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NY high school students injured when bus strikes overpass
LAKEVIEW, N.Y. - A charter bus carrying teenagers returning from a spring break trip Sunday night struck a bridge overpass on Long Island, seriously injuring six passengers and mangling the entire len...
Apr 9, 2018
US official says North Korean leader ready to discuss nukes
WASHINGTON - North Korea’s government has communicated with the United States to say that leader Kim Jong Un is ready to discuss his nuclear weapons program with President Donald Trump, official...
Apr 9, 2018
Tensions rachet up as Israel blamed for Syria missile strike
BEIRUT - A suspected poison gas attack in a Syrian rebel-held town and airstrikes on a Syrian air base that Damascus and Moscow blamed on U.S. ally Israel escalated tensions in the already volatile Mi...
Apr 9, 2018
3 still in critical condition after German van rampage
BERLIN - Three people remain in critical condition after the deadly van rampage in the western German city of Muenster, a hospital official said Monday. A 48-year-old German killed two people and inju...
Apr 9, 2018
Hamas leader, Israel PM dig in on Gaza border flare-up
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The leader of Gaza’s ruling Hamas group and Israel’s prime minister staked out tough positions Monday, making de-escalation on the Israel-Gaza border in the n...
Apr 9, 2018
France copes with more rail strikes as labour unions dig in
PARIS - Commuters coped with another day of disrupted train service in France as labour unions insisted Monday they would not back down from a series of strikes that is expected to continue later in t...
Apr 9, 2018
In the news today, April 9
Six stories in the news for Monday, April 9 --- BRONCOS PASTOR RECALLS THE ‘VALLEY OF DARKNESS’ Thousands gathered last night to remember the 15 people who died when the Humboldt Broncos&#...
Apr 9, 2018
'We remember the chaos:' Parents of twins killed on bobsled track attend inquiry
CALGARY - The parents of teenage twins who died during an after-hours run down Canada Olympic Park’s luge-bobsled track two years ago say they try not to dwell on the details of what happened an...
Apr 9, 2018
B.C. takes new approach to testing older drivers, some ask if ageism a factor
VICTORIA - Frank Harding is 98 years old and most days he drives his 1990 Volvo sedan to the Comox Recreation Centre where he works out. One summer, the resident of Courtenay, B.C., said he drove acro...
Apr 9, 2018
Canadian firms have work to do on reducing gender pay gap, says U.K. report
MONTREAL - Some of Canada’s largest banks, engineering firms, retailers and other companies pay their female British employees substantially less than their male counterparts and give out lower ...
Apr 9, 2018