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Driver escapes injury when saguaro cactus pierces windshield
TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona authorities say a driver escaped injury when his car's windshield was pierced by the trunk of a saguaro cactus during a wreck Wednesday on the outskirts of Tucson. Pima County ...
Jul 12, 2019
Acosta defends Epstein deal amid calls for his resignation
WASHINGTON - Trying to tamp down calls for his resignation, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta on Wednesday defended his handling of a sex trafficking case involving now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein, ins...
Jul 12, 2019
Officials warned China, India could use communities in Canada to advance agendas
OTTAWA - Some of the federal government's top bureaucrats have been warned that China and India might try to use their respective migrant communities in Canada to advance their own interests. The star...
Jul 12, 2019
A veteran of the Tottenham-Arsenal rivalry, Montreal's Sagna no stranger to derby games
MONTREAL - Bacary Sagna knows a thing or two about high-pressure derby games. The former Arsenal defender played more than a dozen matches against North London archrival Tottenham Hotspur during his t...
Jul 12, 2019
Indigenous leaders call Fraser River slide 'extreme crisis'
BIG BAR, B.C. - Indigenous leaders in B-C say a rock slide that has created an almost impassable blockage in the Fraser River near Clinton amounts to an ``extreme crisis'' and must be addressed.A news...
Jul 12, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
VW, Ford team up to make autonomous, electric vehicles
NEW YORK - Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion into a Pittsburgh autonomous vehicle company that's mostly owned by Ford as the automakers who were once rivals deepen their partnership to develop drive...
Jul 12, 2019
11 years later, Federer tops Nadal in Wimbledon semifinals
WIMBLEDON, England - Roger Federer waited 11 years to get another shot at Rafael Nadal on Centre Court. This one was a semifinal, not a final. It was settled in four sets, not five. Felt like just as ...
Jul 12, 2019
Ottawa announces $8.3 million to support beef industry amid China standoff
CALGARY - Canada's beef industry is getting $8.3 million in federal funds, the bulk of it aimed at growing its international market reach as a trade standoff with China continues. The money is go...
Jul 12, 2019
Canadian wildlife enforcement blitz nets black-bear parts, African anteaters
OTTAWA - Canadian wildlife enforcement officers have seized dozens of black-bear parts, diet pills made from endangered African plants and the bodies of two scaly anteaters as...
Jul 12, 2019
Military looks to guard satellites from 'natural and artificial threats'
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is looking for new ideas and technology to protect satellites from natural and artificial threats, according to a tender issued Friday. Satellites are vulnerable ...
Jul 12, 2019
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