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SAO PAULO - Social media giant Facebook said Wednesday that it has removed dozens of accounts, some used by employees of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and two of his lawmaker sons. The company sa...

AUSTIN, Texas - With a cough and shortness of breath, it took Austin, Texas, resident Sam Lee three tries to get a COVID-19 test. The first time, he showed up an hour before the public testing site wa...

JACKSON, Miss. - At least 26 legislators and 10 others who work at Mississippi's Capitol have tested positive for the coronavirus, a public health official said Wednesday, as the governor implored res...

WASHINGTON - Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a national security aide who played a central role in President Donald Trump's impeachment case, announced his retirement from the Army on Wednesday in a scath...

NEW YORK - Kanye West says he is no longer a Trump supporter. The rapper, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share "dragon energy," tells Forbes that he is "taking the red hat of...

Houston officials on Wednesday cancelled the Texas Republican Party's in-person convention, saying the spread of the coronavirus made it impossible to hold the event as scheduled. Mayor Sylvester Turn...

OTTAWA - Fixing the social and economic gaps that left women, young people and racialized Canadians to suffer the biggest economic blows from the COVID-19 pandemic is a top priority in the recovery ef...

OTTAWA - Estimated federal deficit for 2020-21: $343.2 billion Direct federal aid to individuals and businesses as a result of COVID-19: $212 billion Number of Canadians who were laid off or had their...

OTTAWA - The federal website advertising volunteer positions for students hoping to earn money for their educations through a $900-million government aid program contains hundreds of positions th...

TORONTO - Ontario significantly overstated the costs of providing services to asylum seekers coming into Canada from the United States, the province's auditor general said Wednesday. In a special repo...