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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane Matthew grew into a powerful Category 5 storm late Friday as it crossed the Caribbean Sea on a course that could have it pounding Jamaica within days. The U.S. National H...

JERUSALEM - Shimon Peres was laid to rest Friday by dozens of world leaders who praised Israel’s former president and prime minister for pursuing peace with an indefatigable spirit and optimism,...

Thursday’s Games World Cup of Hockey Game 2 of Final Canada 2 Europe 1 (Canada wins best-of-three final 2-0) — NHL Pre-season Buffalo 1 Toronto 0 (SO) Ottawa 4 Montreal 3 (OT) Winnipeg 4 M...

TORONTO - Team Europe wasn’t given much of a chance at the start of the World Cup of Hockey. Round-robin wins over the United States and the Czech Republic got people’s attention and an ov...

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raised the rhetoric over his bloody anti-crime war to a new level Friday, comparing it to Hitler and the Holocaust and saying he would be ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Jerry Brown waded further into the national debate over transgender rights Thursday as he signed a bill requiring that all single-stall toilets in California be designated as...

BARNWELL – A young family was left homeless after a fire Thursday afternoon gutted their home in the village of Barnwell, just west of Taber. The Taber fire department responded to the call just...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Family band Flatt Lonesome won three awards at the International Bluegrass Music Awards while the Earls of Leicester were named entertainer of the year for the second consecutive year....

WINNIPEG - It’s been so far so good for Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey. The left-shooting rookie wants to improve every time he steps on the ice. He thinks he’s doing that after t...

MONTREAL - If Mikhail Sergachev had butterflies in his NHL debut, Montreal Canadiens head coach Michel Therrien didn’t notice. Montreal’s first-round draft pick in 2016 lived up to the hyp...