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NY gov raps Amazon critics amid report company's rethinking
NEW YORK - Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned Friday about what he called "political pandering" to critics of Amazon's proposed secondary headquarters amid a report that the company is reconsidering its planned...
Feb 08, 2019
Images suggest Iran launched satellite despite US criticism
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran appears to have attempted a second satellite launch despite U.S. criticism that its space program helps the country develop ballistic missiles, satellite images rele...
Feb 08, 2019
'Big Little Lies' stars superfan Meryl Streep in new season
PASADENA, Calif. - Meryl Streep says she was addicted to "Big Little Lies" and welcomed the chance to be part of its second season. HBO's hit, award-winning limited series returns in June with stars a...
Feb 08, 2019
Manfred: No DH or draft changes likely for 2019
ORLANDO, Fla. - Don't look for a National League designated hitter this year or for new anti-tanking rules in June's amateur draft. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Friday that management is foc...
Feb 08, 2019
Milwaukee officer killed serving warrant; suspect arrested
MILWAUKEE - A 17-year police veteran was shot and killed as he served a warrant on Milwaukee's south side Wednesday, becoming the city's third officer to be killed in the line of duty in eight months,...
Feb 08, 2019
Ottawa objects to giving Quebec power to force immigrants to settle in regions
MONTREAL - The federal government is objecting to a Quebec proposal that it be allowed to determine where in the province immigrants settle as a condition of their gaining per...
Feb 08, 2019
‘It is far from over’: Push for reform continues one year after Stanley verdict
It was a bitterly cold February night when a jury, after deliberating for 13 hours, shuffled into a Queen's Bench courtroom in Battleford and acquitted Gerald Stanley in the shooting death of Colten B...
Feb 08, 2019
SUMA ready to lobby after convention
The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) is ready to go to work after their annual convention wrapped up in Saskatoon on Wednesday.At the convention delegates voted on a number of reso...
Feb 08, 2019
Finance Minister says feds focused on money laundering fight in B.C., globally
VICTORIA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says fighting money laundering in Canada and abroad is on the federal government's agenda. He says the federal government is working together with British Colu...
Feb 08, 2019
Volunteers ready US aid set for Venezuela as Maduro digs in
CUCUTA, Colombia - Dozens of volunteers prepared sacks of rice, canned tuna and protein-rich biscuits for malnourished children at a warehouse on the Colombian border on Friday as Venezuela's oppositi...
Feb 08, 2019
