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NewsAlert: Ariana Grande cancels concerts through June 5
NEW YORK - Ariana Grande’s management team says concerts cancelled through June 5 . More to come. The Associated Press
May 24, 2017
Fed minutes: Officials back reducing bond holdings this year
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials signalled in discussions earlier this month that they would likely begin reducing the Fed’s huge portfolio of bond holdings later this year, a step that co...
May 24, 2017
UK criticizes US leaks about concert bombing
LONDON - Britain’s home secretary criticized U.S. officials on Wednesday for leaking sensitive information about the inquiry into the extremist attack that killed 22 people at a Manchester conce...
May 24, 2017
Montreal police officer charged with manslaughter in 2016 death
MONTREAL - A Montreal police officer has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a man in a drug raid last year. Christian Gilbert hit Bony Jean-Pierre in the head with a plastic bullet as the ...
May 24, 2017
New TD call centre will create 575 jobs in Moncton, N.B., province says
MONCTON, N.B. - TD has announced plans for a new call centre in Moncton, N.B., that the provincial government says will create up to 575 full-time jobs. The Toronto-based bank will receive up to $9 mi...
May 24, 2017
Playboy model pleads no contest for post of naked woman
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on the court case involving a Playboy model who snapped a photo of a naked 71-year-old woman in a gym locker room and posted it on social media mocking the woman’s body ...
May 24, 2017
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard rules out snap provincial election
TEL AVIV, Israel - Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he is ruling out a snap provincial election. Couillard said Wednesday he does not want to take advantage of his opponents’ perceived wea...
May 24, 2017
Zika hit Florida months before infections found, study says
NEW YORK - New research suggests Zika began spreading in Florida mosquitoes about three months before infections were detected in the Miami area last summer. The researchers also found the virus likel...
May 24, 2017
Writer shares Mister Rogers' words following terror attack
The images of people helping one another in the wake of the deadly bombing of an Ariana Grande concert in England have prompted one writer to pay tribute to public television’s “Mister Rog...
May 24, 2017
Premier seeks answers on sudden Labrador flooding: 'No doubt people are fearful'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Premier Dwight Ball says he wants answers about what happened last week when people had to be swiftly airlifted out of Mud Lake, N.L., as the Churchill River suddenly rose dow...
May 24, 2017