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Dara Howell has rediscovered her drive and passion for freestyle skiing. It took tearing her ACL and a year of painful rehab to get there. Howell, the Olympic gold medallist in slopestyle fr...

LONDON - The British band Coldplay has decided not to launch a global tour because of environmental concerns. Frontman Chris Martin told the BBC Thursday that the band is not going on tour to promote ...

NEW YORK - Genre-mashing, bold and chart-topping new artists have caught the attention of the Recording Academy, as Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X lead in nominations at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Li...

TAR HEEL, N.C. - A gunman was captured after opening fire in a North Carolina hog processing plant early Thursday, seriously wounding two co-workers, a sheriff said. Bladen County Sheriff Jim McVicker...

HALIFAX - As she was fitted for a crisp new uniform in 2017, Amanda Assoun thought her lifelong dream of becoming a Halifax police officer was coming true. But five days later, a one-li...

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is suing a home remodeling contractor he says failed to perform the work for which he was hired. The lawsuit says Antetokounmpo hired David Gonzalez, of Ceda...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has temporarily halted the first federal execution in 16 years as a lawsuit on how the government intends to carry it out continues. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutka sa...

VANCOUVER - When Ravi Jain heard about the experience of an actor in Victoria who alleges she was denied an opportunity to audition for a role in "Les Belles-soeurs" (The Sisters-in-Law) because ...

EDMONTON- Opposition leader Rachel Notley wants the ethics commissioner to ban the entire United Conservative caucus from voting on a bill that would fire the province's election watchdog.Notley says ...

CALGARY - Alberta's education minister is ordering a financial audit and governance review of the Calgary Board of Education.Adriana LaGrange says it was difficult to hear that the public school board...