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VANCOUVER - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is to announce today that a Canadian Forces Hercules transport plane will be sent to Uganda to take part in a United Nations peacekeeping mission. ...

MOSCOW - A passenger jet made an emergency landing in a field outside of one of Moscow's airports Thursday after colliding with a flock of birds, injuring at least 23 people, Russian officials said. T...

SEREMBAN, Malaysia - Malaysian police say a 15-year-old London teenager who mysteriously disappeared from a nature resort died from intestinal bleeding due to starvation and stress. Negeri Sembilan st...

PHILIDELPHIA, United States - Police say a gunman who shot and wounded six Philadelphia police officers is in custody after an hourslong standoff. More to come. The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA - A gunman who opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a drug warrant in Philadelphia, wounding six officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the night, is in pol...

CALGARY - The Montreal Impact advanced to the Canadian Championship final after defeating Calgary's Cavalry FC 1-0 on Wednesday. Anthony Jackson-Hamel scored in the opening half and goalkeeper Clement...

DENVER - John Hickenlooper is expected to drop out of the Democratic presidential primary on Thursday. That's according to a person close to the former Colorado governor who wasn't authorized to speak...

HOUSTON - A federal appeals court granted a stay of execution Wednesday to a Texas inmate just one day before he was scheduled to die for the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old woman during a carjacking ...

TORONTO - As soon as Brandon Drury's bat connected with the ball he knew he'd hit the first grand slam of his career. Drury's moon shot to deep left field scored half of the runs in an eight-run fourt...

Toronto FC advanced to the Canadian Championship final after defeating Ottawa Fury FC 3-0 on Wednesday. Nick DeLeon scored a pair of goals in the opening half and Patrick Mullins also scored for ...