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Police investigating lawn sign showing target on foreheads of Trudeau, Sohi
Edmonton police say an election lawn sign depicting a target on the foreheads of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and local candidate Amarjeet Sohi is being investigated by their hate crime unit. A photo...
Oct 03, 2019
Federal judge upholds affirmative action at Harvard
BOSTON - A federal judge Tuesday cleared Harvard University of discriminating against Asian American applicants in a ruling that was seen as a major victory for supporters of affirmative action in col...
Oct 03, 2019
Police investigating lawn sign showing target on foreheads of Trudeau, Sohi
Edmonton police say an election lawn sign depicting a target on the foreheads of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and local candidate Amarjeet Sohi is being investigated by their hate crime unit. A photo...
Oct 03, 2019
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