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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 ...

PARIS (AP) - A man with severe schizophrenia who had been on a watch list for Islamic radicalism stabbed a police officer at her station Friday in western France and shot two other officers before pol...

ABOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (AP) - As tensions with Russia simmer, thousands of NATO troops, several warships and dozens of aircraft are taking part in military exercises stretching across the Atlantic...

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack ...

OTTAWA - Liberal MP William Amos has once again been caught unawares on webcam. "Last night, while attending House of Commons proceedings virtually, in a non-public setting, I urinated without realizi...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, May 28, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 408,034 new vaccinations administered for a total of 22,346,755...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwpemc First Nation said in...

Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum joined Thursday to condemn a rise in antisemitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and G...

EDMONTON - The Calgary Stampede, increasingly touted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as the brass ring for defeating COVID-19, won't look like the whoop-up of years past if it goes ahead, says the cit...

BURNABY, B.C. - Construction has begun on the 2.6-kilometre tunnel in Burnaby, B.C., for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The company says in a news release the work on the tunnel connec...