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Cohen sues Trump Organization, wants it to pay legal bills
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Trump Organization broke a promise to pay his legal bills and owes at least $1.9 million to cover ...
Mar 09, 2019
House broadly condemns hate after anti-Semitism dispute
WASHINGTON - Divided in debate but mostly united in a final vote, the House passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other bigotry Thursday, with Democrats trying to push past a dispute that h...
Mar 09, 2019
R. Kelly to be released from jail after payment made
CHICAGO - R&B singer R. Kelly is set to be released from a Chicago jail. Cook County sheriff's spokeswoman Sophia Ansari says Kelly will be released Saturday after someone paid $161,000 in back ch...
Mar 09, 2019
Quebec City police hit with ethics complaint for using Chuck Norris photo
MONTREAL - A photo of gun-toting movie star Chuck Norris displayed on a Quebec City police van during G7 summit protests last summer has prompted an ethics complaint from a university professor. Franc...
Mar 09, 2019
PMO denies Trudeau was hostile toward Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes
OTTAWA - An official with the prime minister's office says Justin Trudeau had "emotional" conversations with Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, but denies her claims the encounters were "hostile...
Mar 09, 2019
Time on his hands: John Scott changes the time on Toronto's clock towers
Every spring and fall, John Scott climbs up clock towers across Toronto to change time. "The keymaster, the time master - I've been called a lot of titles," says the 61-year-o...
Mar 09, 2019
Facebook aims to reduce 'anti-vaxxer' messages, ads as part of 'safety' campaign
VANCOUVER - Facebook should ban posts by so-called anti-vaxxers in order to protect children against measles and other contagious diseases, says a British Columbia mother who launched a petition urgin...
Mar 09, 2019
Cohen's lawyer says Trump advisers were 'dangling' pardons
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's advisers dangled the possibility of a pardon for his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen last year, Cohen's attorney said Thursday, as congressional investigator...
Mar 09, 2019
Ohio governor delays 3 more executions while drugs reviewed
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday delayed three additional executions to give the Ohio prison system time to develop a new lethal injection method, responding to a federal judge's scathing...
Mar 09, 2019
2020 Democrats flock to trendy SXSW festival in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas is an unlikely can't-miss stop for the Democratic presidential candidates, but many of them are making appearances this weekend at the trendy and techie South by Southwest Festiv...
Mar 09, 2019