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Mexico's prized beaches threatened by smelly algae invasion
MEXICO CITY - Tourists looking for sun and sand in Mexican resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum have been disgusted by foul-smelling mounds of sargassum - a seaweed-like algae - piling up o...
May 10, 2019
Why does Facebook fail to fix itself? It's partly humans
SAN FRANCISCO - The question comes up over and over, with extremist material, hate speech, election meddling and privacy invasions. Why can't Facebook just fix it? It's complicated, with reasons that ...
May 10, 2019
Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea's new missile
TOKYO - The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the ...
May 10, 2019
Student 'geek squads' maintain school devices, help teachers
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Buffalo kindergarten teacher Maria Spurlock was still struggling after trying for more than a week to get a reading app working on all of her classroom iPads. When she learned her buil...
May 10, 2019
Veteran CFL quarterback Ricky Ray retires after 17 seasons
TORONTO - For two years, the athlete in Ricky Ray effectively suppressed the practicality of retirement. This time, Ray's practical side won out. The Toronto Argonauts' veteran quarterb...
May 10, 2019
Migrant detainees have right to plead for freedom before judges, Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court says a Pakistani man being held in immigration detention had the right to challenge his imprisonment in person before a judge. Although Tusif Ur Rehman Chhina was deported t...
May 10, 2019
Orchestra searching for child who charmed crowd with 'wow!'
BOSTON - America's oldest performing arts group is looking for a child who was literally wowed by a recent classical music concert. The Handel & Haydn Society had just finished its rendition of Mo...
May 10, 2019
Clooney hopes media will be 'kinder' to Meghan the mom
LOS ANGELES - George Clooney is hoping the media will be gentler to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, after she gave birth to a baby boy. "I think people should be a little kinder. She's a young woman wh...
May 10, 2019
Five taken to hospital after plane, fuel truck collide at Pearson airport
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A spokesperson for Jazz Aviation says five people were taken to hospital after a fuel truck collided with a plane on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson airport this morning. D...
May 10, 2019
Slain teen charged attacker in Colorado school shooting
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - When a gunman burst into his high school classroom, Kendrick Castillo did not hesitate. The 18-year-old immediately charged, pinning the attacker to the wall before Castillo w...
May 10, 2019
