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Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
HARRISBURG, Pa. - President Donald Trump's campaign is withdrawing a central part of its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden bea...
Nov 16, 2020
Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn
LIMA, Peru - Who is the president of Peru? That answer to that question early Monday was no one. The Latin American nation's political turmoil took a chaotic turn Sunday when interim leader Manuel Mer...
Nov 16, 2020
UK's Johnson in quarantine but declares himself fit, working
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is as "fit as a butcher's dog" after being instructed to self-isolate for 14 days because he recently came in contact with someone who has since c...
Nov 16, 2020
Fire in Hong Kong apartment building kills 7, injures 11
HONG KONG - Authorities in Hong Kong said at least seven people were killed and 11 injured in a fire at an apartment building that may have started at a gathering of people from the city's Nepalese co...
Nov 16, 2020
U.S. extradition fight for Huawei CFO back in B.C. court with evidence hearings
VANCOUVER - The lengthy extradition process resumes today for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou as her lawyers fight against her removal from Canada to the United States. The legal team for Meng is ...
Nov 16, 2020
'She's everything to me': B.C. mom in coma due to COVID-19 gives birth
Dave McIntosh is in "uncharted territory": he's able to hold his newborn son close, but his wife, unconscious in a hospital bed due to complications from COVID-19, cannot. Gill McIntosh, 37, remains i...
Nov 16, 2020
Alek Minassian's father to testify as defence launches its case in van attack trial
TORONTO - The father of a man who is on trial for killing 10 and hurting 16 more in Toronto's van attack is set to testify today.Alek Minassian's lawyers will begin mounting their defence as they argu...
Nov 16, 2020
Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies age 79
BEIRUT - Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country's most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, died...
Nov 15, 2020
Roethlisberger throws 4 TD passes, Claypool grabs a pair as
Steelers rip Bengals
PITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisberger apparently doesn't need to practice to carve up the Cincinnati Bengals. The veteran Pittsburgh quarterback threw for a season-high 333 yards and four touchdowns despite...
Nov 15, 2020
Hockey Canada adds five new members to its board of directors, including three women
CALGARY - Hockey Canada has announced five new directors to its board of directors, including three women, to serve two-year terms. Andrea Skinner, Leanne Standryk, and Mary Anne Veroba were add...
Nov 15, 2020