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Younger, diverse voters are reshaping California politics
LOS ANGELES - Come Election Day, California could legalize pot. Its new U.S. senator will be black or Hispanic - a first for the state. And voters could end the death penalty and revive bilingual educ...
Oct 23, 2016
Raptors' roster set for opening night; exercise options on three players
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet’s mom was still awake at 2 a.m. when he called her to let her know the good news, that he’d made the Raptors’ 15-man roster. She’d been up nervously awa...
Oct 23, 2016
Muskrat Falls: Protests, soaring costs and the making of a 'boondoggle'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Then-premier Kathy Dunderdale had a dismissive air when she rose in the legislature on Dec. 18, 2012, to answer another opposition question on Muskrat Falls. Her Progressive C...
Oct 23, 2016
Lethbridge Hurricanes Supporting KidSport Lethbridge & Taber
Oct 23, 2016
Top-seeded Kerber toils in win vs Cibulkova at WTA Finals
SINGAPORE - Top-seeded Angelique Kerber struggled to defeat seventh-seeded Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3 on the opening day of the WTA Finals in Singapore on Sunday. Kerber, who secured the top...
Oct 23, 2016
University groups try to stave off offensive costumes in lead-up to Halloween
TORONTO - Geishas are out. Feathered headdresses are forbidden. And if you’re planning to wear a Bill Cosby or Caitlyn Jenner costume, you may not be welcome at your Halloween party of choice. A...
Oct 23, 2016
Local Photographers Unite For Up Coming "Help Portrait" Day
Oct 23, 2016
West Virginia candidate for governor owes millions in taxes
HINDMAN, Ky. - Jim Justice, a coal billionaire running for West Virginia governor, owes millions in back taxes to some of Appalachia’s most impoverished counties, including one in Kentucky that ...
Oct 23, 2016
How one drug cartel banked its cash in New York City
NEW YORK - In the photos, Alejandra Salgado and her little brother Francisco look like ordinary tourists strolling the streets of midtown Manhattan. He carries a shopping bag. She wears a white dress,...
Oct 23, 2016
Civil rights hero from 60s takes criticism as Trump backer
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Clarence Henderson was hailed as a hero nearly 60 years ago when as a young black man he participated in a sit-in at a segregated North Carolina lunch counter. In 2016, he is again ...
Oct 23, 2016