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RCMP say no mistreatment of family after shooting of Saskatchewan Indigenous man
REGINA - An internal RCMP investigation has cleared officers who were accused of mistreating the family of an Indigenous man after he was shot to death on a Saskatchewan farm. Colten Boushie’s f...
Nov 02, 2017
DC bar offers $5 'Moscow Mueller' drinks for indictments
WASHINGTON - A Washington restaurant is offering a special $5 “Moscow Mueller” drink every time special counsel Robert Mueller indicts an associate of President Donald Trump. The Bird DC p...
Nov 02, 2017
Election dramas exhaust Kenya, where democracy is challenged
NAIROBI, Kenya - Distraught Kenyan schoolgirls huddled against an alleyway wall, trapped between stone-throwing protesters and police wielding clubs and firing tear gas in an outbreak of violence foll...
Nov 02, 2017
Under pressure, social media giants acknowledge meddling
WASHINGTON - In three exhaustive hearings this week, executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google acknowledged that their platforms were used by Russia to try and create division over such disparate i...
Nov 02, 2017
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's post-attack blame game
WASHINGTON - The deadly New York truck attack prompted President Donald Trump to go looking for someone to blame beyond the man accused of doing it. He settled, at least for a time, on Sen. Chuck Schu...
Nov 02, 2017
Child sex offenders to be named as such in US passports
WASHINGTON - America’s registered child sex offenders will now have to use passports identifying them for their past crimes when travelling overseas. The State Department said Wednesday it would...
Nov 02, 2017
Utah slaying suspect to also face Colorado murder charges
SALT LAKE CITY - Police in Colorado plan to seek murder charges against an ex-convict suspected of killing a man, stealing guns from his trailer, then heading to Utah and fatally shooting a student du...
Nov 02, 2017
California family missing in Brazilian jungle found safe
SAO PAULO - A California couple and their two daughters who had been missing for days after pirates attacked their boat in the Amazon River delta area have been found alive. Except for insect bites an...
Nov 02, 2017
As veil of silence falls, Weinstein effect keeps growing
NEW YORK - In the three weeks since the string of allegations against Harvey Weinstein first began, an ongoing domino effect has tumbled through not just Hollywood but at least a dozen other industrie...
Nov 02, 2017
Dalhousie Student Union says women of colour are under attack, issues 10 demands
HALIFAX - The Dalhousie Student Union says women of colour are under attack and the university is failing to support them. In a statement on systemic racism endorsed by the council Wednesday night, th...
Nov 02, 2017