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CHICAGO - When prosecutors dropped the charges that accused Jussie Smollett of orchestrating a fake attack, the outrage was swift and overwhelming. Smollett saw his record wiped clean without offering...

TORONTO - Rowdy Tellez is getting an opportunity to prove himself right from Opening Day. The rookie first baseman and right-hander Javy Guerra made the Toronto Blue Jays' opening-day r...

AMHERST, N.S. - First of a two-part series on the stunning potential impact that climate change could have on the low-lying, narrow band of land connecting Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada. --- John ...

NEW YORK - The Rolling Stones are postponing their latest tour so Mick Jagger can receive medical treatment. The band announced Saturday that Jagger was told by doctors "he cannot go on tour at this t...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who typically takes a more deferential, let's-talk approach when protesters get in his face, found himself delivering a rare and rapid apology Thursda...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Icelandic budget airline WOW Air collapsed under its financial problems on Thursday, leading it to ground planes and leave passengers stranded across two continents. The airline, ...

NEW BERLIN, Wis. - A single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the estimated $768.4 million jackpot - the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history - was sold in a Milwaukee subu...

NAIROBI, Kenya - An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside a busy restaurant in Somalia's capital, killing at least 16 people, police said Thursday. Capt. Mohamed Hussein told The Associated Press...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has set the record straight about why he pulled his hand away when throngs of people lined up this week to kiss his ring: for fear of spreading germs. Vatican spokesman Ale...

CHICAGO - City officials have ordered Jussie Smollett to pay $130,000 to cover the cost of the investigation into his report of a street attack that Chicago police say was staged to promote his career...