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For many families, school supplies and brand new shoes mean skipping rent payments, utilities, or food. Love in the Laces, in conjunction with Tools for School, is a program designed to help ease that...

HALIFAX - Environment Canada warned of rip currents, rapidly changing water levels and heavy rainfall in parts of Atlantic Canada as hurricane Gert glanced the region Thursday. The national weather fo...

Four stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 17 --- AUTO LIKELY HIGH ON U.S. NAFTA AGENDA Early indications are pointing to a potential No. 1 issue for the U.S. in a renegotiated NAFTA: automobiles. Wh...

The public is invited out to three grand opening ceremonies for some new recreational areas. The three locations are Anderson Park (east side of Gull Lake), Mary & Cliff Soper Natural Area (east o...

BRUSSELS - The International Criminal court ruled Thursday that a Muslim radical found guilty of destroying World Heritage cultural sites in the Malian city of Timbuktu must pay 2.7 million euros ($3....

PARIS - French authorities have detained a man linked to an Algerian driver who sped his car into a group of soldiers near Paris. It is the first arrest in the case. A judicial official said Thursday ...

GAZA, Palestinian Territory - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a Hamas militant who was trying to stop the attacker from crossing into Egypt, Hamas anno...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - The president joined with families in paying final respects Thursday to victims of this week’s mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone’s capital, while the governme...

BUCHAREST, Romania - The Holy Synod of Romania’s Orthodox Church was meeting Thursday to discuss what action to take against a bishop who was seen on video engaging in sexual acts with a male st...

KABUL - An American soldier was killed and several others were wounded in a battle with Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. The military said in a statement that se...