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Wet forecast puts damper on 50th Jazz Fest opening day
NEW ORLEANS - A wet forecast put a damper on opening day of the 50th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The National Weather Service said there was an 80% chance of rain Thursday and some storms ...
Apr 25, 2019

Actor Michael Madsen charged with DUI after SUV hits pole
MALIBU, Calif. - Prosecutors on Wednesday charged Michael Madsen with two misdemeanour counts of drunken driving after the actor drove his SUV into a pole last month. Madsen, 61, has been charged with...
Apr 25, 2019

Victim in Quebec dog attack thanks community for outpouring of support
MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was seriously injured in an attack by three dogs last month in the Eastern Townships is thanking the community for its support. The message from Dominique Alain and ...
Apr 25, 2019

Brothers sue Jussie Smollett's lawyers, claiming defamation
CHICAGO - Two brothers who say they helped Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack against himself sued the "Empire" actor's attorneys on Tuesday, accusing them of defamation by continuin...
Apr 25, 2019

US expands probe into air bag failures to 12.3M vehicles
DETROIT - U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles equipped with bags that may not inflate in a crash. The probl...
Apr 25, 2019

Singh says childhood abuse steeled him for scrutiny and stress of politics
OTTAWA - Political life means signing up for a high degree of public scrutiny, but NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the pain he endured in his childhood - including an experience with...
Apr 25, 2019

New era of Canadian soccer kicks off with the Canadian Premier League
Allan Gorman and his fellow Forge FC supporters have spent hours painting a 15-by-12-metre banner welcoming their team and the Canadian Premier League. Songs have been learned and ...
Apr 25, 2019

Jays callup Guerrero joins list of hyped international baseball prospects
Top Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is expected make his long awaited Major League Baseball debut when Toronto plays the Oakland Athletics on Friday at the Rogers Centre. As one of the most h...
Apr 25, 2019

Budget watchdog says carbon-price revenues to be $2.6B this year
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says revenues from the federal carbon price will be more than $2.6 billion this year and exceed $6 billion a year within five years. The new analysis by the parliamen...
Apr 25, 2019

U.S. takes Canada off priority watch list on intellectual property
OTTAWA - The United States is moving Canada off a priority watch list of countries that it says have failed to enforce intellectual-property rights. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is, how...
Apr 25, 2019

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