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‘Too busy’: Trump professes disinterest on impeachment
WASHINGTON - What hearings? What phone call? Professing disinterest and disdain, President Donald Trump said he was "too busy" doing the people's business Wednesday to watch the impeachment hearings t...
Nov 14, 2019
Live, from DC: Trump impeachment hearings about to go public
WASHINGTON - The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the wor...
Nov 14, 2019
Australian wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations
CANBERRA, Australia - Scores of wildfires continued to rage across vast tracts of Australia's drought-stricken east coast on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes, some for ...
Nov 14, 2019
As Hong Kong descends into chaos, China mulls its options
BEIJING - A sharp escalation of violence in Hong Kong is once again raising the question of how China's central government will respond: Will it intervene, or allow the chaos to persist? The Liaison O...
Nov 14, 2019
'He now feels he carries a heavy stigma,' parents of St. Mike's victim say
TORONTO - A teen boy still cannot address being sexually assaulted by his football teammates in the locker room at a prestigious all-boys Catholic high school last year, a youth court heard Thurs...
Nov 14, 2019
Acing it: Success of Nats, Astros puts attention on starters
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Washington went against baseball's trend toward bulked-up bullpens, dedicating 39% of its payroll to three starting pitchers: Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin. Th...
Nov 14, 2019
Ontario court upholds policing powers of private law enforcement in OSPCA case
TORONTO - Ontario's top court has affirmed the now-ceded policing powers of the province's animal welfare agency, striking down a lower court's ruling that called into question the constitutional...
Nov 14, 2019
Fifth year Nanaimo weightlifting competition stands as biggest yet
NANAIMO - The fifth annual Island Invitational weightlifting competition was the largest one yet.It was held at the Centennial Building Nov. 8-10 with nearly 140 athletes taking part.About 20 of those...
Nov 14, 2019 The Island Invitational had it's largest field ever with 136 athletes competing at the Centennial Building Nov. 8-10. (Dan Marshall NNN)
England, Czech Republic, France and Turkey reach Euro 2020
England qualified in style for the 2020 European Championship, while the Czech Republic, France and Turkey also booked their places Thursday at next year's tournament. England only needed a draw to qu...
Nov 14, 2019
Colombia adoptees find family decades after volcano tragedy
BOGOTA - Jenifer de la Rosa was just a week old when Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano exploded, unleashing a wall of mud that buried an entire town and left 25,000 dead. In the aftermath of the 1985...
Nov 14, 2019