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Ahead of Trudeau meeting, Kenney calls assessment bill a threat to unity
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says if the federal bill overhauling environmental assessments passes in its current form it will threaten Canadian unity and there will be "an immediate constitu...
May 02, 2019
Netflix announces deal for film about Thailand's cave boys
BANGKOK - Netflix is joining with the production company for the movie "Crazy Rich Asians" to make a film about last July's dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in a floo...
May 02, 2019
Biden's rise tests Trump plan of casting foes as socialists
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump may want to cast his potential Democratic rivals as a band of angry socialists, but Joe Biden is not co-operating with Trump's reelection strategy, and that's givin...
May 02, 2019
Daniel Radcliffe to return to London stage in Beckett play
LONDON - Daniel Radcliffe is returning to the London stage in a Samuel Beckett double bill. The Old Vic Theatre says the former "Harry Potter" star will appear alongside Alan Cumming in a production o...
May 02, 2019
Lawmakers to see empty chair, not AG Barr, at House hearing
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr plans to skip a House Judiciary hearing Thursday on special counsel Robert Mueller's report , escalating an already acrimonious battle between Democrats and ...
May 02, 2019
'Riley Howell is a hero': Student who attacked gunman lauded
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - David Belnap stood on his North Carolina college campus aching from the latest U.S. school shooting as he held a candle and wore a homemade T-shirt with "Riley Howell is a hero" writ...
May 02, 2019
Semenya's case reflects broader dilemmas facing sports world
NEW YORK - Caster Semenya's running career, jarred by an adverse court ruling on Wednesday, is unique in virtually all its details. Yet the dilemmas she has posed for the track-and-field establishment...
May 02, 2019
Semenya's case reflects broader dilemmas facing sports world
NEW YORK - Caster Semenya's running career, jarred by an adverse court ruling on Wednesday, is unique in virtually all its details. Yet the dilemmas she has posed for the track-and-field establishment...
May 02, 2019
Colorado Sen. Bennet launches Democratic presidential bid
DENVER - U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado jumped into the packed Democratic presidential primary on Thursday, announcing a 2020 campaign that had been stalled while he was treated for prostate can...
May 02, 2019
As car-sharing picks up in US, so do legislative battles
PHOENIX - When Chris Williamson was in the market for a new family car, a timely ad and conversations with a co-worker convinced him to try something out of the ordinary. He bought a BMW 3 Series conv...
May 02, 2019
