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AP FACT CHECK: Trump plays down white nationalist threat
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump appears to be oblivious to the threat of white nationalism. Following a deadly mosque shooting in New Zealand, he said white supremacy isn't a rising danger. But da...
Mar 18, 2019
R. Kelly case spotlights abuse of girls in the era of #MeToo
NEW YORK - The girls, a dozen of them 15 to 18 years old, file into a conference room in a downtown Brooklyn office building, taking seats in chairs carefully arranged in a circle. On the floor in fro...
Mar 18, 2019
Japan to make crater on asteroid to get underground samples
TOKYO - Japan's space agency said Monday that its Hayabusa2 spacecraft will follow up last month's touchdown on a distant asteroid with another risky mission - dropping an explosive on the asteroid to...
Mar 18, 2019
Facebook announces changes to political advertising to meet new federal rules
OTTAWA - Facebook is launching a new advertisement library that will capture detailed information about political ads targeted at voters in Canada, including who pays for them and whom they targe...
Mar 18, 2019
'Play until you can't:' Bronco focuses on sledge hockey instead of anniversary
OKOTOKS, Alta. - At the end of a long and difficult year, Ryan Straschnitzki is on the ice and his hockey dream is intact. Straschnitzki and his Humboldt Broncos teammates were on their way to a ...
Mar 18, 2019
Prime minister to shuffle cabinet for third time in recent months
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau will shuffle the federal cabinet today for the third time in recent months. This latest adjustment comes after the prime minister moved Jody Wilson-Raybould...
Mar 18, 2019
Australian premier sides with egger against egged senator
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's prime minister on Sunday suggested an anti-Muslim senator should be charged after he slapped a teen who cracked a raw egg over the legislator's head. Sen. Fraser Anni...
Mar 18, 2019
Travel expected to be slowed by fallout from fire at Toronto's Pearson airport
TORONTO - Travel at Toronto Pearson International Airport was still being snarled this morning after a fire caused smoke to fill part of the sprawling structure, leading to an evacuatio...
Mar 18, 2019
In the news today, March 18
Five stories in the news for Monday, March 18 --- TRAVEL CHAOS AT TORONTO'S PEARSON AIRPORT AFTER FIRE It was a chaotic scene at Toronto's Pearson Airport last night after a fire n...
Mar 18, 2019
Manhunt launched after shooting on Dutch tram wounds many
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A shooting on a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday left "multiple" people wounded, police said, adding that they are considering the possibility of a "terrori...
Mar 18, 2019
