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Trick-or-treater, 7, critically injured in Chicago shooting
CHICAGO - A 7-year-old girl out trick-or-treating in a bumblebee costume was critically injured Thursday night after being struck by apparent stray gunfire, police said. The girl, who was shot in the ...
Nov 2, 2019

Jane Fonda spends night in jail after demonstration arrest
WASHINGTON - Actress and activist Jane Fonda spent a night in a local jail after her fourth arrest in as many weeks while participating in a climate change demonstration on Capitol Hill. The 81-year-o...
Nov 2, 2019

Meng's lawyers still say RCMP shared phone details with FBI despite affidavits
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou maintain there is an "air of reality" to an allegation the RCMP illegally shared details of her electronic devices with the Federal Bureau of...
Nov 2, 2019

Meng's lawyers still say RCMP shared phone details with FBI despite affidavits
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou maintain there is an "air of reality" to an allegation the RCMP illegally shared details of her electronic devices with the Federal Bureau of...
Nov 2, 2019

Choiniere scored in stoppage time as Forge FC beats Cavalry for CPL title
CALGARY - David Choiniere scored in the 94th minute as Forge FC claimed the inaugural Canadian Premier League championship with a 1-0 win over Cavalry FC on Saturday. Cavalry ...
Nov 2, 2019

Judge declines to delay South Dakota execution
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A judge on Thursday denied a South Dakota inmate's request to delay his execution over concerns about the drug that the state plans to use, rejecting the man's contention that it d...
Nov 2, 2019

Saskatchewan court dismisses La Loche school shooter's appeal of sentence
REGINA - Saskatchewan's highest court has dismissed a sentencing appeal by a young man who fatally shot four people and wounded seven others in a northern community. The shooter was weeks shy of ...
Nov 2, 2019

Metro Vancouver bus drivers plan action as contract talks break off
VANCOUVER - The union representing 5,000 bus drivers in Metro Vancouver says contract talks have broken off, setting the stage for the start of job action on Friday. Unifor ha...
Nov 2, 2019

Otter sighting shuts down Vancouver Chinese garden, 3 koi dead
VANCOUVER - A pond in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver is temporarily closed after an otter and three koi carcasses were spotted Wednesday morning. The Vancouver Park Board sa...
Nov 2, 2019

Gooding pleads not guilty again as misconduct charges grow
NEW YORK - In what's quickly become a familiar scene, Cuba Gooding Jr. trotted into court Thursday to face yet more charges in his New York City sexual misconduct case, accused for the third time of g...
Nov 2, 2019

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