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ATLANTA - Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the party's reach. ...

PHOENIX - A project that maps the bodies of border-crossers recovered from Arizona's inhospitable deserts, valleys and mountains said it documented 227 deaths in 2020, the highest in a decade after th...

VANCOUVER - Electrical faults in underground utility cables set off a fire and a subsequent electric arc that the fire department says caused a three-metre crater in a new commercial area under Vancou...

OTTAWA - A union representing federal prison guards says vaccinating them against COVID-19 should be a priority, given their front-line role in correctional institutions. Jeff Wilkins, national presid...

Canadian forward Cyle Larin was near unstoppable Wednesday, scoring four goals for Turkey's Besiktas in a 6-0 victory over visiting Caykur Rizespor in Istanbul. The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont., up...

TORONTO - With some morgues running out of space and hospitals facing an explosion in critically ill COVID-19 patients, the federal government was set on Wednesday to announce further measures related...

ZAGREB, Croatia - Right after becoming the first German skier in more than three years to win a men's World Cup slalom, Linus Strasser looked up in the air and fought back tears. He knew the winning f...

OTTAWA - Industry groups say small businesses are being hammered by high credit card fees on online purchases as the shift toward e-commerce continues. Visa and MasterCard reduced the fees they collec...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville has hired Atlanta's former chief to lead its police department after months of unrest over the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, and fired two more officers involved in th...