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TSX snaps positive streak despite hitting all-time high ahead of policy cues from Fed
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index snapped a seven-day winning streak despite hitting an all-time…
Syrian TV reports Israeli strike on suburbs of Damascus
DAMASCUS, Syria – Israel launched a missile attack on suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus…
Parts of Wyoming, Colorado, still snarled by record blizzard
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Schools in eastern Wyoming and northern Colorado remained closed Tuesday for a…
Virginia governor restores voting rights to 69k ex-felons
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he has restored voting rights…
Experts: Georgia vaccine woes at least partly self-inflicted
ATLANTA – Georgia’s failure to open mass vaccination sites earlier and relatively slow expansion of…
As signature collection ends, California heads toward recall
ROCKLIN, Calif. – A plodding, months-long review kicks off Wednesday to confirm what appears inevitable:…
McLaughlin, nun who exposed abuses in Rhodesia, dies at 79
JOHANNESBURG – Sister Janice McLaughlin, a Maryknoll Sisters nun who was jailed and later deported…
Ottawa seeks post-pandemic ideas to prepare for next major disaster
OTTAWA – The federal government is looking beyond COVID-19 to prepare for the next large-scale…
Ottawa concert hopes rapid COVID-19 tests will be ticket to the return of live music
Organizers of an Ottawa concert are hoping that rapid COVID-19 testing will set the stage…
Canada, Germany sign green-energy deal in bid to power fledgling hydrogen sectors
OTTAWA – Canada and Germany have signed an agreement to team up on green energy…
With limited cap room, Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin not likely to be active at deadline
MONTREAL – Marc Bergevin isn’t expecting to go hunting for major reinforcements ahead of the…
Mexico’s ex-oil boss quits; Fuel oil burn to increase
MEXICO CITY – The former leader of Mexico’s oil workers’ union will finally be resigning…
Carve-outs to mandatory hotel quarantine announced for temporary foreign workers
OTTAWA – Temporary foreign workers will continue to be exempt from mandatory hotel quarantines if…
Rescuers save 2 from pickup dangling over deep Idaho gorge
BOISE, Idaho – Authorities say a set of camp trailer safety chains and quick, careful…
Wisconsin judge arrested, suspected of possessing child porn
MILWAUKEE – A Wisconsin judge was arrested Tuesday on tentative charges of possession of child…
Mexico catches migrants using false UN documents
MEXICO CITY – Authorities in Mexico said Tuesday that 20 migrants were caught at a…
Guerrero Jr., has four of Toronto’s 21 hits as Blue Jays dump Phillies 14-5
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., had four of Toronto’s 21 hits as the Blue…
Be COVID-19 smart on St. Patrick’s Day, officials urge; some tighten restrictions
TORONTO – Officials in many Canadian provinces are tightening anti-pandemic restrictions to keep St. Patrick’s…
Review: Olney’s final album is a haunting collaboration
“Whispers and Sighs,” David Olney and Anana Kaye (Schoolkids Records) There’s a poignancy to these…
3 South Carolina officers sentenced in FBI fake cartel sting
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Three more ex-South Carolina law enforcement officers have been sentenced to federal…
Biden to hold first formal news conference next week
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will hold his first formal news conference on March 25…
Gunmen kill at least 58 in attack on Niger market sellers
NIAMEY, Niger – Gunmen on motorcycles attacked a group of civilians returning from market day…
Albertans will be able to say no to coal during consultations, energy minister says
Alberta’s energy minister says people in the province will be able to say “no” to…
Crews remove 3rd giant chunk of shipwreck off Georgia coast
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Salvage crews cutting a wrecked cargo ship into giant chunks along the…