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Hot air balloon crashes and catches fire but no one injured
PHOENIX - Authorities say a hot air balloon carrying 13 people crashed and caught fire Wednesday morning in the desert outside Phoenix, igniting a small brush fire but causing no injuries. It’s ...
Mar 28, 2018
Former Vancouver detective pleads guilty to sexual exploitation, other charges
SURREY, B.C. - The Crown says a former Vancouver police detective constable has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation and breach of trust charges. Crown prosecutor Winston Sayson says James Fisher ple...
Mar 28, 2018

Have your say and learn more about proposed pickleball sites
Citizens are invited to an open house to learn more about The City's planned pickleball facility and the proposed locations for the development. To meet the growing demand of pickleball in the communi...
Mar 28, 2018

NAACP spearheads lawsuit to overhaul plan for 2020 Census
WASHINGTON - The NAACP is spearheading a lawsuit filed Wednesday against the Census Bureau and President Donald Trump, saying the federal government is unprepared for the 2020 Census, and that will le...
Mar 28, 2018
Students rally against gun violence in Paul Ryan's town
JANESVILLE, Wis. - Some Wisconsin students who took their demonstration against gun violence on the road reached their destination Wednesday - House Speaker Paul Ryan’s home turf. About 50 stude...
Mar 28, 2018
Jurors begin deliberations in trial of Pulse shooter's wife
ORLANDO, Fla. - Jurors deliberated Wednesday whether the widow of the Orlando nightclub shooter lied to the FBI and helped her husband in the attack that killed 49 people or was an abused wife who kne...
Mar 28, 2018

US: Won't pay over 25 per cent of UN peacekeeping anymore
The United States will no longer shoulder more than a quarter of the multibillion-dollar costs of the United Nations’ peacekeeping operations, Washington’s envoy said Wednesday. “Pea...
Mar 28, 2018
Judge reopens fact-finding in St. Louis police shooting suit
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A federal judge reopened fact-finding in a wrongful-death civil lawsuit over a former St. Louis police officer’s fatal shooting of a black man. Attorney Al Watkins, who rep...
Mar 28, 2018
Emails: Conservatives slammed Pence in 2015 for changing law
INDIANAPOLIS - Then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence faced a firestorm of criticism three years ago after signing a “religious freedom” law critics decried as anti-gay. Now emails released this wee...
Mar 28, 2018
Justice watchdog probes charges of FBI abuse in Russia case
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department’s internal watchdog said Wednesday it will examine Republican complaints of FBI misconduct in the early stages of the Russia investigation. Inspector General ...
Mar 28, 2018