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'It's such a big loss': Sister says family in shock after brother killed in Quebec
Just hours after Marie-Jo Duchesne had shared laughs with her older brother, who'd been out hiking on a sunny Saturday in Quebec, the heartbreaking call came informing her of Francois Duchesne's death...
Nov 2, 2020
N.B. shooter returns to stand at Fredericton first-degree murder trial
FREDERICTON - Matthew Raymond is back on the witness stand today as his murder trial in connection with the 2018 mass shooting in Fredericton enters its eighth week. Raymond, 50, is charged with first...
Nov 2, 2020
Vatican breaks silence, explains pope's civil union comments
ROME - The Vatican says Pope Francis' comments on gay civil unions were taken out of context in a documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview, but still confirmed Francis' belief that ...
Nov 2, 2020
'American Idol' contestant Nikki McKibbin dies at 42
ARLINGTON, Texas - Nikki McKibbin, a singer from Texas best known for her third place finish in the first season of American Idol, has died. She was 42. McKibbin's husband, Craig Sadler, confirmed her...
Nov 2, 2020
Sunset falls on a historic season for the drive-in
NEW YORK - Julia Wiggin was still shivering after running out to hang up the weekend's marquee - "Ghostbusters," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" - at her Northfield Drive-in near Hinsdale, New Hampshire. "I...
Nov 2, 2020
What a fluke: Dutch whale tail sculpture catches metro train
SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands - This really was a fluke. The driver of a metro train escaped injury when the front carriage rammed through the end of an elevated section of rails and was caught by a sculpt...
Nov 2, 2020
Thousands continue protests against Indonesia’s new jobs law
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Thousands of workers in Indonesia on Monday continued their protests against the country's new jobs law that critics say will erode labour rights and weaken environmental protecti...
Nov 2, 2020
Philippines: 16 dead, thousands of homes damaged in typhoon
MANILA, Philippines - At least 16 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island prov...
Nov 2, 2020
Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. - President Donald Trump is suggesting that he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after Tuesday's election, as his rift with the nation's top infectious disease expert widens while the nation...
Nov 2, 2020
Barrett to join Supreme Court arguments for the first time
WASHINGTON - Justice Amy Coney Barrett is expected to join her Supreme Court colleagues on Monday to hear arguments for the first time. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the high court began hearin...
Nov 2, 2020