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Political operative arrested in North Carolina scandal
RALEIGH, N.C. - The political operative at the centre of an election fraud scandal that has engulfed a North Carolina congressional race was arrested Wednesday on charges of illegal ballot handling an...
Mar 01, 2019
Brothers in Smollett case say they have 'tremendous regret'
CHICAGO - Two brothers who told police that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett paid them $3,500 to help stage an attack on himself in Chicago say they regret their involvement in the incident. Gloria Schm...
Mar 01, 2019
Tesla defies convention and pays for it as shares slide
Tesla is suffering one of its worst sell-offs of the year after announcing it would begin closing all of its stores in favour of selling its electric cars exclusively online. The goal is to allow Tesl...
Mar 01, 2019
Balmain celebrates trouble-makers in sexy Paris show
PARIS - Balmain celebrated rebellious trouble-makers at Paris Fashion Week Friday in a sexy show with spikes and studs, while Issey Miyake turned fashion design on its head with a fabric that can be m...
Mar 01, 2019
Nielsen estimates about 16 million watched Michael Cohen
NEW YORK - The Nielsen company says that 15.8 million people watched President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, testify against him on television before a congressional committee. Nielsen ...
Mar 01, 2019
Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli on cooking with her 11-yr-old
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Alex Guarnaschelli might be a revered judge on TV's Chopped, one of the few female iron chefs and the author of two bestselling cookbooks, but in her 11-year-old daughter's eye...
Mar 01, 2019
Lyft reveals big growth but no profits as it readies for IPO
NEW YORK - Lyft revealed that it is growing quickly ahead of its initial public offering but continues to bleed money and may never turn a profit, according to a federal filing. The company released i...
Mar 01, 2019
Parents blame North Korea's 'evil regime' for son's death
CINCINNATI - Unlike President Donald Trump, Otto Warmbier's parents don't believe North Korea's leader. The parents of the American college student who was sent home from North Korea in a vegetative s...
Mar 01, 2019
Live on-air licking of TV reporter sparks anger, complaint to police
TORONTO - An incident in which a well-known comic actor nuzzles and licks the ear of an on-air TV journalist reporting from a meeting of comedians sparked widespread public condemnation and promp...
Mar 01, 2019
Anti-vaccine campaign 'very concerning,' says Ontario's health minister
TORONTO - An ad campaign from a group of open vaccine skeptics that briefly dotted some streets in the Toronto area represents a "very concerning" development in the ongoing fight ...
Mar 01, 2019