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LOS ANGELES - Tracy Morgan and his wife of five years are ending their marriage The actor-comedian's representative said in an emailed statement Wednesday that Morgan and Megan Wollover have filed for...

NEW YORK - Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey didn't want to write an ordinary celebrity book. "This is not a traditional memoir, or an advice book, but rather a playbook based on adventures in my life,...

LOS ANGELES - Malik B, a rapper and founding member of The Roots, has died. He was 47. The group announced the death of the Philadelphia-born emcee in a social media post Wednesday. The cause of death...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Local media are reporting that ex-Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, who oversaw the island's transition to full democracy, died Thursday evening. Lee was 97 and had largely dropped ou...

EDMONTON- Alberta's police watchdog has cleared three Mounties who fatally shot a man armed with a pistol that turned out to be a pellet gun.Strathcona County RCMP officers fired on the 40-year-old Sh...

EDMONTON- City council in Edmonton has voted to require the use of masks in all public indoor spaces starting Saturday.It's an extension of a decision last week by an emergency advisory committee for ...

EDMONTON- French energy giant Total says it is writing off $9.3 billion worth of oilsands assets in Alberta and cancelling its membership in the Calgary-based Canadian Association of Petroleum Produce...

NEW YORK - In the Fall 2012, as the willing subject of one of the most anticipated literary biographies in recent memory, Philip Roth joked that he had surrendered power over his own life to author Bl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built - a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers - blasted off Thursday as part of an ambitious,...

Rugby Canada reported a deficit of $41,336 for the year ending Dec 31, 2019, down from $178,610 the previous year. And thanks to the magic of accounting, factoring in amortization costs on the Al Char...