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FBI agents conduct apparent raid at Illinois Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - FBI agents were at the Illinois state capitol building in Springfield related to law enforcement work, a bureau spokesman said Tuesday. The spokesman, John Althen, wouldn't provide...
Sep 24, 2019
Fox apologizes for 'disgraceful' comment about Thunberg
NEW YORK - Fox News has apologized for a guest's "disgraceful" description of environmental activist Greta Thunberg as mentally ill but was silent Tuesday on Laura Ingraham likening her to a murderous...
Sep 24, 2019
Liberals to cut taxes for clean-tech producers, aim for carbon neutrality by 2050
VANCOUVER - Companies that produce zero-emission technologies will pay half as much income tax if the Liberals are re-elected, leader Justin Trudeau promised Tuesday, as the party took heat over a lac...
Sep 24, 2019
Nothing 'routine' about Meng Wanzhou's treatment at Vancouver airport: Defence
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say there was nothing "routine" about the way she was questioned by border officials before she was read her rights and informed of her...
Sep 24, 2019
Nothing 'routine' about Meng Wanzhou's treatment at Vancouver airport: Defence
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say there was nothing "routine" about the way she was questioned by border officials before she was read her rights and informed of her...
Sep 24, 2019
Beyak thumbs nose at Senate orders on racist letters about Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA - Racist letters about Indigenous Peoples have finally been removed from Sen. Lynn Beyak's website - but only because Senate officials erased them after Beyak refused to do so herself...
Sep 24, 2019
Montreal Alouettes set to start Matt Shiltz at quarterback against Lions
MONTREAL - Matt Shiltz will replace the suspended Vernon Adams Jr. as starting quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes in the team's next game. Shiltz gets the call on Saturday in B.C., against the Lio...
Sep 24, 2019
In cryptic tweet, Antonio Brown appears to retire from NFL
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Antonio Brown went on a Twitter rant on his first NFL Sunday without a team, announcing he was done for good with the league that exiled him. Even though, he claimed, it had been m...
Sep 24, 2019
Trump says transcript of Ukraine conversation to be released
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he has directed the release on Wednesday of the "unredacted" transcript of his July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Trump has acknowle...
Sep 24, 2019
Update: Unusual crash draws attention; ticket issued
Motorists in Vernon were slowing down to take a closer look at a crash in the downtown this morning.Police say a car was attempting to make a left-hand turn around 11:15 a.m., and hit a median in the ...
Sep 24, 2019

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