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NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index reached record highs Wednesday morning as a rally in energy companies led U.S. stocks higher. Energy companies...

HALIFAX - The pilot of a helicopter that smashed to the ground and fatally pinned one of its passengers underneath failed to notice steel cables as he lifted off from a Labrador helipad, says a new re...

TORONTO - A 45-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a woman outside the stadium where Sunday’s Grey Cup game was played in Toronto. Toronto police said...

LONDON - Officials say Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter Zara Tindall is expecting her second child. She and her husband, retired rugby player Mike Tindall, already have a two-year-old daughter...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans who signed contracts to purchase homes edged up slightly in October, a sign that the housing market remains on sure footing after solid price and sales gains this ...

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - A doctor who fled war-torn Iraq a decade ago has been charged with voyeurism after staff at a Nova Scotia medical clinic were surreptitiously filmed while using the washroom. Dr. R...

TOKYO - Hoping to avoid last-minute financial pressures, Japanese officials said Wednesday they are determined to keep total costs of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games below 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) a...

BERN, Switzerland - Swiss authorities say their criminal investigation into FIFA has expanded and former secretary general Urs Linsi is a suspect. The case relates to Germany’s staging of the 20...

LONDON - Someday, somehow, soccer will likely return at Chapecoense. Through the grieving and after the funerals of the 19 team members who died in a plane crash, soccer will probably be played again,...

BRUSSELS - Next time you raise a glass of Belgian beer, rest assured: It’s a cultural experience. UNESCO added Belgian beer to the list of the “Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityR...