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Twitter adds new options to curb abuse, harassment
NEW YORK - Twitter, long criticized as a hotbed for online harassment, is expanding ways to curb the amount of abuse users see and making it easier to report such conduct. Twitter says it is expanding...
Nov 15, 2016
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
EIN GEDI, Israel - A multinational group of swimmers swam seven hours through the salty, soupy waters of the Dead Sea on Tuesday in a bid to draw attention to the environmental degradation of the fabl...
Nov 15, 2016
CFL, Grey Cup to host You Can Play Party supporting LGBTQ community
TORONTO - The Canadian Football League is rolling out the rainbow carpet at the Grey Cup in Toronto. The CFL and You Can Play will host an official party supporting the LGBTQ community for the first t...
Nov 15, 2016
Djokovic wins again, reaches semifinals at ATP finals
LONDON - Novak Djokovic edged a bit closer to the year-end No. 1 ranking. The second-ranked Serb beat Canadian Milos Raonic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) Tuesday to qualify for the semifinals of the ATP finals and...
Nov 15, 2016
Study looks at genetic impact of European contact on First Nations
Genetic research has shed new light on what happened to indigenous people after European contact - and demonstrated just how long at least one group has inhabited their traditional lands. A paper publ...
Nov 15, 2016
8 Germans charged with forming far-right terrorist group
BERLIN - Eight Germans have been charged with forming a far-right terrorist organization and carrying out bombing attacks on asylum-seeker facilities and left-wing political targets, federal prosecuto...
Nov 15, 2016
Second delay in peace bond for Nova Scotia's 'Internet black widow'
HALIFAX - An 81-year-old woman who killed and poisoned her intimate partners has once again been given a few more days to show the Crown some evidence on why she needs changes to a two-year peace bond...
Nov 15, 2016
Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales hit record last month
OTTAWA - The number of homes sold throughout the country last month hit a record for October, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Tuesday. There were 42,473 residential properties sold last mont...
Nov 15, 2016
US business inventories up 0.1 per cent in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses boosted their stockpiles by a slight amount in September while their sales increased by the most in three months. The Commerce Department says business inventories edged u...
Nov 15, 2016
US Sen. Corker, professor argue about Trump on hike
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A professor says he had a testy exchange about Donald Trump with U.S. Sen. Bob Corker during a weekend hike. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/2fOuAdt) David...
Nov 15, 2016