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Supreme Court stresses jail should be 'last resort' for people awaiting trial
OTTAWA - Making an accused person wait in jail before trial should be the exception, not the rule, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a decision that affirms a key legal safeguard intended to ensure ...
Mar 28, 2019
3 Saudi women's rights activists temporarily released
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Three Saudi women were granted temporary release from prison on Thursday, nearly a year after they and other women’s rights activists were detained by security forc...
Mar 28, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays place both Tellez, Guerra on opening-day roster
TORONTO - Rowdy Tellez is getting an opportunity to prove himself right from Opening Day. The rookie first baseman and right-hander Javy Guerra made the Toronto Blue Jays’ opening-day roster on ...
Mar 28, 2019
Much of East Coast is one 'perfect storm' away from being cut off from Canada
AMHERST, N.S. - First of a two-part series on the stunning potential impact that climate change could have on the low-lying, narrow band of land connecting Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada. — J...
Mar 28, 2019
Trudeau says sorry for sarcastic thank you comment to Indigenous protester
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who typically takes a more deferential, let’s-talk approach when protesters get in his face, found himself delivering a rare and rapid apology Thursday fo...
Mar 28, 2019
Travellers stranded after Icelandic airline collapses
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Icelandic budget airline WOW Air collapsed under its financial problems on Thursday, leading it to ground planes and leave passengers stranded across two continents. The airline, ...
Mar 28, 2019
$768M Powerball winner bought ticket in Milwaukee suburb
NEW BERLIN, Wis. - A single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the estimated $768.4 million jackpot - the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history - was sold in a Milwaukee subu...
Mar 28, 2019
Woman details alleged 2003 abuse by R. Kelly in TV interview
CHICAGO - A woman is publicly accusing R&B singer R. Kelly of sexually abusing her in 2003 while she worked as his hairdresser. Lanita Carter says in an interview aired Thursday on “CBS This...
Mar 28, 2019
City leaders: Smollett owes Chicago $130K for investigation
CHICAGO - City officials have ordered Jussie Smollett to pay $130,000 to cover the cost of the investigation into his report of a street attack that Chicago police say was staged to promote his career...
Mar 28, 2019
Pope explains reluctant ring kiss: Fear of spreading germs
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has set the record straight about why he pulled his hand away when throngs of people lined up this week to kiss his ring: for fear of spreading germs. Vatican spokesman Ale...
Mar 28, 2019