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Teen takes terminally ill grandmother to high school prom
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - After learning of his grandmother’s cancer diagnosis, a 17-year-old wanted to give her a night to remember. Stephen Vigil took his grandmother to Stafford High School’...
May 25, 2017
California guards, inmates recovering after rare mass attack
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Four inmates remained hospitalized with gunshot wounds Thursday, a day after California correctional officers opened fire to quell a rare mass attack on eight prison guards by mor...
May 25, 2017
US Senate votes to name courthouse after actor Fred Thompson
NASHVILLE - The U.S. Senate has voted to name Nashville’s new federal courthouse after former Sen. Fred Thompson, the late actor who appeared in at least 20 movies and in the TV series “La...
May 25, 2017
Parties trade barbs as poll shows Nova Scotia race tightening in final days
Nova Scotia’s party leaders were largely off the campaign trail ahead of Thursday night’s debate, but the parties duelled by press release as a new poll suggested a tightening race. The ND...
May 25, 2017
How do you move 40,000 bees? Carefully, with just 3 stings
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - With just three stings and no serious injuries, two beekeepers have safely removed an estimated 40,000 bees that bedeviled a Virginia townhouse community. The Washington Post rep...
May 25, 2017
Large fire at Toronto recycling plant sends smoke over parts of city
TORONTO - A large and stubborn blaze that broke out at a recycling facility near Toronto’s waterfront early Thursday sent a haze of smoke wafting over parts of the city as firefighters worked fo...
May 25, 2017
Top court hears federal government's appeal on residential school records
OTTAWA - Lawyers for the federal government and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation took turns Thursday trying to convince the Supreme Court how to handle the personal records of those wh...
May 25, 2017
Tentative contract agreement in place for Quebec provincial police
SAINT JULIE, Que. - A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the Quebec government and the association representing about 5,400 provincial police officers. The members of the Provincial...
May 25, 2017
Seven stories in the news today, May 25
Seven stories in the news for Thursday, May 25 --- TERRORISM, DEFENCE SPENDING TO DOMINATE NATO AGENDA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Brussels for the 28-nation NATO summit. Terrorism, which was ...
May 25, 2017
Trudeau praises benefit of sharing intelligence with the U.S. and others
BRUSSELS - Canada’s deeply entrenched role in the fight against global extremism is more focused these days on intelligence-gathering - and sharing - than on putting more boots on the ground in ...
May 25, 2017