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7 who accused Cosby of sex abuse settle defamation suits
Seven women who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago and then labeled them liars by denying it have settled defamation lawsuits against the imprisoned actor. Court documents filed Frida...
Apr 07, 2019
Former sports radio co-host Carton gets 3 1/2 years in prison
NEW YORK - Sports radio personality Craig Carton was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Friday by a longtime fan and listener - the judge - for a ticket reselling scam that ended his decade-long broad...
Apr 07, 2019
West Virginia mother charged in false abduction report
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A woman who told police that an Egyptian man had tried to kidnap her daughter from a West Virginia shopping mall was jailed Friday after the accusation unraveled, a police detectiv...
Apr 07, 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 today to mark 25 years since the start of a genocide that left an estimated 800,000 people dead. Payette, who i...
Apr 07, 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 07, 2019
10 cases of Salmonella identified in Alberta
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the source of the bacterial infection from a salmonella outbreak still hasn't been identified.Sixty-three people in six provinces have fallen ill, including 18 ...
Apr 07, 2019 photo courtesy The Canadian Press
ASIRT investigating police shooting incident at Eckville oil field site
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has taken over the investigation into an incident on Saturday in Eckville.Sylvan Lake RCMP originally responded around 8:15 a.m. to an oil field site on 54 A...
Apr 07, 2019
Gone in 6 minutes: an Ethiopian Airlines jet's final journey
From nearly the moment they roared down the runway and took off in their new Boeing jetliner, the pilots of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 encountered problems with the plane. Almost immediately, a dev...
Apr 07, 2019
Biden jokes about accusations, targets union voters
WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden on Friday made light of his recent controversy about crossing physical boundaries with women, and he signalled in a resolute speech to union activists that...
Apr 07, 2019
Ex-convict charged with pretending to be long-missing boy
CINCINNATI - A 23-year-old ex-convict accused of pulling a cruel hoax by pretending to be a long-missing Illinois boy was charged Friday with making false statements to federal authorities. The FBI sa...
Apr 07, 2019