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Liverpool fetes 'Sgt. Pepper' with help from its friends
LIVERPOOL, England - It was 50 years ago, almost to the day, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. The band is long gone, but the music of The Beatles still reverberates - and nowhere more loudly ...
Jun 03, 2017
China likely to gain as US withdraws from Paris agreement
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s pullback from a global climate pact could accelerate China’s unlikely ascent toward leadership in stemming global warming and promoting green technolo...
Jun 03, 2017
AP Explains: Why China is stepping up against climate change
BEIJING - By backing off the U.S. commitment to address climate change, President Donald Trump leaves an opening for a chief economic rival, China, to expand its increasing dominance in the renewable ...
Jun 03, 2017
In Damascus, a general feeling that the war is winding down
DAMASCUS, Syria - In Syria’s capital these days, people are breathing a little easier. Across Damascus, new shops are sprouting up, business is brisk, and some people who fled the civil war year...
Jun 03, 2017
Defensive lineman Linden Gaydosh making yet another comeback with Roughriders
SASKATOON - Linden Gaydosh is making yet another football comeback. The six-foot-three, 310-pound defensive tackle has battled injuries throughout his four-year pro football career. And while former N...
Jun 03, 2017
More tests to see if brothers criminally responsible in Calgary teen sex attack
CALGARY - Two brothers who randomly kidnapped a teenage girl and repeatedly sexually assaulted her will undergo further psychological tests to determine if they are criminally responsible for their ac...
Jun 03, 2017
The Latest: GOP fundraising off Griffin photo controversy
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on Kathy Griffin (all times local): 2:20 p.m. The California Republican Party is soliciting donations based on images of Kathy Griffin posing with the likeness of President Do...
Jun 03, 2017
N.B. sex offender faces new charge after being placed in special care home
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A convicted sex offender is facing a new sexual assault charge after he was placed in a special care home for people with disabilities. Andrew Michael Douglas, 29, pleaded not guilt...
Jun 03, 2017
Tiny P.E.I. hamlet readies Stompin' Tom Centre for 'perfect' Canada Day opening
SKINNERS POND, P.E.I. - More than two decades after the residents of Skinners Pond, P.E.I., began trying to scrape together the money to build a centre dedicated to the music and life of their most fa...
Jun 03, 2017
Jon Stewart among those praising late NYC firefighter
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. - Jon Stewart fought back tears Friday as he described his friendship with a retired New York City firefighter who worked in the rescue effort following the Sept. 11 terror attacks an...
Jun 03, 2017