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Netanyahu still short of majority after Israel's election
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen short of capturing the majority needed to form a government, near-final election results showed Wednesday, deepening a year of political deadlo...
Mar 06, 2020
Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes
KASTANIES, Greece - Greece countered accusations from Turkey Wednesday that it was responsible for the death of a migrant, as its border authorities strove for a sixth day to keep thousands of migrant...
Mar 06, 2020
Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing
SAN FRANCISCO - Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tes...
Mar 06, 2020
Clean needles in prisons called 'essential health care' in court challenge
TORONTO - An Ontario court is hearing that prisoner access to sterile syringes is essential health care. In addition, advocates say provision of that health care should be separate from prison securit...
Mar 06, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 11:45 a.m. Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says Canada is increasing its funding for COVID-19 res...
Mar 06, 2020
At sea: Passengers off California await virus test results
SAN FRANCISCO - Passengers on a cruise ship off the California coast were instructed to stay in their cabins as they awaited test results Friday that could show whether the coronavirus is circulating ...
Mar 06, 2020
Ex-police chief sentenced to 15 months in jail for sexually exploiting teen
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - Moments before a former Nova Scotia police chief was sentenced to 15 months in jail for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl, the victim read a statement in court, describing Joh...
Mar 06, 2020
Police seeking suspects after abducted Toronto teen found safe, police say
Toronto police say they have not made any arrests in the recent abduction of a 14-year-old boy. Chief Mark Saunders says the teen was found safe but "dishevelled" in Brampton, Ont., late Thursday...
Mar 06, 2020
Warren reevaluates, Bloomberg drops out after Super Tuesday
LOS ANGELES - New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reassessing her candidacy Wednesday as the winnowing process in the De...
Mar 06, 2020
Longtime Montreal Canadiens centre Henri Richard dead at 84
MONTREAL - Henri Richard, the speedy centre who won a record 11 Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens, died Friday after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 84. Richard was cap...
Mar 06, 2020
