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Edmonton woman found not criminally responsible for ambulance theft
EDMONTON – A 29-year-old Edmonton woman who drove off from a hospital in an ambulance has been found not criminally responsible for her actions. In January 2016, Chelsea Paquette was charged wit...
Mar 21, 2018
Congolese performance artist wins political asylum in US
HARTFORD, Conn. - For a week, Toto Kisaku was held in a darkened Congolese cell, detained for putting on plays critical of the African nation’s government. One at a time, his fellow inmates were...
Mar 21, 2018
Obama in New Zealand for meetings, golf, but no public talks
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Former President Barack Obama arrived Wednesday for a three-day visit to New Zealand, where he’ll speak with community leaders, meet the prime minister and play golf. T...
Mar 21, 2018
2nd high bond set in Stoneman Douglas-related case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A relatively high bond was imposed Wednesday in a case involving a student who brought a knife to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, one day after the same judge set a $500,...
Mar 21, 2018
Israeli military confirms it hit Syrian nuclear site in 2007
TEL AVIV, Israel - The Israeli military confirmed on Wednesday it carried out the 2007 airstrike in Syria that destroyed what was believed to be a nuclear reactor, lifting the veil of secrecy over one...
Mar 21, 2018
US anti-terror training abroad includes K-9, cyber security
AMMAN, Jordan - A German shepherd sniffed suitcases in an airport inspection drill, excitedly pausing near one bag from which a handler then pulled a satchel with plastic explosives. The exercise at t...
Mar 21, 2018
Burundi on brink again as president wants to rule until 2034
BUJUMBURA, Burundi - Declared this month by supporters as Burundi’s “eternal supreme guide,” President Pierre Nkurunziza now wants changes to the constitution that would let him rule...
Mar 21, 2018
Clandestine videos roil Peru ahead of impeachment vote
LIMA, Peru - The revelation of secretly shot videos allegedly showing attempts to buy a lawmaker’s political support has roiled Peru’s political establishment two days before a scheduled i...
Mar 21, 2018
White House increasingly facing questions about Trump's past
WASHINGTON - Haunted by Russia and beset by internal strife, Donald Trump’s White House is also increasingly being forced to confront allegations from the president’s past, as an adult fil...
Mar 21, 2018
Tennis umpire seeks payback for arrest in husband's death
LOS ANGELES - When Lois Goodman was in court six years ago, she stood accused of murder for allegedly bludgeoning her elderly husband with a coffee mug. On Wednesday, she was the accuser, blaming a me...
Mar 21, 2018