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Public defender wants to drop Florida massacre suspect
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The public defenders representing the young man charged in the Parkland school massacre are asking to withdraw from the case, saying the defendant will soon receive nearly a ha...
Apr 24, 2019
Street drug use should be decriminalized to cut deaths: B.C. health officer
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health officer is urging the provincial government to consider the decriminalization of people caught with illegal drugs as another step to stem the overdose crisis....
Apr 24, 2019
Cohen says he pleaded guilty to crimes he didn't commit
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's prison-bound former lawyer candidly told actor Tom Arnold last month that he pleaded guilty to some crimes he didn't commit so his wife wouldn't "get dragged into t...
Apr 24, 2019
Parks Canada releases details of search for climbers killed in Banff avalanche
The treacherous recovery of three world-class climbers in Alberta's Banff National Park involved a helicopter, a search dog and 28 people, Parks Canada said Monday as it released details of its r...
Apr 24, 2019
Suspect in Edmonton attack, officer stabbing given last chance to find lawyer
EDMONTON - A man accused of trying to kill a police officer and of running down pedestrians in Edmonton has been given one last chance to find a lawyer before one is appointed in his case. A...
Apr 24, 2019
Kansas' new governor vetoes mandate on abortion 'reversal'
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas' new Democratic governor on Monday vetoed a measure that would require clinics and doctors to tell their patients about a disputed treatment to stop a medication abortion after a...
Apr 24, 2019
Calgary Flames face conundrum in net with a pair of free-agent goalies
CALGARY - Goaltending is a big-ticket puzzle for the Calgary Flames to solve this summer. Calgary got the goaltending it needed to be successful in 2018-19. It wasn't the reason for an&...
Apr 24, 2019
Canada working on an end to the rotting-refuse row with the Philippines
OTTAWA - The Canadian refuse rotting in the Philippines will likely find its way back across the Pacific Ocean soon. A Canadian official speaking on condition of anonymity told The Canadian Press toda...
Apr 24, 2019
Stalwart receivers Greer, Fernandez top '19 Canadian Football Hall of Fame class
TORONTO - It's taken more than 30 years, but Terry Greer and Condredge Holloway are together again. Greer, 61, headlines the 2019 class named for induction into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on W...
Apr 24, 2019
Ex-UT at Austin coach to plead guilty in admissions scam
BOSTON - The former men's tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin is set to plead guilty in the college admissions bribery scandal . Michael Center is expected to plead guilty in Boston fede...
Apr 24, 2019
