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US vaping illnesses top 1,000, death count is up to 18
NEW YORK - The outbreak of U.S. vaping-related illnesses has surpassed 1,000 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that 1,080 confirmed and probable cases have been repor...
Oct 03, 2019
Federal judge temporarily blocks Georgia abortion law
ATLANTA - A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Georgia's restrictive new abortion law from taking effect, following the lead of other judges who have blocked similar measures in other states...
Oct 03, 2019
Edmonton police officer testifies about the night he was run down, stabbed
EDMONTON - An Edmonton police officer who was run down by a car before being stabbed in the street broke down in tears as he told a jury about the 2017 attack. Const. Mike Chernyk descr...
Oct 03, 2019
Actor Robert De Niro in real-life drama with ex-worker
NEW YORK - Robert De Niro has found himself in a real-life court drama, trading dueling lawsuits with his former assistant after their decade-long working relationship went dreadfully sour. He's accus...
Oct 03, 2019
Green Leader Elizabeth May losing respect for NDP's Singh over 'fake stories'
VICTORIA - Green Leader Elizabeth May says she's losing patience with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, accusing him of spreading false information about the Greens. May made the comments at a news ...
Oct 03, 2019
Singh says hurtful comments on turban not surprising, all too common
OTTAWA - The day after a man approached him in Montreal and suggested he cut off his turban, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said many such comments are meant as helpful advice, but are actually hurtful, dem...
Oct 03, 2019
Alberta justice minister pushes for changes after killer allowed more freedom
CALGARY - Alberta's justice minister says he'll be pushing for changes after a review board ruled a schizophrenic man who killed five young people in Calgary can be eased back into the community....
Oct 03, 2019
Calgary Flames extend contract of general manager Brad Treliving
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames announced a multi-year contract extension for general manager Brad Treliving just hours before the team played its season opener Thursday. The 50-year-old from Penticton, ...
Oct 03, 2019
Pompeo, Democrats trade intimidation charges in Trump probe
WASHINGTON - Setting a defiant tone, the Trump administration resisted Congress' access to impeachment witnesses Tuesday, even as House Democrats warned such efforts themselves could amount to an impe...
Oct 03, 2019
Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbour found guilty of murder
DALLAS - A white former Dallas police officer who shot her black unarmed neighbour to death after, she said, mistaking his apartment for her own was convicted of murder Tuesday in a verdict that promp...
Oct 03, 2019