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Federal charges ramp up pressure on R. Kelly to make deal
CHICAGO - R. Kelly couldn't be faulted if he felt some confidence he could beat the sex charges brought by Cook County prosecutors earlier this year. He had beaten them before, winning acquittal on al...
Aug 07, 2019
AP Was There: Pregnant actress, 4 others killed at LA home
LOS ANGELES - Fifty years ago this week, Charles Manson orchestrated the slaughter of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people over two nights in Los Angeles. The Manson family, as the cult l...
Aug 07, 2019
13 victims after nearly a dozen shootings over the weekend: Toronto police
TORONTO - Thirteen people were injured after nearly a dozen shootings across Toronto over the long weekend, one of which sparked chaos as gunshots rang out in a packed nightclub. "This is no...
Aug 07, 2019
Danica Ludlow wins silver, Alyson Ackman takes bronze in women's 400 freestyle
LIMA, Peru - The Canadian women had a solid day in the water at the Pan American Games on Tuesday, coming away with five medals on the first day of the swimming competition. Danica Ludlow and Aly...
Aug 07, 2019
Unrest feared after India revokes Kashmir's special status
NEW DELHI - India's Hindu nationalist-led government moved Monday to revoke the special status of Muslim-majority Kashmir, cutting off communications and deploying thousands of troops in the restive H...
Aug 07, 2019
Car bomb collides with vehicles in Egypt capital, killing 20
CAIRO - A car packed with explosives being driven to carry out an attack collided with other vehicles and exploded in central Cairo, killing at least 20 people, the Interior Ministry said Monday, the ...
Aug 07, 2019
In the news today, August 7
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, August 7 --- RCMP FIND ITEMS LINKED TO MURDER SUSPECTS RCMP in Manitoba have found several items linked to two suspects wanted for killings in Br...
Aug 07, 2019
Taliban claim suicide car bombing in west Kabul, dozens hurt
KABUL - A suicide car bomber targeted the police headquarters in a minority Shiite neighbourhood in western Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion that wounded dozens of people, Afghan offic...
Aug 07, 2019
A day of striking sows chaos across Hong Kong
HONG KONG - A general strike in Hong Kong descended into citywide mayhem Monday as defiant protesters started fires outside police stations and hurled bricks and eggs at officers. After disrupting tra...
Aug 07, 2019
Casting director David Rubin elected film academy president
LOS ANGELES - Casting director David Rubin has been elected the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that bestows the Oscars. He is the first casting dire...
Aug 07, 2019