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Budget negotiators close on debt, $1.3T spending deal
WASHINGTON - Negotiations between the Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a critical debt and $1.3 trillion budget bill are on the cusp of a deal. That's according to aides on both ...
Jul 22, 2019
Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement
WASHINGTON - Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the U.S. and states over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million peo...
Jul 22, 2019
Poor weather prevents attempt to free entangled North Atlantic right whale
HALIFAX - Poor weather conditions have forced a whale rescue team to postpone its bid to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale from fishing gear that is trailing from its head. The federa...
Jul 22, 2019
Jets sign defenceman Neal Pionk to two-year, $US6-million contract
WINNIPEG - Defenceman Neal Pionk has signed a two-year, US$6-million contract with the Winnipeg Jets. The Jets announced the signing of the restricted free agent on Sunday. The deal car...
Jul 22, 2019
NewsAlert: Canadian swimmer Maggie MacNeil swims to world gold
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian swimmer Maggie MacNeil has won the country's first gold medal at the world aquatic championships. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., competing on her first senio...
Jul 22, 2019
New Zealand wins World Triathlon mixed relay race in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Team New Zealand, trailing the field early, stormed back in the final three legs to win the elite mixed relay at the World Triathlon Series Sunday. Hayden Wilde, running the anchor leg, mat...
Jul 22, 2019
In the news today, July 22
Four stories in the news for Monday, July 22 --- VIGIL ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF DANFORTH SHOOTING Members of Toronto's Greektown community will gather tonight to remember the victims of ...
Jul 22, 2019
Vigil planned tonight to mark first anniversary of Greektown shooting
Toronto's Greektown community is expected to gather tonight to remember the victims of a mass shooting last summer. The vigil - set to begin at sunset - marks the first anniversary of the tr...
Jul 22, 2019
India launches moon mission a week after it was aborted
NEW DELHI - India successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon on Monday, a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem. Scientists at the mission control ce...
Jul 22, 2019
PM's official residence becoming a costly 'debacle,' say Conservatives
OTTAWA - Nearly four years after Justin Trudeau opted not to move into the prime minister's official residence over concerns about its crumbling state, the building remains vacant - except for staff w...
Jul 22, 2019
