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Philadelphia victim's family sought ambulance, not police
PHILADELPHIA - The family of a Black man killed by Philadelphia police officers in a shooting caught on video had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police in...
Oct 27, 2020
Utility: Winds too weak to cut power before California fire
LOS ANGELES - Facing extreme wildfire conditions this week that included hurricane-level winds, the main utility in Northern California cut power to nearly 1 million people while its counterpart in So...
Oct 27, 2020
Biden vows to unify and save country; Trump hits Midwest
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. - Joe Biden travelled Tuesday to the hot springs town where Franklin Delano Roosevelt coped with polio to declare the U.S. is not too politically diseased to overcome its health and ...
Oct 27, 2020
Willis gets MLS-leading 9th shutout, Nashville tops Montreal
HARRISON, N.J. - Randall Leal scored in the 33rd minute, Joe Willis recorded his MLS-leading ninth shutout and Nashville SC beat the Montreal Impact 1-0 on Tuesday night at Red Bull Arena. Nashville (...
Oct 27, 2020
Maskwacis RCMP investigating fatal pedestrian collision
RCMP in Maskwacis are investigating a fatal collision involving a pedestrian on Highway 2A Monday night.Mounties came across the scene about three kilometres north of Maskwacis while on patrol around ...
Oct 27, 2020
Officer didn't alert feds that CBSA would examine Meng before arrest, court hears
VANCOUVER - The RCMP officer who arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport says he didn't know how long questioning by Canada Border Services Agency officials would delay her arres...
Oct 27, 2020
Judge rejects youths' lawsuit that asks Canada to develop climate recovery plan
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has rejected claims by 15 young people asking that Ottawa be compelled to develop a climate recovery plan based on science, but their lawyers say the ruling will be a...
Oct 27, 2020
Biden faces challenges in quickly combating the pandemic
WILIMINGTON, Del. - If Joe Biden wins next week's election, he says he'll immediately call Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious-disease expert. He'll work with governors and local officials ...
Oct 27, 2020
Judge stops Election Day gun ban near Michigan polling sites
DETROIT - A judge on Tuesday blocked a sudden ban on the open display of guns near Michigan polling places on Election Day. Judge Christopher Murray acted just a few hours after hearing a challenge fr...
Oct 27, 2020
Alberta COVID deaths pushes Canada past milestone of 10,000 deaths
Canada reached a grim and worrying milestone Tuesday in the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing 10,000 novel coronavirus deaths. Alberta reported two deaths from COVID-19 to lift the national tally to 10,00...
Oct 27, 2020