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Confederate statue removed from historic N Carolina court
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A North Carolina city removed a Confederate statue Tuesday from the grounds of an old courthouse, drawing applause from onlookers for the rare move in a state where such monument...
Mar 14, 2019
Netflix says Lac-Megantic footage will be removed from 'Bird Box' movie
OTTAWA - After initially refusing, Netflix has agreed to remove images of the 2013 Lac-Megantic disaster from its blockbuster film, "Bird Box." A spokesman says in an email to The Canadian Press ...
Mar 14, 2019
US moves to lift remaining grey wolf protections
BILLINGS, Mont. - Gray wolves in the U.S. would be stripped of federal protection and subjected to hunting and trapping in more states under a proposal released Thursday that declares the predators re...
Mar 14, 2019
2 ex-cops arrested in killing of black Brazilian politician
RIO DE JANEIRO - Authorities arrested two former police officers Tuesday in the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, a brazen assassination that shocked Brazilians an...
Mar 14, 2019
Dennis Oland joins lawyers, judge for visit to scene of father's murder
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Dennis Oland revisited the office where his father, Richard, was bludgeoned to death eight years ago as evidence wrapped up Tuesday at his second-degree murder trial. Sheriffs guard...
Mar 14, 2019
Democrat Beto O'Rourke announces 2020 White House bid
AUSTIN, Texas - Former congressman Beto O'Rourke is running for president. The 46-year-old officially announced his 2020 Democratic primary bid Thursday with an online post. After months of teasing a ...
Mar 14, 2019
Boeing jet grounded in much of world after Ethiopia crash
HEJERE, Ethiopia - Much of the world, including the entire European Union, grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace, leaving the United St...
Mar 14, 2019
In the news today, March 14
Four stories in the news for Thursday, March 14 --- TORONTO MAN LATEST CANADIAN VICTIM ID'D IN PLANE CRASH A 72-year-old Toronto man was the latest Canadian victim identified after a plane c...
Mar 14, 2019
Indigenous guardians sound alarm about climate change impacts in Canada
VANCOUVER - Growing up in a small, remote First Nations community in northwestern British Columbia, Jarett Quock found he faced racism and stereotypes from non-Indigenous people whenever he left the r...
Mar 14, 2019
Youth arrested in Kingston terrorism case appears for bail hearing
OTTAWA - A youth facing terrorism charges in Kingston, Ont., appeared in court Tuesday for the first day of a two-day bail hearing. The youth was charged in late January after a Canadian pol...
Mar 14, 2019