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Andy Borowitz brings the funny to staid PBS
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Andy Borowitz is bringing the funny to staid PBS. The creator of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" is a contributor to the new one-hour series "Retro Report," which takes today's h...
Jul 30, 2019
ACLU: 911 children split at border since 2018 court order
SAN DIEGO - More than 900 children, including babies and toddlers, were separated from their parents at the border in the year after a judge ordered the practice be sharply curtailed, the American Civ...
Jul 30, 2019
Disney star Cameron Boyce died of epilepsy, coroner says
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County coroner's office says Disney actor Cameron Boyce died unexpectedly from epilepsy. An autopsy report released Tuesday states the "Descendants" star was found unresp...
Jul 30, 2019
Family Affair: McClintock-Rini wins silver and stepdaughter Rini takes bronze
MALA, Peru - Whitney McClintock-Rini was about three minutes in to a post-event interview when the emotion of the day really sunk in. The Canadian water-skier, her hair still wet after...
Jul 30, 2019
Canadian canola exports down 1-million tonnes thanks in large part to Chinese restrictions
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports that, from the start of the growing season until mid-July, recorded canola exports totaled 8.9-million tonnes. This is about one million to...
Jul 30, 2019
Montana searchers find body of missing Oregon child
MEDFORD, Ore. - The body of a missing Oregon boy whose parents died in an apparent murder-suicide is believed to have been found in a remote area of Montana, police said. Police in Medford, Oregon, sa...
Jul 30, 2019
Minnesota Wild fire GM Paul Fenton after 1 season
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Less than 15 months after hiring Paul Fenton as general manager, Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold changed his mind. Still confident he has a contending team, Leipold decided to fir...
Jul 30, 2019
Blue Jays trade right-hander Marcus Stroman to Mets for two pitching prospects
TORONTO - The StroShow is heading home. The rebuilding Toronto Blue Jays have traded top starter Marcus Stroman to the New York Mets for a pair of pitching prospects. The Blue Jays confirmed the ...
Jul 30, 2019
Man in custody after police find four bodies inside Markham, Ont., home
MARKHAM, Ont. - A man is in custody after police found four bodies inside a home north of Toronto on Sunday afternoon, officers announced as they combed the house for evidence and reassured neighbours...
Jul 30, 2019
'Fearsome-looking animal' discovered at Burgess Shale in B.C. national park
Researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum and University of Toronto have uncovered fossils of a large predatory species in 506 million-year-old rocks in the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. The spe...
Jul 30, 2019