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US new home sales jump 13.8% in June
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes rose a sharp 13,8% in June, the second straight increase after two months when sales plunged as the country went into lockdown because of the coronavirus. The Commerce ...
Jul 24, 2020

Montreal mom expected to be charged in connection with 6-year-old's stabbing death
MONTREAL - The mother of a six-year-old girl who died of stab wounds in an east-end Montreal residence has been arrested and is expected to appear in court today in connection with the incident. Montr...
Jul 24, 2020

Transportation Safety Board removes helicopter from crash site in N.L.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Members of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada have completed their work at the scene of a fatal helicopter crash in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Robinson R44 light uti...
Jul 24, 2020

Black box data of Ukraine plane shot down by Iran analysed by investigators
OTTAWA - Canada's Transportation Safety Board says a team of international investigators has completed a preliminary analysis of the data from the flight recorders of the Ukrainian passenger jet shot ...
Jul 24, 2020

Barack Obama to appear on Michelle Obama's podcast debut
LOS ANGELES - The first guest of Michelle Obama's new podcast will have a familiar presidential voice: Barack Obama. The former United States president is expected to appear on "The Michelle Obama Pod...
Jul 24, 2020

AP-NORC poll: Optimism fades jobs lost to virus will return
WASHINGTON - Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll shows, as temporary cutbacks give way to s...
Jul 24, 2020

Goldman Sachs in $3.9B settlement with Malaysia over 1MDB
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Goldman Sachs has reached a $3.9B settlement with Malaysia over the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund that was used to launder money. Malaysian and U.S. prosecutors had alleged that ...
Jul 24, 2020

NHLers ready for awkward bubble moments: 'I don't think it'll be too friendly"
Tuukka Rask doesn't expect any problems living under the same roof as his rivals. He's not so sure about everyone else. "I don't have too many enemies in the league because you're a goalie and you're ...
Jul 24, 2020

Canada's Walker content with waiting for Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Larry Walker has been waiting 10 years to get into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And he's fine with waiting one more. Walker, the 1997 National League MVP from Maple Ridge, B.C., was to be enshr...
Jul 24, 2020

After churning out 500,000 meals, MLSE chefs now turn attention to NHL hub
TORONTO - After 500,000 meals, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment's community meal donation program is coming to an end. But the kitchen remains open as Chris Zielinski, culinary director and ...
Jul 24, 2020