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Looming battle to drive IS from Syrian capital
DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian troops and allied Palestinian fighters are massing around the last Islamic State bastion in the capital, preparing for an all-out offensive if talks on an evacuation deal fall...
Apr 18, 2018
Israel at 70: Satisfaction and grim disquiet share the stage
JERUSALEM - Is Israel a success as it turns 70? As Israelis commemorate the milestone this week, satisfaction and a grim disquiet share the stage. It has a standard of living that rivals Western Europ...
Apr 18, 2018
Halifax mall plotter penned suicide note to be published after mass shooting
HALIFAX - It’s a modern-day suicide note: Four paragraphs to be posthumously published online the day after a planned Valentine’s Day massacre at one of Atlantic Canada’s busiest sho...
Apr 18, 2018
Speedy test drive of customer's vehicle earns pink slips for Winnipeg mechanics
WINNIPEG - A pair of technicians at a Winnipeg garage have been fired after a dash camera caught them swearing, speeding and mocking a customer’s culture during a road test to check his vehicle&...
Apr 18, 2018
At just 20, Henderson on pace to become most decorated Canadian pro golfer
Brooke Henderson is just three wins away from becoming the most decorated Canadian professional golfer of all time - and she’s only 20 years old. After her sixth career LPGA Tour victory Sunday ...
Apr 18, 2018
Toronto neurosurgeon charged with killing wife to stand trial next year
TORONTO - A Toronto neurosurgeon accused of killing his physician wife will stand trial next year, a judge ordered Wednesday. Dr. Mohammed Shamji is charged with first-degree murder and committing an ...
Apr 18, 2018
Swedish king wants to let Nobel literature selectors resign
STOCKHOLM - Sweden’s king said Wednesday he wants to change the rules of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize each year, to allow board members to resign even though they...
Apr 18, 2018
DOJ watchdog finds himself in familiar political hot seat
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wasted no time before seizing on last week’s report by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog on misconduct allegations against the FBI’s form...
Apr 18, 2018
Marilyn Monroe’s Ring From “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Marilyn Monroe's Ring In 2016, we purchased the iconic dress Marilyn Monroe wore during her performance of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy. ...
Apr 18, 2018
Emily Ratajkowski: Fruit post doesn't mean she's pregnant
LOS ANGELES - Emily Ratajkowski was being literal, not cryptic. The actress and model says she wasn’t signalling that she was pregnant when she posted a photo of herself on Instagram with the ca...
Apr 18, 2018