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March consumer spending rebounds 0.4 per cent as wages rise
WASHINGTON - Americans boosted their spending by 0.4 per cent in March, the best showing in three months. Meanwhile, a key gauge of inflation closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose at the fastest...
Apr 30, 2018
Iraq's IS trials bring swift verdicts, almost all guilty
TEL KEIF, Iraq - The entire trial lasted just over half an hour. A grey-haired man was led into the defendant’s booth. He fidgeted as the judge read the charges against him: Swearing allegiance ...
Apr 30, 2018
Street sweeping underway in Drayton Valley
Town of Drayton Valley road crews are busy trying to get a hold of the delay caused by a snowy April as the 2018 street cleanup continues. Town officials say crews will focus on priority routes which ...
Apr 30, 2018
Struggle for transgender rights shifts to health care
WASHINGTON - Military service. Bathroom use. Job bias. And now, health care. The Trump administration is coming under fire for rewriting a federal rule that bars discrimination in health care based on...
Apr 30, 2018
Cosby jury: Chief accuser was 'credible and compelling'
PHILADELPHIA - Speaking out for the first time, the jury that convicted Bill Cosby at his sexual assault retrial said Monday it found the comedian’s chief accuser to be “credible and compe...
Apr 30, 2018
Mystery solved: Why Trump-Macron friendship tree vanished
PARIS - The French president’s office says there’s nothing mysterious about the disappearance of an oak tree he planted on the White House lawn. It was put in quarantine, like other plants...
Apr 30, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's rhetoric misleading on VA issues
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is distorting some of the reasons why his pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, White House physician Ronny Jackson, abruptly withdrew his nomination. Tr...
Apr 30, 2018
Police: Man killed at Ballpark Village was dad, newlywed
ST. LOUIS - A man killed in a shooting at St. Louis’ Ballpark Village was a father and a newlywed celebrating his birthday. The shooting happened Sunday night during an event at the Budweiser Br...
Apr 30, 2018
Democrats strive to tighten their hold in several states
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. - Unfazed by signs banning soliciting and dogs that barked at her in almost every home she visited, a political newbie knocked on doors, handed out campaign flyers and asked voters ...
Apr 30, 2018
Trump finally hosts African leader at the White House
LAGOS, Nigeria - After more than a year in office, President Donald Trump for the first time is hosting an African president at the White House. The meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on...
Apr 30, 2018