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Montreal Alouettes head coach Khari Jones gets three-year extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes have signed head coach Khari Jones to a three-year contract extension. Jones, who became interim coach after the team fired Mike Sherman just prior to the start of th...
Nov 26, 2019
New home sales slipped 0.7% in October but remain solid
WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes dipped slightly in October compared with September but remain well above levels of a year ago, with lower mortgage rates helping spur a rebound in purchases. The Commer...
Nov 26, 2019
Consumer Confidence still high despite November decline
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence declined slightly for a fourth consecutive month, but it remains elevated with the holiday shopping season ramping up. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its ...
Nov 26, 2019
Challenge to Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21, begins in Appeal Court
MONTREAL - Opponents of Quebec's secularism law are making their case in front of the province's highest court today. Representatives of a national Muslim organization and a c...
Nov 26, 2019
All-transgender hockey team 'like an instant family'
TORONTO - The goals are big for an all-transgender hockey team known as Team Trans. Comprised of more than a dozen players from Canada and the United States, it's believed to be the first ice hockey t...
Nov 26, 2019
3 dead, highway collapses as floods pound France, Italy
ROME - Flooding pounded France and Italy amid heavy rains over the weekend, leaving at least three dead and a stretch of elevated highway collapsed by a landslide, officials said Sunday. The weather h...
Nov 26, 2019
Brief evacuation at Capitol over small plane
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol and its office buildings were briefly evacuated Tuesday amid concerns about a small aircraft in the area. Officials say the plane violated airspace rules in the restricte...
Nov 26, 2019
Albania earthquake kills 14; rescuers hunt for survivors
THUMANE, Albania - Rescue crews used excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings Tuesday after a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania killed at least 14 people and inj...
Nov 26, 2019
26 killed as small plane crashes into homes in Congo
GOMA, Congo - A small plane crashed into homes shortly after takeoff Sunday in Congo's eastern city of Goma, killing 26 people, including the aircraft's passengers and crew, as well as residents on th...
Nov 26, 2019
House committee’s report on impeachment could land next week
WASHINGTON - The witnesses have spoken, the politics are largely settled. Now impeachment investigators will make the case for public opinion. On Monday, hundreds of pages from Democratic Chairman Ada...
Nov 26, 2019
