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Watchdog: Comey violated FBI policies in handling of memos
WASHINGTON - Former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump, the Justice Department's inspector general sa...
Aug 31, 2019
Brad Pitt goes deep into space, masculinity in 'Ad Astra'
VENICE, Italy - "Ad Astra" looks and sounds like a space epic with a movie star lead in Brad Pitt, but there's a lot more going on beneath the surface. Pitt said Thursday at the Venice International F...
Aug 31, 2019
Scarlett Johansson says 'Marriage Story' felt fated
VENICE, Italy - When Noah Baumbach asked Scarlett Johansson to meet with him about a new film he was going to write about a divorce, he didn't know she was going through one in real life. "It felt fat...
Aug 31, 2019
Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again
BOGOTA - Colombian President Ivan Duque offered a nearly $1 million reward for the arrest of the top peace negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on Thursday after the rebel and a s...
Aug 31, 2019
Provincial RCMP reminding residents about the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta RCMP is reminding residents that it's okay to call emergency services if you see someone overdosing, even if you know them.According to an RCMP-issued release, there were 1,...
Aug 31, 2019 Naloxone is used to temporarily stop the effects opioids (Lethbridge News Now)
Spain: ex-king says feeling "phenomenal" after heart surgery
MADRID - Spain's former monarch Juan Carlos I says he's feeling "phenomenal" with "new plumbing" after a successful triple bypass heart surgery. "It feels like a truck ran me over, but now it's about ...
Aug 31, 2019
School days: UK's Princess Charlotte to start next week
LONDON - Britain's Princess Charlotte will soon be starting school, and she'll have her older brother to help her get used to a new place. Kensington Palace said Thursday that the 4-year-old princess ...
Aug 31, 2019
Myanmar court sends filmmaker to prison for army remarks
YANGON, Myanmar - A court in Myanmar has found a prominent filmmaker guilty of defaming the military with his postings on Facebook and sentenced him to a year in prison. The lawyer defending Min Htin ...
Aug 31, 2019
Fierce Category 4 Dorian menaces Bahamas en route to Florida
MIAMI - Hurricane Dorian has gained fearsome new muscle as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, bearing down on the northwestern Bahamas early Saturday en route to Florida's east coast. Millions...
Aug 31, 2019
Police brace for confrontations as Hong Kong protesters mass
HONG KONG - Large crowds of protesters were gathering and marching in central Hong Kong on Saturday as police readied for possible confrontations near the Chinese government's main office and elsewher...
Aug 31, 2019