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Israel's president formally nominates Netanyahu as PM
JERUSALEM - Israel's president on Wednesday formally nominated Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth consecutive term as prime minister, officially launching a process that is expected to result in a new go...
Apr 19, 2019
AP Interview: Ivanka Trump says Africa would inspire her dad
ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - On a trip to Africa to promote women's economic empowerment, Ivanka Trump said Wednesday the White House should be judged by its actions toward a continent that her father has...
Apr 19, 2019
Environment charities may benefit from new Alberta premier's vow to fight them
EDMONTON - Alberta's incoming premier plans to take on environmental charities that he says are blocking exports of the province's oil, but those groups may be saying "bring it on." In his v...
Apr 19, 2019
Ivanka Trump says she passed on World Bank job
ABIDJIAN, Cote d'Ivoire - White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump says her father asked her if she was interested in the job of World Bank chief but she passed on it. In an Associated Press interview,...
Apr 19, 2019
Norman's lawyers cite SNC-Lavalin testimony in fight for secret documents
OTTAWA - Lawyers for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and the federal government argued Wednesday over the words of Canada's top bureaucrat during the SNC-Lavalin affair as the suspended military officer's te...
Apr 19, 2019
'Her life mattered:' Friend asks Manitoba woman's killer how he could devalue life
WINNIPEG - The best friend of a Manitoba Indigenous woman killed during a botched robbery looked at a man convicted in her death and asked how a life could be worth that little to him. "Forty-five dol...
Apr 19, 2019
Maple Leafs, Bruins reflect on 'shocking' playoff exit for Lightning
TORONTO - Bruce Cassidy didn't see it coming. And quite frankly, neither did many others. A day after the Tampa Bay Lightning - the Presidents' Trophy winners, a team that tied the NHL record for wins...
Apr 19, 2019
NCAA rejects mandatory 2-year commitment to grad transfers
A proposal to require a graduate transfer to count against a team's scholarship total for two years in football and basketball has been rejected by the NCAA. The Division I Council on Friday voted dow...
Apr 19, 2019
Officials: South Carolina school girl died of natural causes
WALTERBORO, S.C. - A South Carolina prosecutor said Friday that the investigation into the death of a fifth grader last month was due to rupturing blood vessels caused by a birth defect and not a figh...
Apr 19, 2019
Pilgrims flock to Colosseum Good Friday event, led by pope
VATICAN CITY - Pilgrims and tourists flocked to the Colosseum for the Way of the Cross procession to join Pope Francis for a Good Friday night ritual in Rome. The procession commemorates the suffering...
Apr 19, 2019