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Phoenix man accused of killing 4, including wife and 2 kids
PHOENIX - A Phoenix man who thought his wife was having an affair killed her, two of their young daughters and a man, police said Friday. Austin Smith was booked on suspicion of four counts of first-d...
Apr 14, 2019
Tiger Woods makes a Masters logjam look even larger
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Tiger Woods ran into the long leg of the law and escaped with a most unlikely birdie. He just couldn't take the next step - one more birdie on a back nine filled with so many chances - ...
Apr 14, 2019
Removal of fuel in pool at Fukushima's melted reactor begins
TOKYO - The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant for the first time is removing fuel from a cooling pool at one of three reactors that melted down in the 2011 disaster, a milestone in the d...
Apr 14, 2019
1 person hospitalized, man in custody after possible shooting in Salmon Arm
VANCOUVER - One person is in custody and one person was airlifted to hospital after a possible shooting in Salmon Arm, B.C. Salmon Arm RCMP say they are responding to a serious incident, which they sa...
Apr 14, 2019
Trump campaign to report $30 million haul
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is set to report that it raised more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, edging out his top two Democratic rivals combined, accordi...
Apr 14, 2019
Ace Swedish coder held by Ecuador was defender of Assange
CARACAS, Venezuela - An ace Swedish programmer who was an early, ardent supporter of WikiLeaks has been arrested in Ecuador in an alleged plot to blackmail the country's president over his abandonment...
Apr 14, 2019
Big pharma might cut R&D, delay new drugs if pharmacare means more generics: memo
OTTAWA - Brand-name drug companies could put off introducing new medicine in Canada and scale back research here if the country makes a major shift to cheaper generic alternat...
Apr 14, 2019
Ottawa cut off direct aid to Nicaragua last summer over human rights concerns
OTTAWA - The federal government is suspending all direct aid to Nicaragua, citing what it calls "the deteriorating human rights situation" in the Central American nation under President Daniel Ortega....
Apr 14, 2019
Canada recovers to win bronze at women's world hockey championship
ESPOO, Finland - The Canadians heard 'O Canada' after their final game of the women's world hockey championship, yet nobody standing on the blue-line was smiling. Bronze medals hung around t...
Apr 14, 2019
Ottawa, Ontario set for carbon price fight; court to hear case this week
TORONTO - The federal and Ontario governments are set to square off in the province's top court this week over Ottawa's climate change law in a fight experts say is as much political and ideologi...
Apr 14, 2019
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