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Puerto Rico officials say all of island now has power again
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Power has been restored to all of Puerto Rico for the first time since Hurricane Maria struck nearly 11 months ago, officials said Tuesday. The island’s electric utility ...
Aug 15, 2018

FIFA defends bans for 'false' info, tarnishing reputations
Justifying an overhaul of its ethics code, FIFA asserted Tuesday that people who “tarnish the reputations of others” must be banned from soccer. The Associated Press revealed Monday that a...
Aug 15, 2018
Massive new roller-coaster coming to Canada's Wonderland
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Canada’s Wonderland says the amusement park north of Toronto will feature a record-setting roller-coaster when it opens for the 2019 season. It’s called the Yukon Striker, ...
Aug 15, 2018

Thousands of police officers expected at regimental funeral in Fredericton
FREDERICTON - Thousands of police officers and first responders from across the country are expected to attend a regimental funeral Saturday for two Fredericton constables killed in the line of duty, ...
Aug 15, 2018

CARTOON 08-15-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 08-15-2018
Aug 15, 2018

UK police seek motive of Sudan-born Parliament car crasher
LONDON - Detectives searched several properties as they built up a profile Wednesday of a Sudan-born man who crashed a car outside Britain’s Parliament in what police are treating as an act of t...
Aug 15, 2018
In the news today, Aug. 15
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 15 --- SOURCES: NEONICS ON THEIR WAY OUT IN CANADA The federal government will begin phasing out the outdoor use of nicotine-based pesticides beginning in 2...
Aug 15, 2018

Suicide bomber targets Shiite students in Kabul, killing 48
KABUL - A suicide bomber struck a private education centre in a Shiite neighbourhood of Kabul on Wednesday where high school graduates were preparing for university entrance exams, killing 48 young me...
Aug 15, 2018

Fredericton woman recounts terrifying moments after gunshots rang out
FREDERICTON - She awoke to the crack of gunfire, the shots fired two floors above her in a Fredericton apartment complex. Then she heard a loud pounding at the door, and police wielding guns ordered h...
Aug 15, 2018

Climate change likely to cause more sewage leaks, McKenna says
OTTAWA - More than one hundred municipal wastewater systems did not report how much raw sewage overflowed from their pipes in 2017 but Environment Canada is only investigating two of them for violatin...
Aug 15, 2018