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WASHINGTON - More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in July, a sign that demand for home ownership remains strong despite a shortage of listings on the market. The National Association of R...

NEW YORK - Chris Stapleton, Eric Church and budding newcomer Maren Morris are the leaders at the 2016 Country Music Association Awards. The three performers received five nominations each Wednesday. T...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it will spend $180,000 on a province-wide program to counter the effects of opioid overdoses. Provincial Health Minister John Hag...

TORONTO – Stephen Curry and the star-studded Golden State Warriors will take on the Toronto Raptors in a pre-season game in Vancouver as part of the annual NBA Canada Series. The game, which wil...

KALISPELL, Mont. - A Canadian man convicted of shooting his ex-girlfriend and a man during what U.S. prosecutors say was a jealous rage has been sentenced to life in prison in Montana. The Flathead Be...

OTTAWA - The federal budget watchdog says that creating a tax credit for local residents who regularly pay tolls on the Confederation Bridge would cost the treasury about $2.5 million a year in forgon...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially entered the Marvel universe - and the boxing ring - as a newly minted comic cover star. Trudeau appears on the variant cover of issue No. 5 of Ma...

WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses added a solid 177,000 jobs in August, according to a private survey, suggesting that hiring remains healthy after two months of strong gains. Payroll processor ADP said th...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The head coach of South Korea’s national team resigned on Wednesday as police investigate allegations that two male swimmers secretly filmed female swimmers after ins...

BEIRUT - A small bomb exploded Wednesday on a main road near the eastern Lebanese city of Zahleh, killing at least one person and wounding 11 others, security officials and state media said. It was no...