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Top executive behind TV's 'Fuller House' is fired
NEW YORK - Producers of the Netflix remake “Fuller House” have fired the top executive behind the show amid charges about his behaviour on the set. Warner Brothers Television said Wednesda...
Feb 28, 2018
AP-NORC Poll: Most Americans say Trump is racist
WASHINGTON - More than half of Americans, including large majorities of blacks and Hispanics, think President Donald Trump is a racist. More than half think his policies have made things worse for His...
Feb 28, 2018
Spotify's music service seeks to drum up $1 billion in IPO
SAN FRANCISCO - Music-streaming pioneer Spotify is hoping to attract a new crowd of fans on Wall Street to help fend off a growing competitive threat posed by Apple. Spotify will expand its financial ...
Feb 28, 2018
Brazil mail implements security tax for deliveries in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s state-run postal service says it will start charging extra to deliver letters and packages in Rio de Janeiro due to a wave of wave of violence in the state. Correios sa...
Feb 28, 2018
Russia and Syria clash with US and West on Syria cease-fire
Russia and Syria clashed with the U.S. and its Western allies Wednesday over responsibility for the failure of a cease-fire to take hold in Syria as the U.N. said humanitarian convoys are ready to hea...
Feb 28, 2018
Bettman: NHL "very comfortable" with decision to miss 2018 Olympics
VANCOUVER - The NHL has no regrets about not sending its players to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, says commissioner Gary Bettman. “We’ve very comfortable with the decision we made as a le...
Feb 28, 2018
New federal cybersecurity strategy follows 'overlap, lack of clarity'
OTTAWA - In the often shadowy and dangerous domain of cyberspace, the federal government wants Canadians to have a trustworthy place to turn to help stay safe online. The newly announced plan for a fe...
Feb 28, 2018
Ultranationalism globally prompts Liberals to spend on multiculturalism at home
OTTAWA - With one eye on ultranationalist movements appearing around the world, the Liberal government boosted funding in this week’s federal budget to address issues of anti-immigrant sentiment...
Feb 28, 2018
SGI reaches settlement with bars that served drunk woman who killed 4 in crash
REGINA - Saskatchewan’s Crown-owned insurance company says it has reached a settlement with two bars that served an intoxicated woman who later killed a family of four in a traffic crash. Cather...
Feb 28, 2018
Budget 2018 plays long game when it comes to boosting number of women in sports
OTTAWA - The Liberal government wants to see gender equality in Canadian sports - from the local arena to the Olympics - by 2035, a vision articulated in a federal budget aimed at increasing opportuni...
Feb 28, 2018