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Don Was leads Detroit revue celebrating Motown milestone
DETROIT - Don Was is bringing his bass back to Detroit to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Motown Records with a stage full of friends. The Detroit-raised performer and producer leads the 12th Don Wa...
Jul 06, 2019
Survivor on Stromboli dodged falling volcanic material
MILAN - A pair of hikers found themselves trapped by flames after a volcano erupted on the Sicilian island of Stromboli and thought they had escaped to safety but only one of the men survived, a Brazi...
Jul 06, 2019
Trump asks Americans to 'stay true to our cause'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as "the greatest political journey in human history" in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy but cheering crowd of spectato...
Jul 06, 2019
Royal baby Archie to have private Windsor Castle christening
LONDON - The youngest member of Britain's royal family, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, is being christened Saturday in a private family ceremony at Windsor Castle. The 2-month-old son of the Duke and Duc...
Jul 06, 2019
Spain: Pamplona kicks off running of bulls festival
PAMPLONA, Spain - The blast of a traditional firework has kicked off Pamplona's famed running of the bulls festival, opening nine days of uninterrupted partying. A member of the northern city's offici...
Jul 06, 2019
Protesters say storming of legislature born of desperation
HONG KONG - It was almost noon on Monday when hundreds of protesters outside Hong Kong's legislature voted to break in. Watching from the side, one protester disagreed. They were too few, 19-year-old ...
Jul 06, 2019
Plans to save threatened B.C. caribou on hold as NDP mends fences
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan's New Democrats continue to face widespread criticism in northeast British Columbia over the government's attempts to introduce plans to save threatened caribou herds. P...
Jul 06, 2019
Prince Harry, Meghan say they won't name Archie's godparents
LONDON - Buckingham Palace says that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not reveal the names of the godparents of their son Archie when he is christened this weekend. The palace said in a statement W...
Jul 06, 2019
Pay-worker retention deal expires, renewing concerns about Phoenix backlog
OTTAWA - The lapse of an agreement that gave retention bonuses to federal pay centre employees could halt - or even reverse - progress that's been made in reducing a massive backlog of pay problems ge...
Jul 06, 2019
Southern California reels from magnitude 7.1 quake
LOS ANGELES - A quake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted much of California, cracking buildings, setting fires, breaking roads and causing several injuries while seismologists warned that large aftershock...
Jul 06, 2019 The Canadian Press