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ROME (AP) - When Italy won the Eurovision Song Contest with an over-the-top glam-rock performance, the victory signaled more than just a psychological boost for one of the countries hardest hit by COV...

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - After years of fighting and litigation over who can include "Orlando" in the name of their central Florida airport, Orlando International Airport officials and Orlando Melbourne...

OTTAWA - The federal government says its preliminary deficit for the last fiscal year was $314 billion, an unprecedented figure caused by an equally unprecedented economic shock. The early deficit fig...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's prime minister says a total coronavirus lockdown will be imposed in the country, with all business and economic activities to be halted for two weeks to contai...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans increased their spending by 0.5% in April, a slowdown after a massive gain in March that had been powered by the distribution of billions of dollars in individual stimulus ...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says a major Montreal bridge closed last week for safety reasons will be gradually reopened to traffic starting Friday. The le-aux-Tourtes bridge, one of the main brid...

WASHINGTON - The United States has made no decisions about when or how to reopen the border with Canada, the White House said Thursday in response to reports suggesting American patience with the clos...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is pouring cold water on the economic fires from the government's latest spending plan, saying that an expected rise in interest rates should temper the amoun...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in April as a lack of supply continues to foil would-be buyers. The National Association of Realtors' index of pending home sale...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dropped unexpectedly in April for the first time in 11 months as a shortage of computer chips disrupted auto production. The Commerce De...