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BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she did the right thing by allowing large numbers of migrants into Germany two years ago and that Europe hasn’t done enough to develop long-term so...

LAKE CHARLES, La. - A weakened Tropical Storm Harvey made landfall in southwest Louisiana early Wednesday, leaving residents bracing for more wind, rain and possible tornadoes and hoping water would s...

HOUSTON - With its flood defences strained, the crippled city of Houston anxiously watched dams and levees Tuesday to see if they would hold until the rain stops, and meteorologists offered the first ...

TORONTO - A large Canadian study is challenging conventional wisdom that says a low-fat diet is optimal for cardiovascular health and reduces the risk of premature death. The McMaster University study...

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Aug. 29 --- NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER MAKING FINAL SOFTWOOD PITCH New Brunswick’s premier heads to Washington today to meet with a member of U.S. President Dona...

HOUSTON - With more guests than cots, some people slept on chairs or the floor. People hung towels and wet clothes on the base of the ceiling supports. Police officers guarded several entrances. Outsi...

CAIRO - Egypt’s Health Ministry says 14 people were killed and 42 injured when a bus collided with a pick-up truck and then plunged from an overpass onto the road below. The ministry says Tuesda...

NEW DELHI - A passenger train derailed Tuesday in western India, the third rail accident in the country in 10 days. Rescuers were working to pull out people who were trapped in the toppled train engin...

VANCOUVER - Too many men working in trades are overdosing on opioids, says a chief medical health officer in British Columbia who wants the industry to be involved in identifying interventions that co...

OTTAWA - The federal government is making its biggest push yet into the country’s classrooms, hoping that millions in new spending will help students heading on to campuses to leave there better...