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Brothers sue Jussie Smollett's lawyers, claiming defamation
CHICAGO - Two brothers who say they helped Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack against himself filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the "Empire" actor's attorneys, alleging that they repea...
Apr 23, 2019
Zelenskiy wins Ukraine's presidential election with 73%
KIEV, Ukraine - Full preliminary results show TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy won Ukraine's presidential election with 73% of the vote. The Ukrainian Central Election Commission on Tuesday published t...
Apr 23, 2019
US expands probe into air bag failures to 12.3M vehicles
DETROIT - U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. The problem coul...
Apr 23, 2019
Singh says childhood abuse steeled him for scrutiny and stress of politics
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he decided to "take a chance" and share his story of childhood sexual abuse in hopes of helping other victims. He recounts the assaults for the first time&n...
Apr 23, 2019
Hundreds of Canadian troops deployed to flood zones in Quebec and N.B.
MONTREAL - Quebecers whose homes are repeatedly flooded may eventually be forced to move, Premier Francois Legault said Sunday as he toured an area enduring its second bout of spring flooding in three...
Apr 23, 2019
Red Deer rental rates among lowest of Alberta cities
A new report indicates Red Deer has one of the lowest average monthly rents in the province.The April national rent report produced by Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research & Consulting shows the averag...
Apr 23, 2019
Bahrain king reinstates citizenship of 551 amid mass trials
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahrain's king on Sunday reinstated the citizenship of 551 people convicted and stripped of their nationality amid a series of mass trials conducted as part of a yearslon...
Apr 23, 2019
US new-home sales climbed 4.5% in March
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes increased 4.5% in March, the third straight monthly gain as the housing market appears to be cautiously recovering from a mortgage rate spike last year that caused...
Apr 23, 2019
Former U.S. president Barack Obama to visit nation's capital in May
OTTAWA - Former U.S. president Barack Obama is set to visit the nation's capital next month for a question-and-answer session. The event, hosted by the progressive think-tank Canada 202...
Apr 23, 2019
Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary
BOSTON - Get swole, prepare a bug-out bag, grab a go-cup and maybe you'll have a better chance of surviving the omnicide. Translation: Hit the gym and bulk up, put a bunch of stuff essential for survi...
Apr 23, 2019