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QUEBEC - The Quebec government moved towards fulfilling a key election promise today as it tabled a bill that would ensure children can attend kindergarten at four years old. The legislation introduce...

JERUSALEM - An Israeli software firm known for its phone-surveillance technology said Thursday that it has been re-acquired by its founders. The NSO group announced that U.S.-based private equity firm...

NEW YORK - Amazon abruptly dropped plans Thursday for a big new headquarters in New York that would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, reversing course after politicians and activists objected to t...

WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales fell in December, posting the biggest drop since September 2009 and delivering more evidence that last year’s holiday sales fizzled unexpectedly. Even e-commerce s...

Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he wants the federal government to settle with engineering firm SNC-Lavalin “as soon as possible” in order to protect jobs and the company’s corp...

NEWARK, Del. - A man’s nap in the back of his car in Delaware turned into a nightmare after the car he was sleeping in was stolen and crashed. Musician Justin Koerner told the News Journal he ha...

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says at least 30 Canadians who had surgery at a clinic in Tijuana, Mexico are at risk of potentially deadly infection. But the agency isn’t sure, beca...

OTTAWA - Environment Canada is going mobile. The federal agency launched its first weather app for iPhone and Android this week, including a new high-resolution radar option so amateur meteorologists ...

Would anyone - anyone at all - like to thank the academy? This is normally the time of year when Oscar hopefuls are readying acceptance speeches that almost always begin with a few words of gratitude ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Mystikal, a Louisiana rapper who had been in custody for nearly 1 1/2 years on a rape charge, has been released on a $3 million bond. The artist, whose real name is Michael Tyler, wa...