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Backers of Ukraine's rival presidential candidates brawl
KIEV, Ukraine - Police have moved in to stop a scuffle between supporters of rival candidates in Ukraine's presidential election. Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who stars in a widely popular TV sitcom ...
Apr 09, 2019
IMF forecast: Global growth will weaken this year to 3.3%
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday downgraded its outlook for growth in the United States, Europe, Japan and the overall global economy and pointed to heightened trade tensions as...
Apr 09, 2019
Trump says not looking to reinstate family separation policy
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he's not looking to reinstate the much-criticized practice of separating migrant families at the border with Mexico. But he says many more migrants are streami...
Apr 09, 2019
25 years later, TCM still abides (so movie lovers pray)
NEW YORK - There is always an asteroid, real or imagined, bearing down on Turner Classic Movies . Fears that something might befall the commercial-less bastion of classic Hollywood films aren't always...
Apr 09, 2019
Film explores rural health care amid poverty, opioid crisis
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Northern New Mexico is known for tourist attractions such as artsy Santa Fe, eclectic Taos and the healing dirt of El Santuario de Chimay. The region's relaxing spas and skiing opt...
Apr 09, 2019
Rapper Boosie Badazz faces drug, gun charges in Georgia
ATLANTA - The rapper Boosie Badazz and a passenger were jailed on drug and gun charges after being pulled over south of Atlanta. Coweta County jail records show the 36-year-old rapper faces charges of...
Apr 09, 2019
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette visits Rwanda to mark 25th anniversary of genocide
KIGALI, Rwanda - Gov. Gen. Julie Payette laid a wreath at a memorial in Rwanda's capital on Sunday to mark 25 years since the start of a genocide that left an estimated 800,000 people dead. Payette, w...
Apr 09, 2019
Man taken to hospital after bull attack near Sexsmith
A man in his 50's was rushed to hospital Monday afternoon after he was attacked by a bull. STARS Air Ambulance was called to the scene near Sexsmith around 4 p.m.STAR-5 (Grande Prairie) has been dispa...
Apr 09, 2019 STARS leaving the QEII Hospital April 8
Putin says Mueller's probe validates Russia on no collusion
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin says special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation report validated Moscow's repeated denials of collusion with U.S. between President Donald...
Apr 09, 2019
Multiple arrests made following three break and enter investigations in Fairview
The Fairview RCMP have made several arrests over the course of the last week following multiple reports of break and enters in the community.The first break and enter occurred on April 2nd where RCMP ...
Apr 09, 2019