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Jury decides Tavis Smiley must pay PBS in #MeToo dispute
WASHINGTON - A jury decided Wednesday that former television talk show host Tavis Smiley, who was fired amid allegations of workplace sexual misconduct at the height of the #MeToo movement, must pay a...
Mar 04, 2020
Deal reached on bipartisan $8.3B bill to battle coronavirus
WASHINGTON - Capitol Hill negotiators have reached agreement on an $8.3 billion measure to battle the coronavirus outbreak that's spreading and threatening a major shock to the economy and disruptions...
Mar 04, 2020
Clashes erupt on Greece-Turkey border as migrants seek entry
KASTANIES, Greece - Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday morning to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continued along its frontier af...
Mar 04, 2020
US strikes Taliban forces, in first hit since peace deal
KABUL - The U.S. conducted Wednesday its first airstrike against Taliban forces in Afghanistan since signing an ambitious peace deal with the militant group. U.S. military spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett...
Mar 04, 2020
Syrian, Turkish armies engage in new deadly clashes in Idlib
ANKARA, Turkey - Two more Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in a Syrian government attack in Syria's northwest, the country's Defence Ministry said, as steady clashes between the two national arm...
Mar 04, 2020
Israel's re-do election returns it to political limbo, again
JERUSALEM - Israel looked set to slide back into political deadlock on Wednesday as the final votes were being tallied from the third election in less than a year, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya...
Mar 04, 2020
Japan opens part of last town off-limits since nuclear leaks
TOKYO - Japan's government on Wednesday opened part of the last town that had been off-limits due to radiation since the Fukushima nuclear disaster nine years ago, in a symbolic move showing the regio...
Mar 04, 2020
States scramble to prepare ahead of food stamps rule change
CHICAGO - Having food stamps offers Richard Butler a stability he's rarely known in his 25 years. He was in state custody at age 2, spent his teen years at a Chicago boys' home and jail for burglary, ...
Mar 04, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP arrest man on child pornography charges
NANAIMO - Local mounties have arrested a Nanaimo man for alleged child porn offences.Officers went to a home in Nanaimo on Feb. 27 and arrested 29-year-old Tori Bruce Schild following an almost two ye...
Mar 04, 2020 Nanaimo RCMP arrested a 29-year-old man for possession and distribution of child pornography following an almost two year investigation. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Blue Jays catcher Jansen looking forward to stability in pitching staff
Danny Jansen figures some stability in the Blue Jays' pitching staff will help make his job behind the plate a little easier this season. Toronto had 21 different pitchers shuffle in an...
Mar 04, 2020