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Woods withdraws from Northern Trust, citing oblique strain
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the opening FedEx Cup playoff event with what he calls a mild oblique strain. Woods opened with a 75 on Thursday in The Northern Trust. He says his o...
Aug 9, 2019
US stocks erase most of an early loss as volatility surges
Stocks overcame a big loss on Wall Street Wednesday, though the market's recovery left plenty of signs of worry among investors that the fallout from the trade war between the U.S. and China will spre...
Aug 9, 2019
El Paso, with deep Mexican American past, rallies amid pain
EL PASO, Texas - The massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes...
Aug 9, 2019
Protesters chant against Trump as he visits Dayton, El Paso
EL PASO, Texas - Aiming to play the traditional role of healer during national tragedy, President Donald Trump paid visits to cities reeling from mass shootings that left 31 dead and dozens more wound...
Aug 9, 2019
Canadian wage growth climbs to highest mark since 2009, but economy sheds jobs
OTTAWA - Canada lost 24,200 jobs last month and its unemployment rate moved up to 5.7 per cent to give the economy its weakest three-month stretch of job creation since early 2018. On the po...
Aug 9, 2019
US wholesale prices rise just 0.2% in July
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices ticked up just 0.2% in July, the latest sign that inflationary pressures are largely in check. The Labor Department said Friday that the producer price index - which...
Aug 9, 2019
Richard Gere visits migrants stuck at sea in Mediterranean
Actor Richard Gere is visiting rescued migrants on board a humanitarian ship that has been stuck in the Mediterranean Sea for over a week. The Hollywood star took food and supplies by boat Friday to 1...
Aug 9, 2019
Finning Q2 profit up on strong sales across its regions and efficiencies in Canada
VANCOUVER - Finning International Inc. says its second-quarter net income was up 11 per cent from the same time last year amid strong sales in all its regions and improved efficiencies following restr...
Aug 9, 2019
UK economy shrinks by 0.2% in second quarter
LONDON - Official figures show that the British economy shrank by a quarterly rate of 0.2% in the second quarter of the year. The decline reported Friday by the Office for National Statistics was unex...
Aug 9, 2019
In the news today, August 7
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, August 7 --- RCMP FIND ITEMS LINKED TO MURDER SUSPECTS RCMP in Manitoba have found several items linked to two suspects wanted for killings in Br...
Aug 9, 2019
