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UN: Number of global displaced up to 65.6 million last year
GENEVA – The number of people displaced from their homes across the world due to…
Pennsylvania police say boy, 4, fatally shot himself in face
SAYLORSBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania State Police are trying to figure out how a 4-year-old boy…
More independent Senate providing sober second thought but defers to Commons
OTTAWA – With a potential impasse brewing in the Senate over his government’s latest budget,…
Forecast for food inflation lowered, but meat prices to jump in 2017: report
TORONTO – The researchers behind Canada’s annual food price report say that while they expect…
Trump tweets about Democrats, Georgia election
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is attacking Democrats and promoting the Republican running in this…
Police: 12 killed in suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Authorities in northeastern Nigeria say 12 people are dead after suicide bombing…
B.C. man charged with first-degree murder in double slaying on Sunshine Coast
POWELL RIVER, B.C. – Two charges of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder…
‘Human Project’ study will ask 10,000 to share life’s data
NEW YORK – Wanted: 10,000 New Yorkers interested in advancing science by sharing a trove…
2nd pipeline under Straits of Mackinac passes pressure test
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. – Enbridge says a second oil pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac…
Iran calls missile attack on Syria militants a wider warning
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran says its ballistic missile strike targeting the Islamic State group in…
Shootings kill or injure at least 19 US children each day
CHICAGO – Shootings kill or injure at least 19 U.S. children each day, with boys,…
Prosecutors want German nationalist’s immunity lifted
BERLIN – Prosecutors want a German nationalist party leader’s immunity lifted so they can pursue…
Justices reverse ruling that overturned man’s death sentence
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has thrown out a lower court ruling that overturned the…
High court won’t hear appeal over dancing baby video
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal in a long-running copyright dispute over…
Prominent Turkish journalists on trial over failed coup
ISTANBUL – The trial started on Monday of 17 people, mostly journalists, accused of links…