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Harvey Weinstein wants to move trial out of NYC
NEW YORK - A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein has asked that the disgraced movie mogul's upcoming criminal trial be moved out of New York City, saying he can't get a fair trial. In a longshot motion filed ...
Aug 22, 2019
Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell
MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian appeals court Wednesday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, in a decision ch...
Aug 22, 2019
Border official questioned Meng on alleged business in Iran: court documents
VANCOUVER - Court documents released ahead of a Huawei executive's extradition trial suggest a Canadian border official questioned Meng Wanzhou about her business before RCMP arrested her. T...
Aug 22, 2019
Trump flip-flops on tax cuts, citing 'strong economy'
WASHINGTON - A day after considering cutting taxes to promote economic growth, President Donald Trump on Wednesday changed course and said he would abandon the idea because the nation already had "a s...
Aug 22, 2019
More than $100,000 in stolen property recovered in Crowsnest Pass
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - RCMP in the Crowsnest Pass have found a significant amount of stolen property.The first of two search warrants was executed on a rural property where two large flat deck trailers,...
Aug 22, 2019 RCMP logo. (Lethbridge News Now)
LA Opera names lawyer to lead Placido Domingo investigation
SAN FRANCISCO - Los Angeles Opera said Tuesday it will immediately open a "thorough and independent investigation" into allegations of sexual harassment against the opera star Placido Domingo, the com...
Aug 22, 2019
Philly police head resigns as bias suit roils department
Philadelphia's police commissioner resigned Tuesday amid allegations that members of his department engaged in sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination against two women serving in the r...
Aug 22, 2019
Best in the West: Eskimos host Bombers in shocase of top CFL teams
EDMONTON - From the moment they broke training camp facing a season of significant change after missing the 2018 playoffs, the Edmonton Eskimos have insisted that if they focus on the process, the res...
Aug 22, 2019
B.C. father charged with murdering daughters says suicide note was old
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver Island man who is accused of killing his two young daughters has told a jury that a suicide note police found at the scene was a month old. Andrew Berry has pleaded n...
Aug 22, 2019
Canadian Brooke Henderson goes low in opening round of CP Women's Open
AURORA, Ont. - Canada's Brooke Henderson is quite comfortable in the role of defending champion. She showed why during a strong opening round Thursday morning at Magna Golf Club. H...
Aug 22, 2019