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Swedish court documents give details on A$AP Rocky case
HELSINKI - Swedish authorities have released court documents in the assault case in which American rapper A$AP Rocky and two other men are charged, with prosecutors saying that the victim was punched ...
Jul 28, 2019
Fatal collision south of Coaldale claims lives of two Taber seniors
COALDALE -- A section of Highway-4 was shut down for about six hours Saturday (July 27) evening, to allow RCMP traffic reconstruction members to investigate a fatal two vehicle collision. The incident...
Jul 28, 2019 RCMP vehicle -- LethbridgeNewsNOW
Cosby appeal to focus on other women's testimony, Quaaludes
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month say the accusations from other women are no coincidence, but "the culmination of a decade...
Jul 28, 2019
Cardinal Ortega, former archbishop of Havana, dies at 82
HAVANA - Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, a sugar worker's son who oversaw the first papal visit to Cuba, helped lower barriers to believers in the communist country and played a role in mediati...
Jul 28, 2019
Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem picks up second bronze at world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem captured her second bronze medal at the 2019 world aquatics championships, tying a record for the country. The Canadian/U.S. dual citizen ...
Jul 28, 2019
World powers meet Iran in Vienna to salvage nuclear deal
VIENNA - Representatives from Europe, China and Russia, nations that are still committed to the Iran nuclear deal, were meeting Sunday with Iran's representative in Vienna to discuss how to salvage th...
Jul 28, 2019
Government 'didn't care' about reducing emissions: Inside Quebec's green fund
MONTREAL - When Ljiljana Latkovic was named to the council governing Quebec's multibillion-dollar green fund in 2017, she thought she was going to use her science background to help choose projec...
Jul 28, 2019
Catholics in Cape Breton defy bishop's order to close 200-year-old church
CHRISTMAS ISLAND, N.S. - A renegade group of Roman Catholics in Cape Breton is defying a bid by the local bishop to shut down their 200-year-old parish. The Church of St. Barra&nbs...
Jul 28, 2019
Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade
MOSCOW - A Russian group that monitors police arrests says nearly 1,400 people were detained in a police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, the largest number of detentions at a protest in ...
Jul 28, 2019
Taliban reject talk of direct negotiations with government
KABUL - An Afghan official said Sunday that the government would hold its first-ever direct talks with the Taliban within two weeks, but the insurgents quickly denied any such meeting was planned and ...
Jul 28, 2019