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Evidence deadline looms in case of Epstein's ex-girlfriend
NEW YORK - Prosecutors and defence lawyers are clashing days before a deadline for evidence to be turned over in the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time girlfriend on charges that she recruited ...
Nov 03, 2020

Leask barber hangs up scissors after more than five decades in the business
Jerry Heinbigner has been cutting hair for over 50 years, and will be remembered by many for the small packs of juicy fruit he gave to children for good behaviour.When asked by paNOW what he will miss...
Nov 03, 2020

Uganda police arrest Bobi Wine after presidential nomination
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police on Tuesday again arrested Bobi Wine, a popular singer and opposition presidential hopeful, just after he was successfully certified as a candidate in next year's elect...
Nov 03, 2020

Germany eyes antigen tests to keep elderly safe from virus
BERLIN - As Europe tries to break a surge in coronavirus infections, Germany is counting on a new type of test to avoid closing nursing homes to visitors, a move that caused considerable anguish among...
Nov 03, 2020

Dutch train caught by whale sculpture to be salvaged
SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands - A salvage operation got underway Tuesday to lift a runaway metro train off a sculpture of a whale's tail, where it landed after plowing through the end of an elevated sectio...
Nov 03, 2020

Northern Greece locks down as Europe tightest restrictions
ATHENS, Greece - A lockdown came into effect in northern Greece on Tuesday, with the southeastern European country joining the list of the continent's nations tightening restrictions to restrain rapid...
Nov 03, 2020

Control of Senate at stake as Trump's allies face Democrats
WASHINGTON - Control of the Senate is a razor-close proposition in Tuesday's election, as Republicans fight to retain their majority against a surge of Democratic candidates confronting the president'...
Nov 03, 2020

U.S. election day and a Trump impersonator in Canada: In The News for Nov. 3, 2020
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 ... What we are watching...
Nov 03, 2020

Iran's supreme leader, quoting Trump, mocks US election
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader mocked America's presidential election Tuesday in a televised address, quoting President Donald Trump's own baseless claims about voter fraud to criticize the vote...
Nov 03, 2020

Canada approves first HIV self-test in long-awaited move to reduce screening barriers
Federal regulators have approved the first HIV self-test in Canada in a long-awaited move that experts have called critical to reaching people who don't know they have the virus.Health Canada granted ...
Nov 03, 2020