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Quebec's unique winter tire law begins Saturday, but does the rule make roads safer?
MONTREAL - For the past several weeks Quebec drivers have been in a race against time to equip their cars for winter or face steep fines. While the majority of Canadian drivers ins...
Nov 30, 2019
Trump thanks troops in Afghanistan, says Taliban want a deal
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and the Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said ...
Nov 30, 2019
Evacuation order lifted as huge Texas plant fire ‘contained’
AUSTIN, Texas - Officials lifted evacuation orders Friday for around 50,000 people on the Texas Gulf Coast, determining a massive fire was finally under control at a chemical plant rocked by two major...
Nov 30, 2019
London police shoot suspect dead after ‘terrorist’ stabbings
LONDON - A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people in what police are treating as a terrorist attack Friday before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by offi...
Nov 30, 2019
Assailant wounds 3 in stabbing in busy Hague shopping area
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An assailant stabbed three people Friday night in a busy shopping district in the Netherlands, and police were searching for the suspect, authorities said. The attack came jus...
Nov 30, 2019
Cardinals’ Josh Shaw suspended for betting on NFL games
Arizona Cardinals cornerback Josh Shaw has been suspended through at least the end of the 2020 season for betting on NFL games on multiple occasions this season, the first time in more than 35 years a...
Nov 30, 2019
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori leaves prison after top court ruling
LIMA, Peru - Supporters cheered late Friday as once-powerful opposition leader and two-time Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori left the prison where she had been held while being investiga...
Nov 30, 2019
Fiat Chrysler, auto union reach tentative deal on contract
DETROIT - The United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler reached a tentative agreement Saturday on a new four-year contract, which includes a total of $9 billion in investments but still needs final approv...
Nov 30, 2019
Former NFLer Williams looking to reignite career with Argos after 3 suspensions
TORONTO - Karlos Williams isn't coming to the CFL with a chip on his shoulder. But he does have something to prove - to himself. The six-foot-one, 225-pound running back signed with the Toro...
Nov 30, 2019
Smashing Success: Andreescu and Davis Cup team anchor watershed Canadian season
Bianca Andreescu delivered a Canadian sporting performance for the ages last summer. The Canadian Davis Cup team nearly provided another last weekend. A remarkable 2019 season will...
Nov 30, 2019
