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Governor signs measure to hike Illinois minimum wage to $15
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure Tuesday gradually hiking the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, an early victory for the Democrat on the eve of his first a...
Feb 21, 2019
Omaha on trial in shooting death of 'Cops' crew member
OMAHA, Neb. - The City of Omaha is on trial in the fatal shooting by police of a television crew member who worked on the law enforcement show "Cops." The Omaha World-Herald reports that 38-year-old s...
Feb 21, 2019
French police kill suspect after knife attack in Marseille
MARSEILLE, France - A knife-wielding man on a wanted list was shot dead by police Tuesday shortly after he injured four people, one seriously, on a major street in the French city of Marseille, the lo...
Feb 21, 2019
Federal NDP loses another incumbent as Quebec MP says she won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - The federal NDP is losing another incumbent, as Quebec MP Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet says she will not be seeking re-election later this year. The decision represents the latest blow to the thir...
Feb 21, 2019
AP source: Machado, Padres agree to $300M, 10-year deal
SAN DIEGO - With their city's long-suffering fans desperate for a winner, the rebuilding San Diego Padres delivered their splashiest free agent signing ever by agreeing with All-Star infielder Manny M...
Feb 21, 2019
Despite bill's demise, W.Va. teachers to strike for 2nd day
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia teachers will remain on strike for a second day despite a move by the House of Delegates to effectively kill a complex education bill that had sent them to the picket...
Feb 21, 2019
Police: Texas man confessed in hammer death of daughter, 2
ORANGE, Texas - A police affidavit says a Southeast Texas man found naked and stained with blood told officers that he killed his 2-year-old daughter, who had been bludgeoned with a hammer . The affid...
Feb 21, 2019
PM not budging on SNC-Lavalin controversy dogging his government
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is signalling that his view of the SNC-Lavalin controversy has not budged despite a swirl of developments in the last week. Trudeau says he remains disappointed ...
Feb 21, 2019
Police dismiss tip Smollett, 2 brothers together in elevator
Chicago police investigated but dismissed a tip that on the night "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two masked men he was in an elevator of his apartment building with two brot...
Feb 21, 2019
A list of deadly Canadian fires
Seven children, all members of a Syrian family who arrived in Canada about two years ago, died in an early morning house fire Tuesday in Halifax, the worst fire toll in recent memory in Nova Scotia. S...
Feb 21, 2019
