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Michael Avenatti charged with extortion and wire, bank fraud
LOS ANGELES - U.S. prosecutors on two coasts have charged President Donald Trump critic and attorney Michael Avenatti with extortion and bank and wire fraud. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Los A...
Mar 25, 2019
Ethiopian Airlines chief questions Max training requirements
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The warning and training requirements set for the now-grounded 737 Max 8 aircraft may not have been adequate, in light of the Ethiopian plane crash that killed 157 people, the ...
Mar 25, 2019
Montreal priest sentenced to eight years for sexually abusing two parishioners
MONTREAL - A Montreal priest who sexually abused two boys has been handed an eight-year prison term. Rev. Brian Boucher was impassive as Quebec court Judge Patricia Compagnone announced she ...
Mar 25, 2019
The Latest: Apple says news service won't track you
CUPERTINO, Calif. - The Latest on Apple's streaming TV event (all times local): 10:40 a.m. Apple says its new subscription News Plus service will not track what you read. Apple says the article recomm...
Mar 25, 2019
Trump formally recognizes Israeli control of Golan Heights
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Monday recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, reversing more than a half-century of U.S. policy. Standing alongside Israe...
Mar 25, 2019
New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall won't seek Senate re-election
SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico Senator Tom Udall announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2020 in a move that opens up a secure Democratic seat to competition. The second-term senator and former ...
Mar 25, 2019
Trudeau says he had "cordial" conversation with Jody Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he spoke with former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould last week about a way forward following her allegations he politically interfered in&nb...
Mar 25, 2019
Judge rules Omar Khadr's sentence is finished
EDMONTON - An Alberta judge has ruled that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired.An eight-year sentence imposed in 2010 would have ended last October had Khad...
Mar 25, 2019
26-year-old man charged with attempted murder in Montreal priest stabbing
MONTREAL - A 26-year old man has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of a Catholic priest during morning mass at Montreal's St. Joseph's Oratory on Friday. Vlad Cristian Eremia, wh...
Mar 25, 2019
Quebec taxi drivers clog streets to protest government's industry overhaul
MONTREAL - Quebec's transport minister is defending his plan to overhaul the province's taxi industry as drivers across the province strike in protest. Thousands of angry taxi drivers clogge...
Mar 25, 2019