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Twitter taps Canada as test market for new 'hide' tweet feature
OTTAWA - Twitter launched an experiment in Canada Thursday to give users in this country the ability to hide replies to tweets on its social-media platform, in a bid, the company says, to give us...
Jul 13, 2019
Taylor Swift shakes off drama with fun concert performance
NEW YORK - In her first public appearance since discovering her masters were in the hands of someone she's not a fan of, Taylor Swift didn't directly address the issue, but she did play music from tha...
Jul 13, 2019
Judge approves new Weinstein legal team led by #MeToo critic
NEW YORK - A judge gave Harvey Weinstein the green light Thursday to shake up his defence team yet again - this time a mere two months before the disgraced movie mogul whose case inspired the #MeToo m...
Jul 13, 2019
UK Labour Party in turmoil over new anti-Semitism claims
LONDON - Britain's main opposition Labour Party was in turmoil Thursday after a television documentary renewed allegations that anti-Semitism is rife within its ranks. In the BBC program, former staff...
Jul 13, 2019
Trump abandons bid to include citizenship question on census
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump abandoned his controversial bid to inject a citizenship question into next year's census Thursday, instead directing federal agencies to try to compile the informat...
Jul 13, 2019
Millions in line of punishing rain from Tropical Storm Barry
NEW ORLEANS - People boarded up buildings, stocked up on water and braced for torrents of rain and punishing wind from a strengthening Tropical Storm Barry that threatened millions as it churned a pat...
Jul 13, 2019
Toxic lake in Russia's Siberia becomes selfie sensation
MOSCOW - Residents of a city in Siberia don't need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies taken by pristine turquoise waters. Thousands of Novosibirsk residents - ranging from scantily...
Jul 13, 2019
In the news today, July 11
Five stories in the news for Thursday, July 11 --- LIBERALS NOMINATE QUEBEC ACTIVIST FOR FALL VOTE Within a few minutes of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech Wednesday night introdu...
Jul 13, 2019
Aftermath of Canadian submarine fire: PTSD, asthma and depression
HALIFAX - The Canadian sailors who fought a deadly fire aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi in 2004 suffered from significantly elevated levels of post-traumatic stress, depression and...
Jul 13, 2019
'Frustration and alienation:' Jason Kenney tells premiers national unity threatened
SASKATOON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he still believes national unity is under threat despite two days of collaborative discussions with the country's leaders. Kenney said his ...
Jul 13, 2019