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HARRISBURG, Pa. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let a court-ordered redrawing of congressional districts in Pennsylvania proceed, raising Democratic hopes that a revamped map might yield them sever...

HALIFAX - A sailboat captain caught smuggling 250 kilograms of cocaine from the Caribbean to a Nova Scotia boatyard has undergone surgery, forcing a judge to postpone his sentencing. Jacques John Gren...

VICTORIA - The owner of a high-end sports car in Victoria has learned it’s best to keep the vehicle well maintained to avoid attracting unwanted attention. Police say a 31-year-old man was at th...

TORONTO - A woman who accused a Toronto police officer of raping her told his sexual assault trial Monday that she was afraid of being hurt if she didn’t comply with his demands. The woman, who ...

In the immediate aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, there was a fevered pitch to ban bump stocks, the device that allowed the shooter’s semi-automatic rifles to mim...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Esmond Bradley Martin, a Kenya-based American conservationist whose dogged investigations of the elephant ivory and rhino horn trades over decades were seen as critical in efforts to ...

WASHINGTON - House Republican leaders have come out with a plan to keep the government open for six more weeks while Washington grapples with a potential follow-up budget pact and, perhaps, immigratio...

TOKYO - U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence said he has not ruled out the possibility of meeting with North Korean officials at the upcoming Olympics in South Korea. “Let me say President Trump has s...

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan immigration proposal surfaced Monday in the Senate, only to be quickly knocked down by President Donald Trump via Twitter. Firing back, one senator pushing the narrowly focus...

BRUSSELS - The man accused of being a would-be Islamic State attacker who was once Europe’s most wanted fugitive defied a Belgian court Monday, refusing to rise or answer questions during his fi...