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Chicago teachers approve contract deal that ended strike
Chicago teachers on Friday approved the contract deal that ended an 11-day strike and includes pay raises, $35 million to enforce limits on class sizes and a pledge to supply each school with a nurse ...
Nov 18, 2019
The big chill and a royal visitor; In-The-News for Nov. 18
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 18. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...
Nov 18, 2019
Inquiry into deaths of former soldier and his Nova Scotia family begins today
HALIFAX - An inquiry begins today in the case of Lionel Desmond, the Afghan war veteran who bought a rifle and killed his mother, wife and daughter before turning the weapon on himself in early 2...
Nov 18, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, king of Jordan to meet in Ottawa Monday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets today with the king of Jordan. It is King Abdullah II's fifth visit to Canada in his twenty years on the throne of the Middle Eastern country. Th...
Nov 18, 2019
Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Former defence official Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been sworn in as Sri Lanka's president and appealed to the minority Tamil and Muslim communities who voted against him to rally arou...
Nov 18, 2019
Gurley, Brown help Rams ground out 17-7 win over Bears
LOS ANGELES - Todd Gurley and Malcolm Brown ran for touchdowns and the Los Angeles Rams were able to ground out a 17-7 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday night. Gurley tied a season high with 97...
Nov 17, 2019
Protesters try to leave Hong Kong campus but avoid arrest
HONG KONG - For days, Hong Kong's protesters fortified a university campus to keep police from getting in. Now, cornered by authorities, they are trying to get out. Officers repelled one attempt Monda...
Nov 17, 2019
Karlsson scores two, Fleury and Vegas blanks Calgary, 6-0
LAS VEGAS - William Karlsson had his third straight multipoint game, Marc-Andre Fleury earned his league high-tying 10th victory this season and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 6-0 on...
Nov 17, 2019
Senators score twice in second period en route to win over Flyers
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators made up for a bad start with a solid ending. Filip Chlapik's second-period goal stood as the winner, Anders Nilsson made 26 saves and the Senators killed off a l...
Nov 17, 2019
Marchand scores twice in the 3rd as Boston hands Toronto a fourth straight loss
TORONTO - John Tavares - Toronto's calm, cool captain - smashed his stick against the post late in another loss where a decent effort was undone by costly, preventable errors. It's been a re...
Nov 17, 2019