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Lethbridge man receives eight-year prison sentence for death of spouse
LETHBRIDGE - A 53-year-old Lethbridge man has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, after admitting to a charge of manslaughter Tuesday, April 10, for the 2017 death of Francis Corrine (aka Trixi...
Apr 11, 2018
Police: Bank robbery suspect trying to impress Taylor Swift
ANSONIA, Conn. - Police say a Connecticut man with a crush on singer Taylor Swift robbed a bank and then went to the pop star’s Rhode Island mansion where he threw cash over a fence in an attemp...
Apr 11, 2018
Swedish king: Nobel trouble can be 'seriously damaging'
COPENHAGEN - The resignation of three members from the Swedish Academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize is “deeply unfortunate and risk seriously damaging” the body’s “impor...
Apr 11, 2018
Sessions takes fight on border enforcement to New Mexico
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - As thousands of National Guard troops deploy to the Mexico border, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions brought his tough stance on immigration enforcement to New Mexico on Wednesday...
Apr 11, 2018
5 years on, marathon bomb survivors inspire medical advances
BOSTON - In the five years since the Boston Marathon bombing, medical science has made promising advances in amputations and artificial limbs, in part because of lessons learned from the victims and r...
Apr 11, 2018
New Thai charges filed against Russian sex guru, woman
BANGKOK - Police in Thailand have filed new charges against a self-described Russian sex guru and a woman who claims to have evidence of Russian ties to President Donald Trump’s election campaig...
Apr 11, 2018
Trump signs executive order pushing work for welfare
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that aims to add and strengthen work requirements for public assistance and other welfare programs. The order, signed in private, ...
Apr 11, 2018
Thousands gather for memorial for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
JOHANNESBURG - Emotional tributes to anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela poured in on Wednesday during an hours-long memorial service attended by thousands at Soweto’s Orlando Stad...
Apr 11, 2018
As numbers dwindle, Jews who fought Nazis recall struggle
KFAR SABA, Israel - While most of his fellow Jews were being killed or brutalized in Nazi death camps and ghettos, Baruch Shub and his friends were hiding in the forests of the former Soviet Union, tr...
Apr 11, 2018
North Korea parliament to convene to approve national agenda
TOKYO - North Korea’s parliament was scheduled to convene on Wednesday amid a series of diplomatic moves by leader Kim Jong Un that could have a major impact on the direction the country takes i...
Apr 11, 2018