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AP Exclusive: New US Border Patrol chief named
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has named a new head of the U.S. Border Patrol. Rodney Scott will take over for Carla Provost, who is retiring, according to an announcement obtained Friday by Th...
Jan 24, 2020
Leadership race or no, Tories will hold Liberal government to account: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the fact his party is now in a leadership race doesn't mean the Liberal government will get a free ride in the House of Commons. He says a minority...
Jan 24, 2020
Wheels in Motion: Canada's Mitchell a quick study in track cycling
MILTON, Ont. - Canada's Kelsey Mitchell returns this weekend to where it all started for her in the sport of track cycling. The women's sprint specialist is one of the headliners at the UCI ...
Jan 24, 2020
Saudi crown prince's WhatsApp linked to Bezos phone hack
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The cellphone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked in what appeared to be an attempt by Saudi Arabia's crown prince to "influence, if not sil...
Jan 24, 2020
Taylor Swift shakes Sundance with revealing documentary
PARK CITY, Utah - The normally private Taylor Swift premiered an intimate documentary Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival in which the pop star discloses a past eating disorder, chronicles her inne...
Jan 24, 2020
Democrats argue ‘right matters’ in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case at Donald Trump's impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a "completely bogus" Ukraine t...
Jan 24, 2020
Elton John, Erivo, Menzel, Metz among Oscar performers
LOS ANGELES - The singers from five Oscar-nominated songs will reprise their performances live at next month's Academy Awards. Producers said Thursday that best actress nominee Cynthia Erivo, Elton Jo...
Jan 24, 2020
Police: 1 missing after warehouse explosion shakes Houston
HOUSTON - A worker was missing following a large explosion at a warehouse in Houston early Friday that heavily damaged nearby buildings and homes, left rubble scattered in the area and was felt miles ...
Jan 24, 2020
Hamilton's Forge FC sells star midfielder Tristan Borges to Belgian team
Forge FC has sold star midfielder Tristan Borges, the leading scorer and MVP of the Canadian Premier League, to Belgian club Oud-Heverlee Leuven. Terms of the deal were not released but a source, not ...
Jan 24, 2020
'Naughty boy': Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77
LONDON - Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as "the complete Renaissance comedian" and "a man of endless enthusiasms," has died at age 77 a...
Jan 24, 2020