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U.S. group hopes to find sanctuary site for 'retired' whales in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A U.S.-based animal protection group is touring coastal Nova Scotia communities in hopes of finding one interested in becoming a retirement home for whales and dolphins raised in captivity. ...
Jan 30, 2019
Toronto FC says Giovinco absence from training camp is health-related
TORONTO - Amidst reports that a transfer was in the works, star striker Sebastian Giovinco left Toronto FC's California training camp on Monday. But a club spokesman said the absen...
Jan 30, 2019
Woman or girl slain every 2.5 days in Cda in 2018, inaugural report finds
A woman or girl was killed every 2.5 days on average in Canada last year, according to an inaugural report on femicide that argues the issue must be better understood in order to reduce...
Jan 30, 2019
Agent: Anthony Davis tells New Orleans that he wants a trade
NEW ORLEANS - Anthony Davis wants out of New Orleans. And if a trade happens, it'll be on the Pelicans' schedule. The five-time All-Star has told the Pelicans that he wants to be traded to a champions...
Jan 30, 2019
Kate del Castillo glad to not testify in 'El Chapo' trial
PASADENA, Calif. - Kate del Castillo said she's relieved she wasn't called to testify in the New York trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. But she doesn't regret arranging a 2015 meet...
Jan 30, 2019
After the overdose: A family's journey into grief and guilt
LA QUINTA, Calif. - There is nothing left to do, no more frantic phone calls to make, no begging or fighting that can fix this because the worst thing that could happen already has, so Doug Biggers se...
Jan 30, 2019
Presidential standoff may worsen Venezuelans' misery
CARACAS, Venezuela - The U.S. recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president is being touted by the Trump administration as the only way to restore the country's democra...
Jan 30, 2019
Moms of the dead from drugs: "Where is the outrage for us?"
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - The moms meet in a parking lot overlooking the little white funeral home and watch the mourners drifting toward the chapel doors - a familiar scene, beginning again. Cheryl Juaire...
Jan 30, 2019
Ronnie Wood's horse has shot at British Grand National run
LONDON - Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood might have a shot at winning the world's most grueling steeplechase for the first time with a not so wild horse. British Grand National organizers say Woo...
Jan 30, 2019
Deep freeze envelops Midwest, even stops the mail
BISMARCK, N.D. - A deadly arctic deep freeze enveloped the Midwest with record-breaking temperatures Wednesday, triggering widespread closures of schools and businesses, and prompting the U.S. Postal ...
Jan 30, 2019
