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Mexico's president calls for more protection of journalists
MEXICO CITY - Shouts of “justice” echoed from the press corps Wednesday moments after Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto called for a moment of silence for journalists who have been murde...
May 17, 2017
White lawmaker apologizes for email referencing monkeys
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A white Alabama legislator who stirred outrage after sending an email that black lawmakers on Wednesday condemned as racist has apologized. Republican Rep. Lynn Greer, of Rogersvill...
May 17, 2017
Mueller taking on new challenge after heading FBI on 9-11
WASHINGTON - Robert Mueller took office as FBI director in 2001 expecting to dig into drug cases, white-collar misdeeds and violent crime. A week later was Sept. 11. Overnight, his mission changed and...
May 17, 2017
California lawmaker pulls bill on Cold War-era communist ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A bill that would have let communists legally work in California government was withdrawn Wednesday after the sponsor said he learned it caused veterans and Vietnamese-Americans &...
May 17, 2017
Canada backs recommendation for Magnitsky Act targeting rights abusers
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government has agreed to create a so-called Magnitsky Act that would expand Canada’s international sanctions law to target gross huma...
May 17, 2017
RCMP share tips for spotting counterfeit currency
Do you know what to look for when it comes to spotting fake money? A group of about 30 people turned out Wednesday afternoon as Red Deer RCMP hosted a counterfeit currency presentation as part of Crim...
May 17, 2017
RDC and local school divisions extend Learning Pathways agreement
Seven local school divisions and Red Deer College put pen to paper Wednesday to extend the Learning Pathways in Central Alberta partnership. Formalized in 2013, the original Memorandum of Understandin...
May 17, 2017
Family lawyer alleges Vegas officer misconduct in fatal case
LAS VEGAS - Relatives of an unarmed man who died after a struggle with a police officer outside a Las Vegas casino want the officer fired and brought up on criminal charges for repeatedly using a stun...
May 17, 2017
'Bridget Jones' author wins comic fiction prize, and a pig
LONDON - Helen Fielding’s latest book about the misadventures of indomitable singleton Bridget Jones has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction, winning Fielding rewards th...
May 17, 2017
Family of child who died in government care say police haven't spoken to them
EDMONTON - The grandfather of a four-year-old girl who died under suspicious circumstances in government care in 2014 says police have yet to ask the family about it. The man, who can’t be ident...
May 17, 2017