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Founder of warehouse living space testifies on deadly fire
OAKLAND, Calif. - The founder of a communal living space in a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where a fire killed 36 people more than two years ago testified Monday that he couldn't put into words ho...
Jul 08, 2019
Conservationists file legal challenge to Trans Mountain reapproval over whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government is facing a new legal challenge after it approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion for a second time. Ecojustice has filed a motion to the Federa...
Jul 08, 2019
Activists worry about potential abuse of face scans for ICE
BOSTON - Civil rights activists complained Monday of the potential for widespread abuse following confirmation that at least three states have scanned millions of driver's license photos on behalf of ...
Jul 08, 2019
Raptors re-sign forward Patrick McCaw
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors announced on Monday that the club has re-signed forward Patrick McCaw. McCaw averaged 13 minutes, 2.7 points and 1.7 rebounds in 26 games with the Raptors ...
Jul 08, 2019
Brazilian bossa nova pioneer Joao Gilberto dies at 88
RIO DE JANEIRO - Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound...
Jul 08, 2019
Wealthy financier charged with molesting dozens of girls
NEW YORK - In a startling reversal of fortune, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged Monday with sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in a case brought more than a decade after he sec...
Jul 08, 2019
Trump ramping up criticisms of Fox, usually a friendly venue
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's latest Twitter attack on the media focuses on Fox News, although it's hardly the first time he's found fault with the network where he most often finds a friendly r...
Jul 08, 2019
Protesters target Alberta premier at Stampede over gay-straight alliances
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was met at his Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast by a handful of people voicing opposition to an education law that they say puts gay and transgender ...
Jul 08, 2019
Canadian racer Robert Wickens to drive parade lap at Honda Indy
TORONTO - Robert Wickens will get a chance to drive on a racetrack again this weekend in the parade lap at the Honda Indy in Toronto. The 30-year-old driver for Guelph, Ont., announced the news M...
Jul 08, 2019
Raonic out of Wimbledon after tough five-set loss to Pella in fourth round
WIMBLEDON, England - Three years ago in the fourth round at Wimbledon, Canadian Milos Raonic came back from a two-sets-to-none deficit for the first time in his career to beat Belgium's David Gof...
Jul 08, 2019