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Quebec City Muslim worshippers condemn fatal New Zealand mosque attacks
QUEBEC - A little more than two years after their own community came under attack, Muslims in Quebec City said they were in shock over the mass shootings at two New Zealand mo...
Mar 17, 2019
'Very intense:' A look at judge who will sentence truck driver in Broncos crash
REGINA - The judge deciding the fate of a truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash is a passionate former Crown prosecutor who once worked as a conservation o...
Mar 17, 2019
Family continues search for man missing on island in traditional healing journey
The evidence of Travis Damon Thomas's survival is scarce but his uncle says it's scattered around a remote island off the coast of Vancouver Island: a circle of footprints, the remains of a sea urchin...
Mar 17, 2019
Germany's Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank to hold talks on merger
BERLIN - Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, and domestic rival Commerzbank have decided to open talks on a possible merger. Sunday's announcement followed months of speculation about a combination...
Mar 17, 2019
Where eagles flirt: A DC tale of love, loss and raccoons
WASHINGTON - It's a tale with everything you'd need for a soap opera: star-crossed lovers, a stable relationship threatened by younger suitors, pregnancy and loss, and a hungry raccoon. Washingtonians...
Mar 17, 2019
SEC charges Volkswagen, former CEO with defrauding investors
WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators charged Volkswagen and former CEO Martin Winterkorn with defrauding investors during its massive diesel emissions scandal. The charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchang...
Mar 17, 2019
Ethiopian Airlines crash analysis begins; Trump calls PM
HEJERE, Ethiopia - Analysis of the flight recorders of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane has begun, the airline said Friday, and The New York Times reported that the pilot requested permission "in ...
Mar 17, 2019
Berlin zoo shows off new polar bear cub
BERLIN - The Berlin Tierpark zoo is showing off its new polar bear cub, a three-month-old with a cuteness and playfulness that could make her the German capital's next animal celebrity. The bear, who ...
Mar 17, 2019
20 dead, mostly children, in Nigeria building collapse
LAGOS, Nigeria - Twenty people are confirmed dead in the school building that collapsed in Nigeria on Wednesday, and most of them are children, an official said Friday. Forty-three other people were r...
Mar 17, 2019
Mosque attacks spark outrage, fuel concern over Islamophobia
BRUSSELS - World leaders expressed condolences and condemnation Friday following the deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand, while Muslim leaders said the mass shooting was evidence of a rising tide...
Mar 17, 2019
