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Searchers probe deep mud from Brazil dam breach; 65 dead
BRUMADINHO, Brazil - Brazilian firefighters and Israeli rescue workers poked sticks into treacherous mud Monday looking for bodies as pressure mounted on the mining company responsible for a dam that ...
Jan 30, 2019
No more coal investments for Export Development Canada, new policy says
OTTAWA - Canada's export-development bank is getting entirely out of the coal game but will continue to fund the oil-and-gas sector as the world transitions towards cleaner sources of energy. Export D...
Jan 30, 2019
Stan Lee to get superhero send-off at Hollywood memorial
LOS ANGELES - Among comics lovers, Stan Lee was as much a superhero as the characters he helped create. Those fans, along with Lee's friends and colleagues, will get to pay their final respects at a L...
Jan 30, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 30
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 30 --- HUMBOLDT BRONCOS FAMILIES WANT MORE ANSWERS The driver of the semi-trailer that crashed into a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos was ...
Jan 30, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 28
Five stories in the news for Monday, Jan. 28 --- MPS ON ELECTION FOOTING AS PARLIAMENT RESUMES Federal politicians will be on election footing as they resume parliamentary bus...
Jan 30, 2019
MPs try to find way in temporary digs for last sitting before election
OTTAWA - Newly minted Treasury Board President Jane Philpott was just finishing a scrum with reporters in the foyer of the new House of Commons in Ottawa Monday. She told journalists to "enj...
Jan 30, 2019
'Why didn't you stop?' Humboldt Bronco families hear details of deadly crash
MELFORT, Sask. - Grieving families sobbed Monday as they heard how a semi-truck driver barrelled through an oversized stop sign with a flashing red light and failed to avoid a high-speed crash wi...
Jan 30, 2019
'I want to know why:" Broncos families want to hear why trucker didn't stop
MELFORT, Sask. - Several family members of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos crash say they still have one big question: Why? They want to know why a semi-truck driver barrele...
Jan 30, 2019
Karlie Kloss part of 'Project Runway' twists in Bravo return
PASADENA, Calif. - A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs. DESIGNING WITH A T...
Jan 30, 2019
Venezuela's Maduro offers to negotiate with opposition
MOSCOW - More than a week into a standoff with the opposition, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that he is willing to negotiate. Violent street demonstrations erupted last week af...
Jan 30, 2019
