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James Corden returns to host the 2019 Tony Awards
NEW YORK - James Corden is returning to host the 73rd annual Tony Awards. The American Theatre Wing on Tuesday announced that the host of CBS' "The Late Late Show" will preside over Broadway's biggest...
Mar 21, 2019
Man serving manslaughter sentence escapes from Indigenous-run healing lodge
EDMONTON - A man serving nearly nine years for manslaughter and one other crime has escaped from an Indigenous-run healing lodge in Edmonton.Police say staff at the downtown Stan Daniels Healing Centr...
Mar 21, 2019
B.C. trying to obstruct Trans Mountain pipeline with "Trojan Horse" legislation: Federal Government
The federal government says B-C is trying to obstruct the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion with ``Trojan Horse'' legislation that the province is passing off as a benign environmental measure.Lawyer ...
Mar 21, 2019 Pipe welding on the pipeline construction
Escaped wallaby goes on walkabout in Dallas neighbourhood
DALLAS - A wallaby who apparently escaped his owners went on a walkabout in an east Dallas neighbourhood before being recaptured. Tim Tiernan said he and his wife were taking a morning walk Wednesday ...
Mar 21, 2019
Dutch prosecutors consider terror motive in tram shooting
UTRECHT, Netherlands - Dutch investigators probing the deadly tram shooting in the city of Utrecht sharpened their focus Tuesday on a possible extremist motive, as judicial authorities revealed that t...
Mar 21, 2019
Emergency ascent in Indian Ocean as sub fills with smoke
ALPHONSE ISLAND, Seychelles - A British scientist and her American pilot made an emergency ascent from 100 metres (328 feet) beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after smoke filled the c...
Mar 21, 2019
Liberals pledge $253 million to undo Tory-era changes to benefits tribunal
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are promising to spend more than $250 million to revamp the body Canadians turn to with disputes over access to federal benefits, partially restoring the s...
Mar 21, 2019
K-pop star Jung Joon-young arrested in sex video scandal
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean police on Thursday arrested K-pop singer Jung Joon-young over allegations that he illegally shared sexually explicit videos of women taken without their knowle...
Mar 21, 2019
Daniels: 'Pain and anger' around 'Empire' in recent weeks
LOS ANGELES - "Empire" co-creator and executive producer Lee Daniels says the weeks since cast member Jussie Smollett was arrested and charged with fabricating a racist and homophobic attack have been...
Mar 21, 2019
Cyclone's huge floods leave hundreds dead in southern Africa
CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe - Aid workers rushed to rescue victims clinging to trees and crammed on rooftops Tuesday after a cyclone unleashed devastating floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. More tha...
Mar 21, 2019