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LOS ANGELES - The new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been on the job for less than a day, but already has more than enough on his plate. Casting director David Rubin ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will extend protective netting at Rogers Centre next season, joining other teams that have taken measures after foul balls injured fans. The team also announced Tuesday...

PHILADELPHIA - A decision on whether Meek Mill will be retried in a 2007 drug and gun case was delayed until later this month after his lawyer asked a judge Tuesday for more time. The 32-year-old rapp...

WASHINGTON - More than 200 mayors, including two anguished by mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, are urging the Senate to return to the Capitol to act on gun safety legislation amid criticism that Cong...

Five stories in the news for Thursday, August 8 --- BODIES BELIEVED TO BE B.C. SUSPECTS FOUND A massive manhunt is over after two bodies believed to be British Columbia murder suspects ...

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, August 6 --- WEEKEND SHOOTINGS LEAVE 13 PEOPLE INJURED Thirteen people were injured after nearly a dozen shootings across Toronto over the long wee...

OTTAWA - Newly released documents show senior government officials were advised to "bring the focus back to the majority" instead of on diversity to counter the threat of populism in Canada....

JERUSALEM - The body of an Israeli soldier was found with stab wounds near a West Bank settlement south of Jerusalem early on Thursday, the military said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced t...

BEIJING - China said Tuesday that it "will not stand idly by" and will take countermeasures if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region, which Washington has said it pla...

BEIJING - Tensions between the U.S. and China over trade subsided a bit, giving U.S. investors a reason to wade back into stocks after a big sell-off a day earlier. Still, experts worried that recent ...