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Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary
BOSTON - Get swole, prepare a bug-out bag, grab a go-cup and maybe you'll have a better chance of surviving the omnicide. Translation: Hit the gym and bulk up, put a bunch of stuff essential for survi...
Apr 23, 2019
Bill Cosby fighting $1M/month legal bill in arbitration
PHILADELPHIA - A fee dispute between actor Bill Cosby and a Los Angeles law firm shows the firm billed him about $1 million a month in the run-up to his first sex assault trial. The 81-year-old Cosby ...
Apr 23, 2019
Avengers get epic send-off at 'Endgame' world premiere
LOS ANGELES - There were more than a few sniffles from the audience at the premiere of "Avengers: Endgame" Monday night in Los Angeles, which Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth proudly admitted contribut...
Apr 23, 2019
After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home
AL-HOL CAMP, Syria - The women say it was misguided religious faith, naivety, a search for something to believe in or youthful rebellion. Whatever it was, it led them to travel across the world to joi...
Apr 23, 2019
Militants blamed in Sri Lanka attacks had incendiary leader
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The purported leader of an Islamic extremist group blamed for an Easter attack in Sri Lanka that killed over 320 people began posting videos online three years ago calling for non...
Apr 23, 2019
Sri Lanka, like world, again sees scourge of suicide attacks
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The Easter attacks in Sri Lanka are a bloody echo of decades past in the South Asian island nation, when militants inspired by attacks in the Lebanese civil war helped develop the...
Apr 23, 2019
Impeachment, felons voting divides Democrats at CNN forums
MANCHESTER, N.H. - California Sen. Kamala Harris joined the call for President Donald Trump's impeachment as five leading Democratic presidential contenders clashed in a series of prime-time town hall...
Apr 23, 2019
New commemorative loonie marking 'progress' for LGBTQ2 people to be unveiled today
TORONTO - The Royal Canadian Mint is unveiling a new commemorative loonie today meant to mark what it calls a key milestone for lesbian, gay, transgender, queer and two-spirited people in th...
Apr 23, 2019
President Trump to pay state visit to Britain in June
LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to Britain in June as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday. The palace said Trump and his wife, Melania, had accept...
Apr 23, 2019
Strong voter turnout expected in Prince Edward Island provincial election
CHARLOTTETOWN - It's election day in Prince Edward Island and voter turnout is expected to be strong. More than 36 per cent of eligible voters have already cast their ballots in the advance polls...
Apr 23, 2019