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21 Savage donates $25K for legal aid for detained immigrants
ATLANTA - Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage has given $25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center after the watchdog organization helped him while he was in federal immigration custody earlier this yea...
Jun 14, 2019
Police: Arkansas woman arrested in ex-lawmaker's death
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Authorities on Friday night said they've arrested an Arkansas woman in connection with the killing of a former state senator who was found dead outside her own home. Arkansas State...
Jun 14, 2019
3rd suspected suicide in less than 2 weeks for NY police
New York City police say a 29-year-old officer died Friday in the department's third suspected suicide in less than two weeks. Police say he shot himself in the head around 3:45 p.m. on a Staten Islan...
Jun 14, 2019
Telegraph-Journal wins 2018 Michener Award recognizing public-service journalism
OTTAWA - The Telegraph-Journal in New Brunswick has been named the winner of the 2018 Michener Award, which honours excellence in public-service journalism. The Saint John-based newspaper wa...
Jun 14, 2019
Ottawa to issue apology to Italian Canadians mistreated during Second World War
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will issue a formal apology to Italians mistreated in Canada during the Second World War. Trudeau made the announcement Friday...
Jun 14, 2019
Man arrested in deaths of Dallas transgender woman, 2 others
DALLAS - A 33-year-old man has been arrested in the slayings of three women in Dallas, including a transgender woman whose death brought nationwide attention, police said Wednesday. Kendrell Lavar Lyl...
Jun 14, 2019
Jurors listen to suspect say he killed scholar from China
PEORIA, Ill. - Jurors in a federal death-penalty trial heard secretly recorded audio Friday in which a former University of Illinois doctoral student describes to his girlfriend how he killed a visiti...
Jun 14, 2019
Brain Injury Awareness Month hoping to bring light to prevalence of brain trauma
KAMLOOPS - It's estimated that 165,000 Canadians suffer a brain injury every year. The trauma can have a significant impact on a person's daily life. However, it's also an invisible injury people can'...
Jun 14, 2019 Rick Parker was in a motocycle accident in 2016 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Law Enforcement Torch Run supporting local Special Olympians on Saturday
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops RCMP is hosting the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run on Saturday morning at McArthur Island. It's a fundraiser for Special Olympics BC. Local police, sheriffs and corrections o...
Jun 14, 2019 The Law Enforcement Torch Run supports Special Olympic athletes in Kamloops (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
First Nations, developer call for return and protection of sacred burial site
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Indigenous leaders from across British Columbia and parts of the United States gathered at a sacred burial site in Abbotsford, B.C., to call for its protection by the provincia...
Jun 14, 2019
