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N.S. sees first suspected carfentanil death, medical examiner says
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has had its first suspected overdose death linked to carfentanil, the province’s chief medical officer of health said Wednesday. Dr. Robert Strang said the potent opiate is...
May 2, 2018
Passengers heard window popping on Southwest plane
CLEVELAND - Passengers on a Southwest Airlines plane first heard a loud pop and then scurried away when they saw a jagged crack in a window that forced the jet to land in Cleveland on Wednesday. Some ...
May 2, 2018
Man charged with trying to extort Kevin Hart with video
LOS ANGELES - A man was charged Wednesday with trying to extort money from Kevin Hart by threatening to release video he secretly shot of the actor and comedian with a woman in Las Vegas. Los Angeles ...
May 2, 2018
Fed keeps key rate steady but notes rising inflation
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday but noted that inflation is nearing its 2 per cent target rate after years of remaining undesirably low. The Fed e...
May 2, 2018
'Amazing China' documentary more fiction than fact
SHANGHAI - A Chinese company that manufactured Ivanka Trump shoes and has been accused of serious labour abuses is being celebrated in a blockbuster propaganda film for extending China’s influen...
May 2, 2018
Is Trump right about judges' leanings? Maybe, review shows
SAN FRANCISCO - President Donald Trump has called courts unfair and political and repeatedly assailed the 9th Circuit, the U.S. court system’s westernmost division, where some of his key immigra...
May 2, 2018
Arizona teachers rally as funding vote nears to end strike
PHOENIX - Striking Arizona teachers who won a big pay increase but came up substantially short of achieving their demands for more school funding flooded the Arizona Capitol for a fifth day Wednesday ...
May 2, 2018
Armenian protest leader urges halt in demonstrations
YEREVAN, Armenia - The opposition lawmaker who has led weeks of mass demonstrations in Armenia called Wednesday for the protests to take a break after a surprising move by the ruling party appeared to...
May 2, 2018
Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories roil DC city government
WASHINGTON - A spiraling controversy over anti-Semitic comments and conspiracy theories has roiled the Washington city government, seemingly getting worse with every public attempt to ease the tension...
May 2, 2018
Lion that mauled man in enclosure in South Africa is killed
JOHANNESBURG - A lion has been killed after attacking the owner of a wildlife centre in South Africa, a mauling recorded in a graphic video . A staff member at Marakele Predator Centre in Limpopo prov...
May 2, 2018