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Six stories in the news today, Nov. 1
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 1 --- STRIKE AVERTED AFTER FORD, UNIFOR REACH TENTATIVE DEAL The union representing 6,700 autoworkers at Ford in Canada said it has reached a tentative agreem...
Nov 01, 2016
Several Quebec companies beat deadline to sign up for reimbursement program
MONTREAL - More than a dozen Quebec companies stepped forward ahead of a deadline Tuesday with restitution plans for having obtained public contracts through fraud or other questionable means. Those w...
Nov 01, 2016
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NBA Toronto 105 Denver 102 Chicago 118 Brooklyn 88 Atlanta 106 Sacramento 95 L.A. Clippers 116 Phoenix 98 — NFL Chicago 20 Minnesota 10 — The Canadian Press
Oct 31, 2016
Deadly Halloween crash shakes small town in Mississippi
CHUNKY, Miss. - Every Halloween in the rural eastern Mississippi hamlet of Chunky, families and groups of friends load costumed children onto flatbed trailers and drive from house to widely spaced hou...
Oct 31, 2016
Officer who fatally shot black man fired over separate case
MILWAUKEE - An officer whose fatal shooting of a black man sparked violence in Milwaukee lost his job Monday, after he had been charged with sexual assault in an unrelated case. Officer Dominique Heag...
Oct 31, 2016
Judge tentatively OKs $151M settlement in chemical leak suit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal judge on Monday tentatively approved a $151 million settlement involving two companies sued over a 2014 chemical spill that contaminated drinking water in southern West V...
Oct 31, 2016
Teacher removed from classroom after video in Trump costume
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A New Hampshire high school teacher is in hot water after a video surfaced showing her in a classroom dressed as Donald Trump and dancing to a song that included an expletive. Super...
Oct 31, 2016
Judge to OK deal over police surveillance if changes made
NEW YORK - A deal with the city to settle lawsuits accusing its police department of violating basic rights in Muslim communities after Sept. 11, 2001, can be approved with some changes, a judge said ...
Oct 31, 2016
Alabama pipeline blast sparks worries about South gas prices
HELENA, Ala. - A deadly explosion that sparked a geyser of fire has shut down a vital pipeline supplying gasoline to millions of people across the Southeast, raising fears of another round of gas shor...
Oct 31, 2016
City releases audio of Pulse nightclub gunman
ORLANDO, Fla. - Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren’t sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recor...
Oct 31, 2016