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CHICAGO - Detectives reviewed surveillance footage of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett walking to his downtown Chicago apartment, but so far none of the video shows him being attacked by two masked men,...

PHILADELPHIA - A powerful union boss with a tight grip on construction jobs in the Philadelphia region and outsized influence in city and state politics has been indicted in alleged schemes to embezzl...

OTTAWA - The federal government says diplomats visited Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor today for the third time since he was arrested in China in December on allegations of endangering Chinese na...

OTTAWA - An impartial group of senior bureaucrats will warn Canadians if malicious actors try to manipulate the outcome of this fall's federal election. The Trudeau government announced the "critical ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov was among 12 Russian track and field athletes found guilty Friday of taking part in state-backed doping. The Court of Arbitration for Spor...

OTTAWA - The federal government is signing a new accord with the Native Women's Association of Canada to ensure the organization can fully participate in efforts to improve Indigenous health, hou...

ATLANTA - Gladys Knight says her singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl will bring people together. NBC's "Today" show reported Friday that Knight wrestled with whether to join a boycott over t...

WHITEHORSE - An event considered to be the toughest dog sled race on the planet begins Saturday in Whitehorse. Thirty teams from Canada, the United States and as far away as the Czech R...

The clock is ticking on the auction of Jose Bautista's bat-flip ball and its consignor is anxious to see where it winds up. Bidding on the ball from Bautista's three-run homer in Toronto's wild 6-3 vi...

TORONTO - Heidi El Tabakh has caught a couple breaks for her upcoming debut as captain of the Canadian Fed Cup team. The recent breakout of teenager Bianca Andreescu has given her a bon...