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In wake of MLS Cup final loss, Toronto looks to find another goal-scorer
SEATTLE - Toronto FC returned home to a snowstorm Monday, another unwelcome dose of reality after a painful 3-1 MLS Cup final defeat in Seattle. The playing season is over. The planning begins. T...
Nov 11, 2019
Canada among three G20 countries least likely to hit emissions targets
OTTAWA - A report card on global climate action says Canada's plan to meet its greenhouse-gas emissions targets is among the worst in the G20. Climate Transparency today is grading all the countr...
Nov 11, 2019
Film probes history of Native Americans in the US military
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Before Chuck Boers joined the U.S. Army, the Lipan Apache member was given his family's eagle feathers. The feathers had been carried by his great-great-great-grandfather on his ri...
Nov 11, 2019
Quebec overturns decision to deny French woman immigration documents over her French
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has overturned a decision to deny a French woman her Quebec immigration documents because a chapter of her PhD thesis was written in English. The c...
Nov 11, 2019
Two showcase franchises meet as Toronto and Seattle clash again in MLS Cup final
SEATTLE - A season that started in turmoil could end in triumph Sunday for Toronto FC. TFC will have to do it on hostile ground, however, with a sellout crowd of more than 69,000 solidly behind t...
Nov 11, 2019
Atomic watchdog: Iran's stockpiles of uranium still growing
VIENNA - The U.N. atomic watchdog says Iran's stockpiles of low-enriched uranium are still growing in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal. In a confidential quarterly report distributed to member state...
Nov 11, 2019
Press group: Hollywood libel lawsuit could set bad precedent
FAIRFAX, Va. - Free press advocates in Virginia are concerned that a libel lawsuit between Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard could set a bad precedent. The Virginia Press Association asked ...
Nov 11, 2019
Jury has questions as deliberations continue in Halifax jail cell death case
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia jury will return to deliberations Sunday morning in the case of two special constables charged in the death of an impaired 41-year-old man who suffocat...
Nov 11, 2019
John Legend lends support as Florida felons get vote rights
MIAMI - Singer John Legend was on hand to lend support Friday as 18 former felons were granted the right to vote in what Miami officials called a simple and streamlined process. The ceremony in a Miam...
Nov 11, 2019
Hundreds of thousands evacuated as cyclone hits Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A strong cyclone made landfall early Sunday in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people have moved to shelters across the low-lying delta nation's vast coastal region. Pac...
Nov 11, 2019