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Appeals court considers woman's challenge to life sentence
CINCINNATI - Attorneys are debating whether a Tennessee woman serving a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 can gain parole. They’re arguing before federal appellate judges in Cincin...
Jun 14, 2018

Agency considers dropping wolf protections
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The federal government is considering another attempt to drop legal protections for grey wolves across the lower 48 states, reopening a lengthy battle over the predator species....
Jun 14, 2018
Another Chinese student extorted in so-called virtual kidnapping in Vancouver
Vancouver police say a student from China has fallen victim to a so-called virtual kidnapping scheme, the third reported in the city this year. In a virtual kidnapping, Sgt. Jason Robillard says no on...
Jun 14, 2018
Man charged with murder in death of woman in northern Quebec
KUUJJUAQ, Que. - A man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of a northern Quebec health worker earlier this week. Randy Koneak was arrested Wednesday and arraigned ...
Jun 14, 2018
Tiny Dust-to-Digital record label gathers big attention
ATLANTA - When college student and roots music fan Lance Ledbetter grew frustrated at the near impossibility of buying 78 rpm gospel records from the 1920s and ’30s, he began to ponder a questio...
Jun 14, 2018

Accused murderer was psychotic: Psychiatrist
The psychiatrist who performed a psychiatric assessment on a Red Deer man charged in the stabbing death of a local woman says he should not be held criminally responsible. Dr. Yuri Metelitsa testified...
Jun 14, 2018

Trump accused in lawsuit of misusing charitable foundation
New York’s attorney general sued President Donald Trump and his foundation Thursday, accusing him of illegally using the charity’s money to settle disputes involving his business empire an...
Jun 14, 2018

Province accepting Local Food Council applications
EDMONTON - The provincial government is accepting applications for the first ever Local Food Council in Alberta. Applications opened up on Tuesday, and will close on July 12. The council will provide ...
Jun 14, 2018

Justices strike down Minnesota voter clothing restrictions
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down Minnesota’s broad restrictions on voters wearing “political” hats, T-shirts and pins to the polls, but said states can place li...
Jun 14, 2018
How Fox's businesses would match up with Disney and Comcast
NEW YORK - Competing bids from Comcast and Disney for the bulk of Twenty-First Century Fox come as the media landscape changes and companies get more involved in both creating and distributing content...
Jun 14, 2018