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OTTAWA - A Friday ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal about Canada's treatment of Indigenous children demands a full investigation of the federal Indigenous-affairs department,...

WASHINGTON - Comedian and media mogul Byron Allen wants TV viewers to watch the channels his company produces - from one that runs "Judge Judy"-like shows all day to those dedicated to comedy, cars, f...

NEW YORK - Janelle Monae brought down the house Saturday at Ralph Lauren's New York Fashion Week show, where "the house" was a jazzy nightclub of yesteryear that Lauren created inside a Wall Street bu...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's political parties are using their platforms, candidates and advertisements to reach out to women voters who some analysts say could play a deciding role in important co...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, has decided to launch a longshot Republican challenge to President Donald Trump. "I am here to tell you now that I am...

HALIFAX - Hurricane Dorian is expected to make landfall in Atlantic Canada Saturday with winds of 100 kilometres per hour, driving rain and pounding coastal surf - conditions that had emergency o...

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. - A weakened Hurricane Dorian flooded homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday with a fury that took even storm-hardened residents by surprise, forcing people to climb into...

TEHRAN, Iran - The acting director-general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog is in Tehran for meetings after Iran announced it would begin using advanced centrifuges prohibited by its 2015 atomic...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, is holding its first ever LGBT pride parade, amid heavy security, while opponents of the event held a gathering of their own. Using sniffer dogs and meta...

LONDON - A senior minister who quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Cabinet said Sunday that the government is making little or no effort to secure a Brexit agreement with the European Union, d...