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Retailers up their game after Toys R Us closures
NEW YORK - When Toys R Us closed its doors, customers mourned the loss of a beloved brand that conjured memories of their own childhood. Retailers, on the other hand, saw an opportunity. Rather than c...
Oct 12, 2018
Toyota recalls trucks, SUVs and cars to fix air bag problem
DETROIT - Toyota is recalling nearly 188,000 pickup trucks, SUVs and cars worldwide because the air bags may not inflate in a crash. The recall covers 2018 and 2019 Tundra pickups and Sequoia SUVs as ...
Oct 12, 2018
Naming Rights: Orlando's new police chief is named Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando’s newest police chief is already making a name for himself. His name? Orlando. Mayor Buddy Dyer announced Orlando’s newest police chief during a ceremony Thursday. ...
Oct 12, 2018
Prosecutor pushes for legal change after clergy abuse report
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor has appealed to legislators to “do the right thing” and change state law so that civil cases can be pursued in court in decades-old cl...
Oct 12, 2018
Search resumes for remaining 2 swept away in Texas floods
JUNCTION, Texas - Crews searched along a West Texas river on Friday for two people still missing after crushing floodwaters swept through a recreational vehicle park. The bodies of two of their compan...
Oct 12, 2018
Two-pronged trouble sends big jetliner on unplanned trip to Alberta
CALGARY - An American Airlines passenger jet en route from Texas to Beijing had to be detoured to Alberta following a medical emergency and a mechanical problem. The airline says the Boeing 787-8 Drea...
Oct 12, 2018
Nova Scotia won't pay to exhibit works of famed photographer Annie Leibovitz
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it won’t ante up to help the provincial art gallery exhibit an iconic collection of Annie Leibovitz photographs, even as the gallery continues negotiati...
Oct 12, 2018
Freeland announces new Canadian consul general posts for Detroit, Los Angeles
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has filled two new senior diplomatic posts to lead the Canadian consulates in Detroit and Los Angeles. Former New Democrat MP Joe Comartin is the ne...
Oct 12, 2018
UN secretary general visits quake-hit Indonesian city
JAKARTA, Indonesia - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday visited an Indonesian city shattered by an earthquake and tsunami to personally assess the impact of the disasters. Guterres is a...
Oct 12, 2018
Harrowing tales of survival from town ravaged by storm
MEXICO BEACH, Fla. - Residents of Mexico Beach that stayed during the storm are emerging from the debris with harrowing tales. Others, who evacuated, are coming to grips with the fact that much of the...
Oct 12, 2018