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Storm keeps Trudeau from landing in Iqaluit for apology to Inuit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Just when the prime minister was escaping the political controversy swirling in the nation's capital - at least for a few hours - Mother Nature let him know she had other plans...
Mar 9, 2019
Manitoba budget includes provincial sales tax cut to 7 per cent; smaller deficit
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government included a long-promised provincial sales tax cut in its annual budget Thursday - a move that could pave the way for an early e...
Mar 9, 2019
Judge extends authority to more families separated at border
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge who ordered that more than 2,700 children be reunited with their parents on Friday expanded his authority to potentially thousands more children who were separated at the b...
Mar 9, 2019
R. Kelly says ex-wife destroyed his name, others stole money
CHICAGO - Embattled R&B star R. Kelly angrily blamed his ex-wife for "destroying" his name and claimed other people stole from his bank accounts during new portions of an interview that aired Thur...
Mar 9, 2019
China's Huawei sues to challenge US security law
SHENZHEN, China - Chinese tech giant Huawei is challenging a U.S. law that limits its sales of telecom equipment in the U.S. on security grounds as the company steps up efforts to preserve its access ...
Mar 8, 2019
Trump budget will seek funds for border wall, Space Force
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to start up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being...
Mar 8, 2019
N. Korea airs documentary glorifying Kim's summit with Trump
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea's state TV has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim Jong Un's recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with President Donald Tr...
Mar 8, 2019
Smollett indicted on 16 counts stemming from reported attack
CHICAGO - A grand jury in Chicago indicted "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was attacked by two men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs. ...
Mar 8, 2019
Tobacco firm JTI-Macdonald obtains creditor protection after Quebec court ruling
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - JTI-Macdonald Corp. says it's been granted creditor protection following a Quebec Court of Appeal decision upholding a landmark judgment ordering it and two other companies to...
Mar 8, 2019
Alfa Romeo recalls vehicles; cruise control can go haywire
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is warning owners of more than 60,000 Alfa Romeo cars and SUVs worldwide not to use the adaptive cruise control because it might not stop working even when a driver taps the br...
Mar 8, 2019