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Kodak Black pleads guilty to federal weapons charges
MIAMI - Rapper Kodak Black pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal weapons charges stemming from his arrest just before a scheduled concert performance in May. Black entered the change of plea in a Miam...
Aug 24, 2019
Canada travelling to Japan to face former Women's World Cup champs in friendly
OTTAWA - Canada's women's soccer team will face host Japan in its first match since being eliminated in the round of 16 at the World Cup. The friendly against the 2011 Women's World Cup cham...
Aug 24, 2019
AP-NORC poll: 62% disapprove of how Trump's handling his job
NEW YORK - About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Rese...
Aug 24, 2019
Japan leader says S. Korea ending intel deal damages trust
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said South Korea's decision to cancel a deal to share military intelligence, mainly on North Korea, is damaging mutual trust and vowed Friday to work closely...
Aug 24, 2019
Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper says he's running for Senate
DENVER - Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday that he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the immediate front-runner in a crowded Democratic field vying for the right to challenge R...
Aug 24, 2019
In the news today, Aug. 22
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 22 --- SECURITY TIGHTENED FOR POMPEO VISIT Security around Parliament Hill has been tightened in anticipation of today's visit to Ottawa by U.S. S...
Aug 24, 2019
U.S. secretary of state takes aim at China over diplomatic feud with Canada
OTTAWA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed any suggestion that two Canadians being detained in China are on par with the arrest here of a Chinese tech executive at t...
Aug 24, 2019
China frees consulate staff as protesters target lampposts
HONG KONG - Chinese police said Saturday they released an employee at the British Consulate in Hong Kong as the city's pro-democracy protesters took to the streets again, this time to call for the rem...
Aug 24, 2019
Disney Legends honour prompts Robert Downey Jr. pot story
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Robert Downey Jr. is recalling a wild Disneyland ride from his younger days. The "Iron Man" star, among those honoured Friday as Disney Legends, says his first visit to the Southern ...
Aug 24, 2019
Once upon a time in fatherhood: Tarantino to become a dad
LOS ANGELES - Quentin Tarantino is going to be telling a whole new brand of "Once upon a time" tale - the bedtime-story kind. The "Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood" director is about to become a fathe...
Aug 23, 2019