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The United Nations and the African Union are recommending a 44 per cent cut in the number of peacekeeping troops in their joint force in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region and a 30 per cent reductio...

BOISE, Idaho - Rosalie Sorrels, a Grammy-nominated folk singer and native of Idaho who recorded more than 20 albums and performed at top folk festivals around the country, has died. She was 83. Sorrel...

EAGLE RIVER, Alaska - Three juveniles were mauled Wednesday after coming across a grizzly bear and her two cubs while they were hiking in a heavily wooded area just north of Alaska’s largest cit...

WASHINGTON - Cancelled and delayed flights are rising on the nation’s leading airlines, and so are consumer complaints. That’s according to new figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Depar...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - First came the ping of baseball bats, a familiar sound of the leafy neighbourhood’s morning. Then the crack of gunfire, which isn’t. It started with a single pop, which f...

WASHINGTON - The special counsel appointed to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 presidential campaign has met with the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee in an effort to ensure their...

FORT WORTH, Texas - A white Texas police officer said Wednesday that he regrets asking a mother why she didn’t teach her son not to litter during the December arrest of the black woman and her t...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the third time in six months, providing its latest vote of confidence in a slow-growing but durable economy. The Fed also announce...

OTTAWA - Eight provinces and all three territories will share $2 billion in federal funds to help them cut their greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years. Environment Minister Catherine McKen...

LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather Jr. will come out of retirement to meet UFC star Conor McGregor in an Aug. 26 boxing match that will feature two of the top-selling fighters in the world. The two fighters...