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FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will spend up to $1 million to provide free second-language training for unemployed adults. Premier Brian Gallant made the announcement Tuesday, saying many ...

DETROIT - The fastest-growing part of the U.S. auto market is getting another new vehicle. Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep brand unveiled a redesigned Jeep Compass compact SUV at a factory in Brazil Monday...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence rose in September to the highest level in nine years. The Conference Board says that its consumer confidence index rose to 104.1, up from 101.8 in August. It was ...

OTTAWA - The government hasn’t done enough to protect the privacy of “law-abiding Canadians” from new information-sharing powers in the omnibus security legislation known as C-51, sa...

HALIFAX - A firefighter has won compensation after enduring abuse and equipment tampering at a Halifax naval base because he is gay. The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal says the unidentifi...

WARSAW, Poland - Taking a toy from a bear can be dangerous, especially when the toy is a mortar grenade. Malgorzata Chodyla, spokeswoman for a zoo in Poznan, in western Poland, told The Associated Pre...

MACHIAS SEAL ISLAND, N.B. - Barely more than a tenth of puffin chicks born on the barren landscape of Machias Seal Island this year survived, and scientists suggest climate change may be to blame. Res...

WASHINGTON - A claim from the presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts: TRUMP: “Our jobs are fleeing the country. They’re going to Mexico. They’re going to many other ...

WASHINGTON - In a story Sept. 26 fact-checking Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s claims about having his tax returns audited, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the IRS ...

WASHINGTON - A claim from the presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts: TRUMP: Trump sidestepped attacks about whether his past skepticism that President Barack Obama was born in the Un...