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WASHINGTON - American consumers feel a bit less confident this month, their spirits pulled down by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The Conference Board says its consumer confidence index fell to 119.8 in ...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Military analysts say North Korea doesn’t have either the capability or the intent to attack U.S. bombers and fighter jets, despite the country’s top diplomat s...

CAIRO - The Iraqi Kurds’ independence referendum that was just held could mean further instability in the Middle East, where formal borders have remained in place for decades but recent conflict...

COPENHAGEN - A passenger train collided with an armoured vehicle in southern Sweden Tuesday, injuring the train driver and three Swedish military staff, authorities said. The accident happened near Tr...

WASHINGTON - Cuba’s top diplomat insisted Tuesday that his government had nothing to do with unexplained health “attacks” on U.S. diplomats, telling Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ...

WASHINGTON - No matter what other challenges his administration faces, President Donald Trump is keeping up his running commentary on the NFL - tweeting Tuesday about the football league’s TV ra...

NEW YORK - In one of the biggest crackdowns on the corrupting role of money in college basketball, 10 men - including a top Adidas executive and four assistant coaches - were charged Tuesday with usin...

Education on transgender athletes is mandatory for all of Ontario’s minor hockey coaches, trainers and managers this season, the latest step in a series of changes stemming from a human rights c...

ROSEAU, Dominica - A storm-ravaged Caribbean island caught in the eye of hurricane Maria’s ferocious winds and torrential rains has suffered “near total devastation,” the captain of ...

NEW YORK - Jennifer Lopez has pledged $1 million toward hurricane relief efforts in her family’s native Puerto Rico. Lopez announced during a news conference with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on S...