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Sheriff: Rapper threatened to shoot up University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A Florida rapper has been arrested on a charge of threatening a mass shooting after song lyrics posted on Facebook say he will "catch you at a Gator game and shoot the whole campus...
Apr 11, 2019
Chronicle of Julian Assange's stay in the Ecuadorian embassy
LONDON - Julian Assange, the founder of anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, was arrested at the Embassy of Ecuador in London Thursday - seven years after he first took refuge there. A look at key events in ...
Apr 11, 2019
Ponoka teacher named A Better World Canada's Citizen of the Year
LACOMBE- Ponoka teacher Julie Lapointe has been named A Better World Canada's 2019 Citizen of the Year. The 27-year-old received the coveted honour for her volunteer efforts that started when she was ...
Apr 11, 2019 Julie Lapointe (Photo: Laura Tester)
One man's quest to find the dead after devastating cyclone
MAGARU, Mozambique - He was haunted by the thought of a small child's skull, unburied and lost in the debris of a cyclone that had claimed hundreds of lives. Stephen Fonseca stood in a field of ruined...
Apr 11, 2019
US wholesale prices rise 0.6% in March, lifted by gas costs
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices increased in March by the most since last fall, driven largely by more expensive gas and electricity. The Labor Department said Thursday that the producer price inde...
Apr 11, 2019
'Hannah Montana' costumes, props going up for auction
LOS ANGELES - Costumes, props and tour items from the Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" TV series are going up for auction. The teen sitcom featured Miley Cyrus, who portrayed schoolgirl Miley Stewart...
Apr 11, 2019
Vancouver businessman denies all charges in college admissions scandal
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver businessman accused of participating in a college-admissions cheating scheme in the United States is denying the charges. A team of three lawyers released a statement...
Apr 11, 2019
Military shaves restrictions on women in uniform wearing ponytails
OTTAWA - The Canadian military isn't letting its hair down just yet, but for the first time, women in uniform will be allowed to wear ponytails. The move, which also makes nylon stockings optional whe...
Apr 11, 2019
Keeping Canada's power on will require 20,000 new workers by 2022
OTTAWA - Canada's electricity providers say they need to appeal to a younger and more diverse workforce if they're going to keep the country's lights on. A new report on the industry's labou...
Apr 11, 2019
Prince Harry, Meghan aim to keep baby arrival plans private
LONDON - Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, say they have decided to keep plans around their first baby's arrival private. Kensington Palace officials said in a statemen...
Apr 11, 2019