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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Democratic leaders announced Thursday they had come to an agreement on a plan that would reduce the state's staggering multibillion-dollar shortfall by $17.3 billi...

HALIFAX - A $30,000 monthly subsidy intended to preserve a disused Cape Breton rail line will not be renewed, Nova Scotia's economic development minister said Thursday. Susan Corkum-Greek said the dec...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Far-right conservatives loyal to former President Donald Trump aren't slowing their push for the Republican-led Nebraska Legislature to adopt a "winner-take-all" system of awarding ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted the former presid...

OTTAWA - The RCMP will be part of an international policing effort to keep the Olympics in Paris safe this summer. In January, France's Interior Ministry asked for help from 46 different countries, in...

NEW YORK (AP) - The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist wil...

TORONTO - Ontario's regulated internet gaming market has been live now for two years, and it is attracting increasing activity from the province's online gamblers, a new study suggests, with blackjack...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a new $1.5-billion housing fund Thursday that he billed as helping non-profit organizations acquire more rental units across Canada and ensure they rema...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A doctor who performs abortions became the first Democratic candidate in Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District on Thursday, entering the race for the seat opened up by the surpri...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster underwent a minor, elective knee surgery Thursday morning for a tennis injury he sustained two years ago, the governor's office said in a statem...