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Released prisoner: Russian authorities abused other inmates
WARSAW, Poland - A Ukrainian film director recently freed from Russian captivity says prisoners where he was held were routinely abused. Oleg Sentsov was included in a Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange...
Oct 24, 2019
NewsAlert: Former N.S. police chief guilty of sex charge
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The former chief of police in a southwestern Nova Scotia town has been found guilty of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl. John Collyer was the police chief in Bridge...
Oct 24, 2019
Australian Minjee Lee takes 1-stroke lead at LPGA tournament
BUSAN, Korea, Republic Of - Minjee Lee overcame changing weather conditions at the Buick Ladies Championship to take a one-stroke lead with a bogey-free 6-under 66 after the first round of the LPGA to...
Oct 24, 2019
Scheer says Canada more divided than ever, as NDP, Bloc hold cards close
REGINA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer offered the Liberals no help Tuesday to try and piece together national unity after an election contest that's left the country divided on regional lines. Sc...
Oct 24, 2019
Trump includes Colorado in states getting border wall
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's boast of building part of the border wall in Colorado is garnering attention in the state, including from the state's governor, Democrat Jared Polis. Trump was sp...
Oct 24, 2019
Californians hit with 2nd round of sweeping blackouts
SAN FRANCISCO - Dangerously windy weather sweeping through the state brought power outages to Northern California as the state's largest utility staged blackouts designed to prevent catastrophic wildf...
Oct 24, 2019
Scheer says Canada more divided than ever, as NDP, Bloc hold cards close
REGINA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer offered the Liberals no help Tuesday to try and piece together national unity after an election contest that's left the country divided on regional lines. Sc...
Oct 24, 2019
Canada on the rise in FIFA rankings, cracks all-important top six in CONCACAF
Canada climbed six places to No. 69 in the latest FIFA rankings, leapfrogging El Salvador to crack the top six in the CONCACAF region. The move, powered by a famous 2-0 upset win over the U.S. on Oct....
Oct 24, 2019
US durable goods orders fall 1.1% in September
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods tumbled in September by the largest amount in four months while a closely watched category that tracks business investment fell ...
Oct 24, 2019
Oslo police shoot to stop man driving on sidewalk, 3 injured
COPENHAGEN - An armed Norwegian man stole an ambulance and drove it along a sidewalk in Oslo on Tuesday, injuring two toddlers as police tried to stop him by shooting at the tires and ramming the vehi...
Oct 24, 2019