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Trudeau to Trumps after positive COVID test: 'Get well soon and have a full recovery'
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie are sending their best wishes to Donald Trump and his wife Melania after the pair tested positive for COVID-19. Trudeau says on Twitte...
Oct 02, 2020
Family of Indigenous woman subjected to slurs in Quebec hospital to announce lawsuit
MONTREAL - The family of an Indigenous woman subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital says it will seek justice for her by launching legal proceedings. Members of Joyce Echaquan's famil...
Oct 02, 2020
TV's 'Warrior' latest proof that Bruce Lee still holds sway
PHOENIX - Even nearly 50 years after his death, Bruce Lee can still make ripples. From this summer's ESPN documentary, "Be Water," to Quentin Tarantino's heavily criticized depiction of him in "Once U...
Oct 02, 2020
Denying, defending and numb: Voters not moved by Trump taxes
OSHKOSH, Wis. - Danielle Fairbank closed the tailgate of her fire-engine red pickup truck in a Target parking lot in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and offered a hearty "Fake news!" to dismiss reports that Presid...
Oct 02, 2020
In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules
RALEIGH, N.C. - When Donald Trump's campaign took issue with a new rule on processing some votes in North Carolina, it didn't just complain to the Board of Elections and file a lawsuit. It wrote to so...
Oct 02, 2020
Trump adds to election anxiety by pushing legal boundaries
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has floated the unconstitutional idea of delaying the Nov. 3 election. His administration may have violated a judge's order on the 2020 census and could be held in ...
Oct 02, 2020
US hiring slows for 3rd month but jobless rate falls to 7.9%
WASHINGTON - America's employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the economic r...
Oct 02, 2020
David and Nicola Yoon launch YA imprint for people of colour
NEW YORK - Bestselling authors David and Nicola Yoon are launching a Random House Children's Books imprint for young adult romance novels by and about people of colour. They are calling the imprint Jo...
Oct 02, 2020
Canadian Eugenie Bouchard eliminated in third round at French Open
PARIS - Canadian wild-card entry Eugenie Bouchard's best Grand Slam since 2017 is over after a third-round loss at the French Open on Friday.Polish teenager Iga Swiatek advanced to the fourth round of...
Oct 02, 2020
Bernie Sanders resuming in-person campaigning to back Biden
WILMINGTON, Del. - Bernie Sanders is returning to in-person campaigning for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, heading to the battleground states of New Hampshire and...
Oct 02, 2020