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Celebrities, athletes, others accused of lying to the public
CHICAGO - Actor Jussie Smollett was arrested in Chicago early Thursday, one day after prosecutors charged him with filing a false police report for what he claimed was a racist and homophobic attack l...
Feb 22, 2019
Update: P.A. missing teen has been located
UPDATE: Prince Albert Police have confirmed that Keanu Suen has been located and is safe. Prince Albert Police are asking for the public's assistance locating a missing teen.Keanu Suen, 15, was report...
Feb 22, 2019
UK politics fractures further as 3 Conservatives defect
LONDON - Brexit-driven cracks in Britain's political party system yawned wider Wednesday, as three pro-European lawmakers quit the ruling Conservatives to join a new centrist group of independents who...
Feb 22, 2019
Regulator's report unlikely to settle Trans Mountain pipeline expansion battle
CALGARY - An environmental group that tried to widen the scope of the National Energy Board's reconsideration of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says it fully expects the board to endorse the pr...
Feb 22, 2019
More than 150 IS militants handed over to Iraq from Syria
OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria - U.S.-backed Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State group handed over more than 150 Iraqi members of the group to Iraq, an Iraqi security official said Thursday, marking the ...
Feb 22, 2019
Pope strives to fight cleric sex abuse with Vatican summit
VATICAN CITY - If Pope Francis needed a concrete example to justify summoning church leaders from around the globe to Rome for a tutorial on clergy sex abuse, Sister Bernardine Pemii has it. The nun, ...
Feb 22, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 22
Four stories in the news for Friday, Feb. 22 --- REPORT WON'T SETTLE TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE BATTLE An environmental group says it expects the National Energy Board to again approv...
Feb 22, 2019
Liberals defeat opposition call for public inquiry into SNC-Lavalin pressure
OTTAWA - The Liberals used their majority Wednesday to defeat an opposition motion calling for a public inquiry into allegations that the Prime Minister's Office pressured Jody Wilson-Raybou...
Feb 22, 2019
PM joins hundreds in Halifax square to remember 7 refugee children lost in fire
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among the hundreds of people who gathered in Halifax's main square Wednesday night in support of a Syrian refugee family that lost seven children in a house...
Feb 22, 2019
Oakland teachers head into 2nd day of strike
OAKLAND, Calif. - Teachers in Oakland, California, headed into another day of strikes Friday after parents and students applauded their demands by keeping city classrooms empty. Oakland's 3,000 teache...
Feb 22, 2019
