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Ex-Baltimore mayor charged in ‘Healthy Holly’ book scandal
BALTIMORE - The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore was charged Wednesday with fraud and tax evasion involving sales of her self-published children's books to non-profits and foundations that did busi...
Nov 22, 2019
New acts rule Grammys as Lizzo, Lil Nas, Eilish lead in noms
NEW YORK - The Grammys are screaming "Cuz I Love You" to Lizzo: The breakthrough singer-rapper scored a whopping eight nominations, including bids for the top four awards, making her the show's top-no...
Nov 22, 2019
Trump doubles down on debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is still promoting a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House security adviser called it a "fiction...
Nov 22, 2019
‘I was bawling’: Injured Bronco’s mother stunned by his progress after surgery
The mother of a hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says she's stunned by the progress he has made since receiving spinal surgery in Thailand.Doctors implanted an epidural stimul...
Nov 22, 2019
Trump directed Ukraine quid pro quo, key witness says
WASHINGTON - Ambassador Gordon Sondland declared to impeachment investigators Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani explicitly sought a "quid pro quo" with Ukraine, levera...
Nov 22, 2019
FBI lawyer investigated over altered Russia probe document
WASHINGTON - A former FBI lawyer is being investigated for allegedly altering a document related to surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser in 2016. That's according to a person familiar with the cas...
Nov 22, 2019
Survivor Day event offers support and connection to survivors of suicide
The Suicide Prevention Resource Centre (SPRC) is holding an event on the weekend, for survivors of suicide.Survivor is the term given to someone who lost someone close to suicide. Survivors often end ...
Nov 22, 2019 Survivor Day (photo courtesy of Suicide Prevention Resource Centre)
Court update: Guilty pleas in Grande Prairie sexual interference and counterfeiting cases
A Grande Prairie court case involving charges of sexual assault and sexual interference has resulted in a six-year jail sentence.The suspect pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual interference and one...
Nov 22, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith
TV comedy greats take a bow, make ’em laugh at ceremony
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - "There's nothing I believe more than this, that laughter adds time to one's life," Norman Lear told an audience gathered to honour him and other four other television comedy gr...
Nov 22, 2019
In reversal, Seoul to keep Japan military intelligence pact
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - In a major policy reversal, South Korea said Friday it has decided to continue a 2016 military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan that it previously said it would te...
Nov 22, 2019