he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the immediate front-runner in a crowded Democratic field vying ...

August 22, 2019

Five stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 22 ——— SECURITY TIGHTENED FOR POMPEO VISIT Security around Parliament Hill has been tightened in anticipation of today's ...

August 22, 2019

OTTAWA — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived on Parliament Hill for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the upcoming G7 summit.Discussions with ...

August 21, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Quentin Tarantino is going to be telling a whole new brand of "Once upon a time" tale — the bedtime-story kind.The "Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood" director ...

August 21, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Country band Alabama says it is postponing the remainder of its 50th anniversary tour as lead singer Randy Owen battles health complications.The group announced...

August 21, 2019

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who has ended his climate change-focused 2020 presidential bid, announced Thursday that he'll seek a third term as ...

August 21, 2019

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Health Department's acknowledgment this week that a 2015 pipeline leak of liquid natural gas is hundreds of thousands of gallons larger than...

August 21, 2019

MONTREAL — Autism has become so overdiagnosed that within five to 10 years there could be almost no difference between groups of people who have been diagnosed with the ...

August 21, 2019

NEW YORK — Taylor Swift plans to re-record her songs after her catalogue was purchased by popular music manager Scooter Braun."CBS Sunday Morning" previewed some of its ...

August 21, 2019

OROVILLE, Calif. — All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the ...

August 21, 2019

CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut — The federal government is expanding its subsidy program for northern groceries to include feminine hygiene products and staple foods shipped by road ...

August 21, 2019

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Latest on a lawsuit by the former headmaster of the school founded by novelist Nicholas Sparks (all times local):4:45 p.m.A federal jury has sided with ...

August 21, 2019

TORONTO — The federal government says it is giving $3 million to a charity that supports young Canadians developing socially conscious businesses.Finance Minister Bill ...

August 21, 2019

WASHINGTON — King of Israel? The second coming? The chosen one?President Donald Trump is known to have a healthy ego. But a string of comments Wednesday went to a higher ...

August 21, 2019

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — At the age of 99, James McManus embraces his partner and grabs the spotlight when he glides across the floor with his elegant two-toned shoes at the...

August 21, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Liam Hemsworth is seeking a divorce from Miley Cyrus after seven months of marriage.The 29-year-old Australian actor filed for the dissolution of his marriage ...

August 21, 2019

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces is facing calls to drop what experts say is a reactive approach to racism and hate in the ranks, and instead launch a concentrated, ...

August 21, 2019

FREDERICTON — An Irving-owned company is off the hook on repaying the balance owed on two multimillion-dollar federal loans it received to open a drywall plant in Saint John,...

August 21, 2019

OTTAWA — Caro Loutfi is busy at her Montreal office preparing ways to get young voters to cast a ballot in this fall's federal election.Loutfi is the executive director of ...

August 21, 2019

OTTAWA — A spokesperson for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh insists the party is working hard to recruit new candidates and get its message out to the people of New Brunswick.The ...

August 21, 2019

MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will seek dialogue with China but won't back down in its defence of Canadians against what he calls an increasingly ...

August 21, 2019

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials were widely divided at their meeting last month when they decided to cut rates for the first time in a decade, with some arguing for a ...

August 21, 2019

TORONTO — The cases against two students accused in alleged sex assaults at a private Toronto school have concluded.Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General will not say, ...

August 21, 2019

OTTAWA — Construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is set to restart in the next month, just in time for the official kick-off of the federal ...

August 21, 2019

COPENHAGEN — Escalating an international spat , President Donald Trump said Wednesday he scrapped his trip to Denmark because the prime minister made a "nasty" statement when...

August 21, 2019

Bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada's vast boreal forest into a significant new source of climate-changing greenhouse gases, scientists say.The shift, which may have ...

August 21, 2019

DAYTON, Tenn. — Police say a Tennessee woman accused of scalding the feet of a toddler has been charged with aggravated child abuse.Rhea County Sheriff's Detective Rocky ...

August 21, 2019

PARIS — Frederic Riesterer, the producer and creator of electronic dance music who co-wrote the Grammy-nominated hit "I Gotta Feeling" with The Black Eyed Peas, has died. He ...

August 21, 2019

There is a certain mindless pleasure in the "Fallen" movies. Watching Gerard Butler muscle his way through increasingly preposterous obstacles as a Secret Service agent can ...

August 21, 2019

OTTAWA — Cries of a coverup competed with claims of pre-election, hyper-partisan excess Wednesday after Liberal MPs blocked an opposition attempt to hold hearings on ethics ...

August 21, 2019

PALMETTO, Ga. — A small-town grocery store in Georgia has grown in popularity and sold more Eggo waffles than ever in recent years, thanks to Netflix's "Stranger Things."Fans...