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Police arrests end sit-in against policing at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore police arrested seven people on Wednesday as they ended a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at Johns Hopkins University, where a group of protesters have demonstrat...
May 08, 2019
Deborah Dugan, CEO of (RED), picked to lead the Grammys
NEW YORK - Deborah Dugan, the CEO of Bono's (RED) organization, has been named president and CEO of the Recording Academy, becoming the first woman appointed to lead the organization. The academy anno...
May 08, 2019
Moura sends Tottenham through to Champions League final
AMSTERDAM - Lucas Moura completed a hat trick in the sixth minute of injury time as Tottenham pulled off another stunning Champions League comeback on Wednesday, beating Ajax 3-2 to set up an all-Engl...
May 08, 2019
British Columbia's Archie Windsor laughs about royal baby name link
DUNCAN, B.C. - At first, Archie Windsor of Duncan, B.C., says he was shocked to learn he had the same last name as the newest royal, but then he saw the humour. "My father worked in the woods all his ...
May 08, 2019
Vigneault takes the wheel for Canada at men's world hockey championship
Alain Vigneault is back coaching in a big way after a winter of unemployment. Vigneault is not only Canada's head coach at the men's world hockey championship starting Friday in Sl...
May 08, 2019
Trump administration seeks to target nationwide injunctions
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence will announce Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue nationwide injunctions. He'll make the a...
May 08, 2019
Ice Cube, others mourn director Singleton at private funeral
LOS ANGELES - Family, friends and dignitaries including Ice Cube, Stevie Wonder and Congresswoman Maxine Waters were among those mourning director John Singleton at his Los Angeles funeral on Monday. ...
May 08, 2019
Coffee cup in 'Game of Thrones' scene perks up viewers
LOS ANGELES - "Game of Thrones" fans got a taste of the modern world when eagle-eyed viewers spotted a takeout coffee cup on the table during a celebration in which the actors drank from goblets and h...
May 08, 2019
Five lingering questions from the end of Mark Norman's criminal case
OTTAWA - Now that public prosecutors have decided to stay a breach-of-trust charge against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, here are five questions Canadians don't have full answers to: 1) What was the evide...
May 08, 2019
Federal prisons taking aim at special (illicit) deliveries from the sky
OTTAWA - Canada's prison service has earmarked $6 million for electronic systems to prevent tiny drones from dropping illegal drugs, cellphones or other contraband into the yards of its...
May 08, 2019