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Prospective juror gets laughs from comedian-defendant Cosby
PITTSBURGH - The sex assault case against Bill Cosby turns on serious questions about his actions with women behind closed doors, but the comedian and others unexpectedly fell into laughter Wednesday ...
May 24, 2017
GOP candidate charged with misdemeanour assault of reporter
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Republican candidate for Montana’s sole congressional seat was charged with misdemeanour assault Wednesday night after witnesses told police Greg Gianforte grabbed a reporte...
May 24, 2017
Jeremiah Addison, Spitfires beat Otters to head straight to Memorial Cup final
WINDSOR, Ont. - Jeremiah Addison skated past his bench after scoring in the third period with a message for his teammates. “Make the hats rain baby,” he told them. Addison scored three tim...
May 24, 2017
RCMP Supt. Foster tells business owners "get to know your neighbour"
Red Deer's top cop presented to local business owners at Wednesday's Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Supt. Ken Foster told those in attendance that one of the most important things...
May 24, 2017
Former Mississippi prison chief sentenced to nearly 20 years
JACKSON, Miss. - Christopher Epps once called himself the “tallest hog at the trough,” but he was cut down to size Wednesday when a judge sentenced Mississippi’s former corrections c...
May 24, 2017
Florida agency's undercover gator farm leads to 9 arrests
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Thousands of illegally harvested alligator eggs and several illegal alligator hunts were discovered by undercover officers working in a fully functional alligator farm set up by Fl...
May 24, 2017
Alton Sterling's family seeks officers' immediate dismissal
NEW ORLEANS - The family of Alton Sterling is demanding the immediate firing of the two officers involved in the man’s death. In a letter Wednesday to Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston B...
May 24, 2017
Trump wants $108M for deeper ports; Corps adds $56M boost
SAVANNAH, Ga. - President Donald Trump wants $108 million to deepen harbours for two U.S. seaports, while other ports scrambling to make room for larger cargo ships will benefit from a boost of more t...
May 24, 2017
Agent feared leak of Trump tax returns could affect election
BATON ROUGE, La. - Less than two weeks before Election Day, federal agents descended on a hotel lobby to meet a Louisiana private investigator they believed had illegally tried to obtain Donald Trump&...
May 24, 2017
Passenger: airline was warned about disruptive man at gate
HONOLULU - Before a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu took off carrying a passenger whose inflight behaviour prompted bomb-threat procedures and military fighter jets to escort the plane, passengers...
May 24, 2017