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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
'I'm a little numb:' Killer of B.C. gas station attendant Grant De Patie dies
BLIND BAY, B.C. - The mother of a British Columbia gas station attendant dragged to death under a vehicle more than a decade ago, says she is "numb" to learn her son's killer has died. Corin...
Mar 21, 2019
Athletics look to secure Campbell Cup at home in Game 6
The Grande Prairie Athletics return to the friendly confines of the Coca-Cola Centre Thursday night for Game 6 of the NPHL Final with the Dawson Creek Canucks.Grande Prairie leads the best of seven se...
Mar 21, 2019 The Athletics are 7-1 at home in the post-season
Scripts from 'Dick Van Dyke Show' to be digitally preserved
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. - Hollywood producer Carl Reiner and the National Comedy Center say they're working together to digitally preserve Reiner's collection of scripts from the 1960's "The Dick Van Dyke Sho...
Mar 21, 2019
Calgary UCP candidate resigns after report on her comments about race
CALGARY - A United Conservative Party candidate in the Alberta election who resigned over online comments she reportedly made about white nationalists is begging people to lower the tem...
Mar 21, 2019