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What does North Korea really want? Its playbook offers clues
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Threatening to fire a volley of missiles toward a major U.S. military hub - and the home to 160,000 American civilians - may seem like a pretty bad move for a country that ...
Aug 11, 2017
Investigator in Trump tax return case is taken into custody
BATON ROUGE, La. - A Louisiana private investigator accused of trying to illegally obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns before last year’s U.S. presidential election has been arrested for vio...
Aug 11, 2017
Cleveland Clinic won't move Mar-a-Lago event despite protest
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A leading U.S. hospital has decided it won’t move its annual fundraiser away from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort despite pressure from health professionals and others ov...
Aug 11, 2017
At The Turn: Golfers hone shorts game at PGA as game's legwear fixation continues
OTTAWA - “In my prime,” Jack Nicklaus once wrote, “my legs were very strong.” That was true in more ways than one, it turns out: in 2014, Golf Digest published never-before-see...
Aug 11, 2017
Canada's decathlete Damian Warner overcomes virus to sit 4th after 5 events
LONDON - It was 48 hours that Damian Warner should have spent taking care of his body and mind ahead of his gold-medal chase. Instead, he was curled up in his hotel bed, quarantined for two days as he...
Aug 11, 2017
Ontario police looking for those responsible in raccoon burning
An Ontario police force is looking for whoever was responsible for burning a baby raccoon, calling the treatment of the animal a senseless and inhumane act. Barrie, Ont., police said a severely injure...
Aug 11, 2017
US consumer prices up slight 0.1 per cent in July
WASHINGTON - Consumer prices posted a slight gain in July, with higher costs for medical care and clothing offsetting declines for hotel stays and consumer cellphone plans. The Labor Department said F...
Aug 11, 2017
Senate GOP rallies behind McConnell in feud with Trump
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Friday rallied in support of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, pushing back against the onslaught of criticism from President Donald Trump. Republicans took to Twitte...
Aug 11, 2017
German court convicts 3 smugglers over deaths of 13 migrants
BERLIN - A court in southern Germany has convicted three Syrian men over the drowning deaths of 13 migrants off the coast of Greece in September 2015. Prosecutors accused the men of “professiona...
Aug 11, 2017
Official says 3 dead in bomb in northwest Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan - Gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle carrying a senior police officer in southern Pakistan on Friday, killing him and his guard before fleeing, while just hours l...
Aug 11, 2017