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TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) - It's been nine years since Islamic extremists in northern Mali arrested Zahra Abdou on charges of showing her hair and wearing an outfit they said was too tight. The al-Qaida-lin...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is ordering a new trial for an Ontario resident who was acquitted after shooting and killing an Indigenous man in 2016. Peter Khill, of Binbrook, Ont., was found n...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Grand Slam title winners Ana Ivanovic, Flavia Pennetta, Carlos Moya and Cara Black are the new nominees on the International Tennis Hall of Fame ballot for the Class of 2022, join...

PINCHER CREEK, AB - Jim Litkowski wants residents to go out and vote.Litkowski is a candidate for mayor in Pincher Creek in this month's municipal election. He told LNN that initially, he wasn't plann...

BEIRUT (AP) - Armed clashes broke out in Beirut Thursday during a protest against the lead judge investigating last year's massive blast in the city's port, as tensions over the domestic probe boiled ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A Danish man who is in custody in Norway suspected of a bow-and-arrow attack on a small town that killed five people and wounded two others is a Muslim convert who had previ...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

VANCOUVER - COVID-19 testing requirements for Canadians driving home from the United States could only prolong the hardships for the tiny coastal town of Point Roberts, Wash., community leaders say. P...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A University of Saskatchewan professor who has worked in Iqaluit says any amount of fuel in drinking water is unsafe, but drinking it over the short term isn't necessarily dangerous...

TORONTO - Volunteers who helped Syrian refugees settle in Canada six years ago are coming together once more to help Afghans who've recently arrived in the country. Their efforts - which range from se...