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7 Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers detained or face arrest
HONG KONG - Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers have either been detained or face arrest Saturday, in a move expected to escalate public fury a day after the death of a student linked to months of...
Nov 09, 2019
UK police identify truck victims; 10 teenagers among 39 dead
LONDON - Ten teenagers were among the 39 Vietnamese found dead in a truck container in southeast England last month, local police said Friday while relaying for the first time details of those who die...
Nov 08, 2019
After deadly Mexico ambush, stories of bravery and horror
GALEANA, Mexico - The eight children, some mere infants, who survived the ambush in northern Mexico not only escaped the drug cartel gunmen who killed their mothers but managed to hide in the brush, w...
Nov 06, 2019
Dems flip Virginia; Kentucky governor race too close to call
Democrats took full control of the Virginia legislature for the first time in more than two decades while the race for governor in deeply Republican Kentucky was too close to call despite a last-minut...
Nov 06, 2019 Democratic supporters cheer at their party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. All seats in the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate are up for election. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
In last days, al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain
BEIRUT (AP) - In his last months on the run, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was agitated, fearful of traitors, sometimes disguised as a shepherd, sometimes hiding underground, always ...
Nov 05, 2019 In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo, people look at a destroyed houses near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, after an operation by the U.S. military which targeted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group. In his last months on the run, al-Baghdadi was agitated, fearful of traitors, sometimes disguised as a shepherd, sometimes hiding underground, always dependent on a shrinking circle of confidants. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
Investigation: Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint, Mich.
MONTREAL (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever...
Nov 04, 2019 This June 19, 2019 photo shows corroded water pipes being replaced on Saint-Dominique Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In Canada, where provinces _ not the federal government _ set water safety rules, the main source of lead in drinking water is antiquated pipes. At one government hearing, an expert estimated some 500,000 lead service lines are still delivering water to people in the country. (Mackenzie Lad/Institute for Investigative Journalism/Concordia University via AP)
Democrats prepare for open hearings, seek Bolton testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) - For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry . House committees are trying to determine whether President Don...
Nov 04, 2019 In this July 31, 2019 file photo, National security adviser John Bolton speaks to media at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Crews make progress on large Southern California wildfire
LOS ANGELES - Authorities lifted evacuation orders for a farm community Saturday as firefighters make progress on a large wildfire in Southern California that continues to threaten about 2,500 homes a...
Nov 03, 2019
Storms knock out power, down trees on East Coast
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A clash of storm fronts that began on Halloween created havoc that caused flooding, knocked over trees, downed power lines and damaged homes from the Deep South throughout the Nor...
Nov 01, 2019 People stand in front of house damaged by Thursday nights severe weather in Thornbury Township, Pa., on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Homes have been destroyed in Pennsylvania and hundreds of thousands of utility customers were left without power after severe thunderstorms struck the Eastern Seaboard. At least 420,000 customers from South Carolina up to Maine and in Ohio were without power just before midnight Thursday. (Anna Orso/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Survivors say burning train took 20 minutes to stop, 74 dead
MULTAN, Pakistan - A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province on Thursday killing 74 people and survivors said afterward it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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