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Singh says childhood abuse steeled him for scrutiny and stress of politics
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he decided to "take a chance" and share his story of childhood sexual abuse in hopes of helping other victims. He recounts the assaults for the first time&n...
Apr 23, 2019
Bahrain king reinstates citizenship of 551 amid mass trials
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahrain's king on Sunday reinstated the citizenship of 551 people convicted and stripped of their nationality amid a series of mass trials conducted as part of a yearslon...
Apr 23, 2019
US new-home sales climbed 4.5% in March
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes increased 4.5% in March, the third straight monthly gain as the housing market appears to be cautiously recovering from a mortgage rate spike last year that caused...
Apr 23, 2019
Former U.S. president Barack Obama to visit nation's capital in May
OTTAWA - Former U.S. president Barack Obama is set to visit the nation's capital next month for a question-and-answer session. The event, hosted by the progressive think-tank Canada 202...
Apr 23, 2019
Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary
BOSTON - Get swole, prepare a bug-out bag, grab a go-cup and maybe you'll have a better chance of surviving the omnicide. Translation: Hit the gym and bulk up, put a bunch of stuff essential for survi...
Apr 23, 2019
Bill Cosby fighting $1M/month legal bill in arbitration
PHILADELPHIA - A fee dispute between actor Bill Cosby and a Los Angeles law firm shows the firm billed him about $1 million a month in the run-up to his first sex assault trial. The 81-year-old Cosby ...
Apr 23, 2019
Avengers get epic send-off at 'Endgame' world premiere
LOS ANGELES - There were more than a few sniffles from the audience at the premiere of "Avengers: Endgame" Monday night in Los Angeles, which Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth proudly admitted contribut...
Apr 23, 2019
After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home
AL-HOL CAMP, Syria - The women say it was misguided religious faith, naivety, a search for something to believe in or youthful rebellion. Whatever it was, it led them to travel across the world to joi...
Apr 23, 2019
Militants blamed in Sri Lanka attacks had incendiary leader
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The purported leader of an Islamic extremist group blamed for an Easter attack in Sri Lanka that killed over 320 people began posting videos online three years ago calling for non...
Apr 23, 2019
Sri Lanka, like world, again sees scourge of suicide attacks
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The Easter attacks in Sri Lanka are a bloody echo of decades past in the South Asian island nation, when militants inspired by attacks in the Lebanese civil war helped develop the...
Apr 23, 2019