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The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Sept. 29 --- QUEBEC JUDGE HANDS NINE-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE TO ISIL SUPPORTER: A Quebec judge sentenced a man to nine years in prison for trying to leave Canada...
Sep 30, 2017
Second child dies in northern Ontario First Nation in a month
HEARST, Ont. - A Northern Ontario First Nation is dealing with the death of another child, the second in less than a month. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called early Saturday morning to ass...
Sep 30, 2017
Game show host Monty Hall dies at 96
LOS ANGELES - If not for the prejudice of the times, Monte Halperin, the Jewish butcher’s kid from Winnipeg’s north end, might have entered medical school and Monty Hall would never have b...
Sep 30, 2017
Invictus Games wraps with closing ceremony featuring Springsteen and Adams
TORONTO - The Invictus Games closed Saturday night with a celebration of spirit, an emphatic dose of classic rock, and an official handover to the 2018 hosts from Sydney. The weeklong event, aimed at ...
Sep 30, 2017
Auburn's Bruce Pearl deflects questions on corruption case
AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl wanted to talk about his team, the season and anything but the federal investigation that has ensnared his top assistant and engulfed the...
Sep 29, 2017
Ex police officer indicted in hot car death of her daughter
LONG BEACH, Miss. - A former Mississippi police officer whose daughter died in a hot car has been indicted on a second-degree-murder charge. News outlets report former Long Beach officer Cassie Barker...
Sep 29, 2017
Canadian police seek recalled Vatican envoy for child porn
VATICAN CITY - Canadian police have issued an arrest warrant for the Vatican diplomat who was recalled from the United States in a child pornography investigation, accusing him of accessing porn over ...
Sep 29, 2017
Mayor fires back after librarian calls Dr. Seuss book cliche
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The mayor of Dr. Seuss’ hometown fired back at a school librarian on Thursday who called the children’s author’s books “racist” and “clicheR...
Sep 29, 2017
Judge: Maryland can act against drug price-gouging, for now
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - An effort by drug makers to block Maryland’s first-in-the-nation law against pharmaceutical price gouging was denied by a federal judge on Friday. A group representing makers of...
Sep 29, 2017
Film academy museum names building for donor of $50M gift
LOS ANGELES - The film academy is naming its main museum building in honour of Cheryl and Haim Saban, who have donated $50 million to the project. Officials from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ...
Sep 29, 2017