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Quebec removes crucifix from legislature as government defends secularism law in court
MONTREAL - As lawyers defended the Quebec government's secularism law from a constitutional challenge in a Montreal court Tuesday, the crucifix hanging over the province's legislative chamber in ...
Jul 11, 2019
Willie Nelson brings Farm Aid 2019 to Wisconsin's dairy land
EAST TROY, Wis. - Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and the Dave Matthews Band will headline Farm Aid 2019 when the music and food festival visits Wisconsin's dairy country in September. Tick...
Jul 11, 2019
Man arrested in UK after climbing Buckingham Palace gates
London police have arrested a man who climbed the front gates of Buckingham Palace while Queen Elizabeth II was in residence. The Metropolitan Police Service said the 22-year-old man was arrested on s...
Jul 11, 2019
Horse euthanized after injury in Calgary Stampede chuckwagon race
CALGARY - A horse has died from an injury that occurred during a chuckwagon race at this year's Calgary Stampede. Stampede authorities confirm something happened to the animal abou...
Jul 11, 2019
'Robot umpires' debut in independent Atlantic League
YORK, Pa. - "Robot umpires" have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at its All-Sta...
Jul 11, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein's legal woes pile up amid new charges
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Financier Jeffrey Epstein is entangled in two legal fights that span the East Coast, challenging his underage sexual abuse victims in a Florida court hours after he was indicte...
Jul 11, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Looters deserve to be hammered hard by the courts
KAMLOOPS - OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN-NICOLA MP DAN ALBAS is shopping around for support of a private member's bill he hopes will deter anyone tempted to take advantage of wildfire evacuees by looting their...
Jul 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Court to Trump: Blocking Twitter critics is unconstitutional
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump lost a major Twitter fight Tuesday when a federal appeals court said that his daily musings and pronouncements were overwhelmingly official in nature and that he viol...
Jul 11, 2019
Twitter taps Canada as test market for new 'hide' tweet feature
OTTAWA - Twitter says it is launching an experiment in Canada today that will allow users in this country to hide replies to tweets on the social-media platform. The timing comes as social media ...
Jul 11, 2019
Former prime minister Chretien hospitalized in Hong Kong with a kidney stone
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Jean Chretien is receiving treatment for a kidney stone in Hong Kong after falling ill there, says a spokesman. "Mr. Chretien has a kidney stone," said Bruce Hartley, a ...
Jul 11, 2019
