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WASHINGTON - A former U.S. trade ambassador is urging Canada and Mexico to vote to approve their new North American trade pact with the United States, hoping to spur action on...

Buying a TV can be thrilling, yet daunting. To maximize the exhilaration - while minimizing the uncertainty - experts say to pay attention to at least five things. You may be considering a new TV ahea...

Buying a TV can be thrilling, yet daunting. To maximize the exhilaration - while minimizing the uncertainty - experts say to pay attention to at least five things. You may be considering a new TV ahea...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is dismissing a tell-all book by a former White House aide as "made up stories and fiction." The book by Cliff Sims is called "Team of Vipers" and compares many Tru...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled this month, tested by the partial government shutdown and roiling financial markets. Still, consumer spirits remains robust by historic standards. The Con...

The hardest thing Chris Joseph ever had to do was get through the first 48 hours after his son died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The second hardest, he says, happens this wee...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, paving the way for Aasia Bibi to leave the country in a blow to radical Islamist...

KABUL - Afghans are wary of peace talks with Taliban militants, even as the country's president expressed hope that U.S.-led negotiations could successfully end the long-running civil war. U.S. envoy ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. - The state of the union is dark. A large majority of Americans say they are pessimistic about the state of the country and few expect things will get better in the year ahead, accordi...

LONDON - John Malkovich is returning to the London stage as a powerful Hollywood producer accused of sexual misconduct, in a play with strong echoes of the Harvey Weinstein saga. Producers announced T...