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US builds drone base in Niger, crossroads of extremism fight
AGADEZ, Niger - On the scorching edge of the Sahara Desert, the U.S. Air Force is building a base for armed drones, the newest front in America’s battle against the growing extremist threat in A...
Apr 23, 2018
It's time for Trump's doctor to be examined, for VA chief
WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson was tending to grievously injured military personnel in Iraq when he was summoned to Washington to interview for a job he barely knew existed. He didn’t see ...
Apr 23, 2018
Cosby opts not to testify as defence rests case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby opted not to testify in his sexual assault retrial as his lawyers rested their case Monday, setting the stage for closing arguments and jury deliberations. “You now ...
Apr 23, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts NKorea aim to 'denuclearize'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and his aides are leaving a false impression about the extent of North Korea’s plans to give up its nuclear weapons. They say North Korean dictator Kim Jong U...
Apr 23, 2018
Hundreds mourn New Mexico woman killed in Southwest flight
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Family and friends gathered Sunday to mourn an Albuquerque bank executive who died after the Southwest Airlines plane she was on blew an engine in midair. Nearly a thousand people ...
Apr 23, 2018
In Denver, trying to put a price on the value of a newspaper
DENVER - Across the street from the Colorado Capitol rises an 11-story building emblazoned with The Denver Post’s logo. No reporters work out of the building any more, only executives of Digital...
Apr 23, 2018
'Enough is enough': G7 ministers agree to call Russia out on 'malign' behaviour
TORONTO - Canada and its G7 partners are saying “enough is enough” to attacks by Russia and other authoritarian countries in their democratic institutions, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrysti...
Apr 23, 2018
Feds to post deficits $8B bigger than expected over next two years: PBO report
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is on track to run deficits nearly $8 billion deeper than expected over the next two years, the federal budget watchdog said Monday in a new report. The parliamentary b...
Apr 23, 2018
Child's body found in river downstream from where boy went missing during flood
Ontario Provincial Police say a fisherman has found the body of a child in the Grand River, 13 kilometres downstream from where a three-year-old boy went missing during a flood in February. Police say...
Apr 23, 2018
Angry Badger Takes Over Tunnel In Scottish Castle
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [April 15-21st, 2018] A hot pepper causes a rare type of headache, ketchup makes a controversial transition, and a badger takes over a Scottish c...
Apr 23, 2018