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China lifts ban on US poultry after 5 years
WASHINGTON - China is reopening its market to U.S. poultry, ending a five-year ban. China had blocked U.S. poultry imports after an outbreak of avian influenza in December 2014, closing off a market t...
Nov 14, 2019
ALERT charges seven in cross-border drug trafficking investigation
CALGARY, AB - The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) in Calgary has made its largest ever drug seizure following a cross-border investigation.ALERT announced the results of Project Coyote, ...
Nov 14, 2019 Fentanyl seized as part of Project Coyote by ALERT - Photo courtesy ALERT
Sanford suspends GOP presidential primary challenge to Trump
CONCORD, N.H. - Mark Sanford dropped his challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, saying the focus on impeachment has made it difficult for his campai...
Nov 14, 2019
Correction: Jamaican Lottery Scam story
HARVEY, N.D. - In a story Nov. 10 about a North Dakota woman's hopes of recovering money lost in a Jamaican lottery scam, The Associated Press reported erroneously that University of Utah law professo...
Nov 14, 2019
Catalan poet Joan Margarit wins Spain’s Cervantes Prize
MADRID - The Spanish government said Thursday that Catalan poet Joan Margarit has won the 2019 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honour. Margarit, who is also an architect...
Nov 14, 2019
Drug violation threatens Canadian show jumping team's entry into Tokyo 2020
Canada's participation in show jumping at the 2020 Olympic Games is in peril because of a doping infraction at the Pan American Games. Canadian rider Nicole Walker has been provisionall...
Nov 14, 2019
AP source: 2nd US official heard Trump call with Sondland
WASHINGTON - A second U.S. embassy staffer in Kyiv overheard a key cellphone call between President Donald Trump and his ambassador to the European Union discussing the need for Ukrainian officials to...
Nov 14, 2019
Debates commissioner David Johnston suggests separate debate for main contenders
OTTAWA - Leaders' debates in future election campaigns might be better if there were more of them but some featured only the main contenders for prime minister, federal debates commissioner David...
Nov 14, 2019
At least 6 hurt in Southern California high school shooting
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - At least six people were injured during a shooting at a Southern California high school Thursday morning, authorities said. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said on ...
Nov 14, 2019
Democrat Mike Espy starts 2020 US Senate bid in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy announced Tuesday that he's running again for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, setting up a 2020 rematch of a race that churne...
Nov 14, 2019