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TORONTO - For Nicole Dorsey, director and writer of stylistic, psychological drama "Black Conflux," creating of the film's main character, Jackie, was about relaying her own experiences as a teenager....

NEW YORK - Serena Williams was in pain - "acceptable" pain, her coach called it - after rolling her right ankle during the second set of a U.S. Open victory. That was the bad news. On a day that defen...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Moments after Simon Danny Scout and Rylan James Twigg were arraigned on second-degree murder charges in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge Monday (Sept. 3), the Crown announced it w...

NEW YORK - Elina Svitolina reached the semifinals for the second straight Grand Slam tournament, beating Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday at the U.S. Open. Svitolina followed up on her run to the fin...

TORONTO - Justin Verlander had one thing on his mind after tossing a no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. "Where is Toro?" the Houston Astros right-hander shouted through an ear-to-...

TORONTO - Brett Connolly says he owes the Stanley Cup ring on his finger to Devante Smith-Pelly. Some 15 months after that magical playoff run, Connolly simply hopes his former teammate...

NEW YORK - Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments," her highly anticipated sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," is among six works shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. Other finalists announced Tuesda...

TORONTO - Milan Borjan speaks English, Spanish, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian - variations of which cover Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro - understands Turkish and has a little Romanian and...

ROME - Activists from Italy's populist 5-Star Movement voted overwhelmingly in an online ballot Tuesday to approve a deal for a governing coalition with the rival, mainstream Democrats that would thwa...

WASHINGTON - The U.S.-China trade war and slower global growth are weighing on the U.S. economy, with manufacturing activity shrinking in August for the first time in three years. A survey by the Inst...