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Benson driving at 'high rate' of speed before fatal crash
AUSTIN, Texas - Police said Monday they are still investigating the weekend motorcycle crash that killed former Texas Longhorns running back and NFL player Cedric Benson and a woman passenger. Accordi...
Aug 19, 2019
Trump calls on Federal Reserve to cut interest rates
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is calling on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by at least a full percentage point "over a fairly short period of time," saying that such an action would m...
Aug 19, 2019
NYPD fires officer for 2014 death of Eric Garner
NEW YORK - After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of the black man whose dying cries of "I...
Aug 19, 2019
Elections Canada to assess 'partisan' climate change rhetoric case by case
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says it will decide on a case-by-case basis whether discussing the legitimacy of climate change becomes a partisan issue for third parties during the federal campai...
Aug 19, 2019
US prisons chief removed after Epstein's death
WASHINGTON - The acting director of the federal Bureau of Prisons has been removed from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal cus...
Aug 19, 2019
VAR denies Man City again in latest wild match with Spurs
Four months later, Manchester City was denied another crucial late goal against Tottenham by an intervention from the video assistant referee. Gabriel Jesus thought he scored the winner in the second ...
Aug 19, 2019
Details of provincial supervised consumption site review released, town hall planned for Medicine Hat
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government has laid out the framework for a review of supervised consumption sites in Alberta, which will include public consultation in Medicine Hat.Associate Minister o...
Aug 19, 2019 File Photo
The Rock announces wedding on Instagram
NEW YORK - With a simple "We do," Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson announced his wedding to his longtime girlfriend on Instagram. A photo of the movie star and Lauren Hashian was posted on the social media s...
Aug 19, 2019
Budget and funding uncertainty main issues for municipalities: AUMA President
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - Provincial budget and funding uncertainty continues to be the main point of concern for most Alberta municipalities, as the United Conservative government has yet to finalize it's...
Aug 19, 2019 AUMA President Barry Morishita met with City Council and Administration members Friday at City Hall
Canadian woman focusing on memories shared with slain fiance: New Zealand police
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Police in New Zealand say a grieving Canadian woman is focusing on the memories she shared with her Australian fiance before he was murdered Friday in a seemingly random atta...
Aug 19, 2019