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MINNEAPOLIS - Prosecutors in the county where Prince was found dead have agreed to provide his siblings with investigative documents so the family can determine whether civil litigation is warranted, ...

NEW YORK - Ten emerging writers, a mix of poets, dramatists and fiction and nonfiction authors, were the winners of this year’s $50,000 Whiting Awards on Wednesday night. Nobel laureate Toni Mor...

NEW YORK - Queen Latifah is mourning the death of her mother. In a statement, the singer and actress says Rita Owens died Wednesday after struggling with a heart condition for many years. The statemen...

Brent Sutter hopes his veteran Red Deer Rebels players will draw on past experience as motivation for their upcoming playoff series versus the Lethbridge Hurricanes. "We've got guys on our team from l...

CALGARY – A man who once ran for the Alberta Party has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to internet luring and sexually touching a teenage girl. Terrence Lo, 48, entered the plea y...

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - YouTube has tightened its restrictions on firearms videos. The video-serving network owned by Google is banning videos that provide instructions on how to make a firearm, ammunitio...

ROME - A U.N.-led report says 124 million people last year suffered such acute hunger that their lives were at risk, up from 108 million in 2016. The increase was largely attributed to new or intensif...

DEDHAM, Mass. - The case of a Massachusetts man charged with abusing a dog so severely that it had to be euthanized is in the hands of the jury. The prosecution and defence in the animal cruelty trial...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The #MeToo movement has taken off with surprising rapidity in South Korea, toppling male celebrities and a prominent politician in a country where men have long brushed off...

CALGARY – A judge is recommending changes to how peace officers deal with mentally unstable people after the death of an officer in 2012. Judge Bruce Fraser oversaw a fatality inquiry into the d...