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Risky politics? Trump wields his tariffs as a weapon at home
NEW YORK - His trade war already raging worldwide, President Donald Trump on Friday brandished his aggressive actions as a political weapon at home, too, casting himself as a fighter for American work...
May 10, 2019
Utah event celebrates Transcontinental Railroad anniversary
PROMONTORY, Utah - Music, bells and cannon fire rang out Friday at a remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, uniting a natio...
May 10, 2019
'You are free to leave': How the case against Mark Norman ended
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman had walked up to the entrance of the Ottawa courthouse dozens of previous times over the past year, yet this time was different: This would be the last time. Like on ...
May 10, 2019
Goodale disputes charge that bill maintains solitary confinement by another name
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is disputing claims that a bill to end solitary confinement in Canada's prisons is merely "linguistic trickery" that maintains the practice unde...
May 10, 2019
B.C. Speaker apologizes for speech that says Hells Angels, Mafia 'successful'
VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature says a speech he gave this week about leadership went sideways and he is apologizing for offending people. Darryl Plecas says the point he...
May 10, 2019
New Canadian fighter jets will need U.S. certification: DND
OTTAWA - Canada's top military procurement official says the U.S. will have to sign off on whatever fighter jet this country purchases, but that he is not concerned about political interference. Patri...
May 10, 2019
Tottenham stuns Ajax 3-2 to reach Champions League final
AMSTERDAM - Facing a three-goal deficit at halftime in their Champions League semifinal, Tottenham's players only had to think back 24 hours or so to find a source of inspiration. "We saw Liverpool la...
May 10, 2019
Police arrests end sit-in against policing at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore police arrested seven people on Wednesday as they ended a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at Johns Hopkins University, where a group of protesters have demonstrat...
May 10, 2019
Deborah Dugan, CEO of (RED), picked to lead the Grammys
NEW YORK - Deborah Dugan, the CEO of Bono's (RED) organization, has been named president and CEO of the Recording Academy, becoming the first woman appointed to lead the organization. The academy anno...
May 10, 2019
PSAC rejects government offer, setting up potential post-election strike
OTTAWA - There could be a federal public-service strike later this year, but it will be up to whoever is in power after the October election to deal with it. The Public Service Alliance of C...
May 10, 2019