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Kudlow calls for one-half point rate cut by Fed
WASHINGTON - A top Trump administration official on Friday called on the Federal Reserve to cut its key interest rate by a half-percentage point. Larry Kudlow, head of the president's National Economi...
Mar 29, 2019
ICE arrests man convicted of trespassing at Jenner home
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. immigration authorities have arrested a Canadian man who has twice been convicted of trespassing at the California home of model and Kardashian family member Kendall Jenner. U...
Mar 29, 2019
Family expo at Westerner Park this weekend
The fourth annual Central Alberta Family Expo kicks off this weekend at the Parkland Pavilion at Westerner Park. The event will feature special character guests PJ Masks, Owelette, Catboy and Gekko. T...
Mar 29, 2019
Court denies appeal of man convicted ex-Saints star's death
NEW ORLEANS - A court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the man convicted of killing former Saints football star Will Smith during a traffic altercation, rejecting claims that Cardell Hayes acted in ...
Mar 29, 2019
Man accused in sexual assaults has charges dropped
Trial did not proceed and charges were dropped on Friday for a Red Deer man accused in a pair of sexual assaults in our city last year.Daniel Leonard, 41, saw two counts of sexual assault, one of comm...
Mar 29, 2019 File photo of Daniel Leonard
Autopsy: Migrant child who died in US custody had infection
HOUSTON - An autopsy has found that a 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of a bacterial infection while detained by the U.S. Border Patrol, in a case that drew worldwide attention to the plight of mi...
Mar 29, 2019
Red Deer firefighters enduring rooftop campout for Muscular Dystrophy Canada
Some Red Deer firefighters are taking part in a rooftop campout this weekend in support of Muscular Dystrophy Canada.Ben Shillington, Jordan Schidlowsky, Josh Anderson and Griffin Marshall are settled...
Mar 29, 2019
US judge blocks Medicaid work rules in blow to Trump
WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Medicaid work requirements undermine the program's mission of providing health care for the needy, dealing a blow to the Trump administration's effort...
Mar 29, 2019
Wisconsin appeals court restores laws from lame-duck session
MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday reinstated laws Republicans passed during a lame-duck session to weaken the Democratic governor and attorney general, but the statutes remain blo...
Mar 29, 2019
Engineer didn't check for right materials on stage that collapsed, inquest hears
TORONTO - An engineer who approved the plans for a stage that collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto didn't check that the right materials were being used to support the roof because he trust...
Mar 29, 2019