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China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards
BEIJING - China said Wednesday it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry's most prestigious honours, as Beijing ramps ...
Aug 06, 2019
Trump accuses China of manipulating currency as yuan weakens
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump accused China of manipulating its currency after Beijing let the yuan fall to a politically sensitive level against the U.S. dollar for the first time in 11 years. ...
Aug 06, 2019
Rays erase 6-run deficit, beat Blue Jays on wild pitch in 10
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Kevin Kiermaier scored the winning run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night and the Tampa Bay Rays came back from a six-run deficit to be...
Aug 06, 2019
Ohio gunman's ex-classmates decry missed chances to stop him
DAYTON, Ohio - High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended years ago for compiling a "hit list" and a "rape list," and questioned how he could hav...
Aug 06, 2019
Barty in danger of losing No. 1 ranking after second-round exit at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Ashleigh Barty of Australia is in danger of losing her world No. 1 ranking after falling 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 to American Sofia Kenin in second-round play Tuesday at the Rogers Cup. Barty wasn...
Aug 06, 2019
Town hall meeting being set up to discuss drug crisis in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents of Lethbridge will have an opportunity to ask questions to a panel of experts on the ever-evolving drug situation.The exact date and time has not been set, but council appro...
Aug 06, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)
Clinton impeachment is FX's next 'American Crime Story'
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The next chapter of FX's "American Crime Story" will dramatize Bill Clinton's impeachment with a focus on Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp and other women central to the scandal. T...
Aug 06, 2019
Federal judge continues blocking 3 Arkansas abortion laws
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that three Arkansas abortion restrictions she temporarily blocked will remain on hold while she considers a lawsuit challenging them. U.S. District...
Aug 06, 2019
Three federal leaders march together at Vancouver Pride
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled on the importance of unity as he marched in Vancouver's annual Pride parade with two of his political rivals on Sunday. The prime minister took the o...
Aug 06, 2019
Former Fed leaders defend Powell against Trump's attacks
WASHINGTON - In a strong rebuke to President Donald Trump, the four living former leaders of the Federal Reserve say that the head of the nation's central bank should be able to make interest-rate dec...
Aug 06, 2019