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Trump pick for national intelligence director is withdrawing
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says his pick for national intelligence director has decided to withdraw from the running. In a tweet Friday, Trump said Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas has...
Aug 02, 2019
Eighth and final 'Homeland' season to debut February 2020
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Showtime says the eighth and final season of "Homeland" will debut in early 2020. The channel said on Friday that production on the acclaimed drama's last 12 episodes is underw...
Aug 02, 2019
Ariana Grande returns to acting roots in "Kidding"
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ariana Grande returns to her acting roots with an appearance in Jim Carrey's series "Kidding." The Grammy-winning singer with the big vocal range guests in season two of the Sh...
Aug 02, 2019
Series aims to tell wildlife stories from different view
NEW YORK - Lupita Nyong'o remembers clearly the first time she touched a giraffe. She was 5, and it was part of her childhood education growing up in Kenya to appreciate the wildlife around her. "They...
Aug 02, 2019
'Tough place:' RCMP scaling down search for murder suspects in northern Manitoba
WINNIPEG - An exhaustive search through Manitoba's immense and unforgiving north has yielded no sign of two British Columbia murder suspects, so police say they are scaling back their manhunt in the a...
Aug 02, 2019
Canada wasn't consulted on specifics of U.S. plan to import prescription drugs
OTTAWA - Federal officials say Ottawa was not consulted in advance about the details of a Trump administration proposal announced Wednesday aimed at allowing American patients and ...
Aug 02, 2019
Thieves break into Edmonton Airbnb, do laundry and leave note for guests
EDMONTON - A Vancouver Island couple had a bizarre experience in a downtown Edmonton Airbnb earlier this week. Rod and Kat Gordon, who went out Sunday after dropping off their luggage, came back to th...
Aug 02, 2019
Cops probe report of 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' firm burglary
EDGEWATER, Colo. - Police in Colorado are investigating a reported burglary of a business owned by "Dog the Bounty Hunter" reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman. Police in the Denver suburb of Edgewater...
Aug 02, 2019
More than half of Democrats support impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON - More than half of Democrats support launching an impeachment inquiry, according to a tally by The Associated Press - a strong signal of ongoing liberal frustration with President Donald T...
Aug 02, 2019
Teenage winger Jacob Shaffelburg rapidly making his name at Toronto FC
Coach Greg Vanney recalls the first time he saw Jacob Shaffelburg training with the Toronto FC first team. Defender Chris Mavinga went to retrieve a ball with Shaffelburg, playing on his wrong wing,&n...
Aug 02, 2019