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US wholesale prices fell 0.2% in June as food costs plunged
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices fell 0.2% in June as food costs dropped sharply, offsetting a big increase in energy prices. The drop in the Producer Price Index, which measures inflation pressures...
Jul 10, 2020
Campbell River Mountie punished for historical sex assault against Nanaimo RCMP officer
NANAIMO - A Campbell River Mountie faced stiff punishment for sexually assaulting a fellow male officer who's now based in Nanaimo. A decision from the RCMP's conduct board released in late January do...
Jul 10, 2020
Amber Alert continues for missing Quebec girls, 6 and 11, and their father
LEVIS, Que. - Quebec provincial police say searches continued overnight after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday for two young girls and their 44-year-old father. Police issued the alert at aroun...
Jul 10, 2020
Authorities search for 'Glee' star believed to have drowned
Authorities planned Friday to renew the search for "Glee" star Naya Rivera, who is believed to have drowned in a Southern California lake while boating with her 4-year-old son. Rivera, 33, disappeared...
Jul 10, 2020
Depp says feces in bed was last straw in marriage to Heard
LONDON - Johnny Depp said in a London court on Friday that ex-wife Amber Heard's claims he abused her turned him from "Cinderella to Quasimodo" in the public eye. He also said the couple's tempestuous...
Jul 10, 2020
Canada asks British military for help flying troops to and from Latvia
OTTAWA - Canadian troops have been forced to hitch a ride with the British military to get to and from Latvia due to a shortage of working planes. Canada has 540 troops in Latvia, where they form...
Jul 10, 2020
Genetic testing and hitching a ride with the British; In The News for July 10
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 10 ... What...
Jul 10, 2020
Supreme Court gives NY prosecutor a landmark legal victory
NEW YORK - The Supreme Court ruled that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. can obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns for a criminal investigation but sent a second request by Congre...
Jul 10, 2020
Malaysian police grill Al Jazeera over report on immigrants
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian police grilled a group of reporters and staff from news broadcaster Al Jazeera on Friday over a documentary on the treatment of undocumented immigrants that official...
Jul 10, 2020
Lawmakers vote to close down Philippines' largest TV network
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine lawmakers voted Friday to reject the license renewal of the country's largest TV network, shutting down a major news provider that had been repeatedly threatened by th...
Jul 10, 2020