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Around 20 people are set to hit the streets in support of the YWCA on Saturday night, pounding the pavement to raise money for programs combatting homelessness. The annual Coldest Night of the Year wa...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration announced sanctions Tuesday on a Russian state-controlled brokerage that has helped the Venezuelan government skirt an American oil embargo and enabled President ...

BOSTON - Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, the...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American linebacker Micah Awe to a two-year contract on Tuesday. The six-foot 225-pound Awe had been on the free-agent market for a week.  Awe had...

EASTHAM, Mass. - One of the jurors who convicted notorious crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger says she regrets her decision after learning that he was an unwitting participant in a covert CIA experiment...

SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a sig...

NEW YORK - Jurors in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial ended their first day of deliberations Tuesday with lots of questions and no verdict in the landmark #MeToo case that could put the once-powerful Hol...

NEW YORK - The redesigned "Sonic the Hedgehog" showed plenty of teeth at the box office, speeding to a $57 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday, while "Parasite" saw one of the largest ...

OTTAWA - Elections Canada can't let its guard down, says Canada's chief electoral officer Stephane Perrault, despite getting through last fall's federal election campaign with no significant cybersecu...

VANCOUVER - While Vancouver celebrates the 10th anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the man who co-led the bid and headed the organizing committee wants the&nbs...