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Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt
BERLIN - The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet and causing massive ice los...
Aug 03, 2019
R. Kelly pleads not guilty to sexually abusing women, girls
NEW YORK - Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges he sexually abused women and girls who attended his concerts as his lawyers continued to label the alleged vic...
Aug 03, 2019
Long-term mortgage rates flat to higher; 30-year at 3.75%
WASHINGTON - U.S. long-term mortgage rates were flat to slightly higher this week, hovering around three-year lows after the Federal Reserve's cut in its benchmark interest rate for the first time in ...
Aug 03, 2019
Government lifts speed restrictions after spotting no whales in shipping lanes
OTTAWA - Transport Canada says it's lifting speed restrictions for cargo ships in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after recent surveillance failed to detect North Atlantic right whales in shipping ...
Aug 03, 2019
US sanctions Zimbabwean official over post-election killings
HARARE, Zimbabwe - The United States on Thursday placed on its sanctions list a former Zimbabwean army general who commanded troops accused of killing six civilians a year ago after a disputed electio...
Aug 03, 2019
Katy Perry, others ordered to pay $2.78M for copying song
LOS ANGELES - Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label must pay more than $2.78 million because the pop star's 2013 hit "Dark Horse" copied a 2009 Christian rap song, a federal jury decided ...
Aug 03, 2019
Kentucky pipeline blast leaves 1 dead, 5 injured
JUNCTION CITY, Ky. - A regional gas pipeline ruptured early Thursday in Kentucky, causing a massive explosion that killed one person, hospitalized five others, destroyed railroad tracks and forced the...
Aug 03, 2019
UK emergency workers race to cut water levels at damaged dam
LONDON - Emergency workers raced Saturday to lower water levels behind a damaged dam in northwest England as forecasters warned more bad weather is on the way. Pumps have reduced the water level in To...
Aug 03, 2019
Edward Snowden book coming out Sept. 17
NEW YORK - Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has written a memoir. The book by the man whose leaks of classified documents transformed the debate about government surveillance ...
Aug 03, 2019
Defence to spend $250 million over five years on infrastructure for reserves
HALIFAX - Canada's military reserve units will see $250 million in repairs and upgrades to their armouries and training facilities over the next five years, changes Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan...
Aug 03, 2019