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Trump talks tough on trade ahead of G-7 meetings in Canada
WASHINGTON - Before President Donald Trump sits down with a third-generation North Korean autocrat, he will face what may well turn out to be a tougher crowd - some of America’s oldest allies. W...
Jun 07, 2018
Tempest in a Tea Party: Rhode Island seeks Revolution credit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Islanders feel slighted that Bostonians get all the glory for helping spark the American Revolution with the Boston Tea Party. After all, more than a year before any tea was t...
Jun 07, 2018
Australian leader backs Zuckerberg's grilling in Parliament
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s prime minister said on Thursday he would welcome Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testifying to an Australian parliamentary committee on the...
Jun 07, 2018
Americana Awards to honour k.d. lang as trailblazer
NASHVILLE - The Americana Music Association will honour Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang, a four-time Grammy winner with hits in country and pop, with their trailblazer award at this year’s ...
Jun 07, 2018
Main building at historic Cape Breton inn burns to ground in early morning fire
BADDECK, N.S. - A devastating fire has levelled the main lodge of an historic, much-loved inn on Cape Breton’s Bras d’Or Lakes, even as it spared a unique chapel bankrolled by a ...
Jun 07, 2018
At Guatemala volcano, search halted as death toll hits 109
SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala - Rescuers suspended search and recovery efforts Thursday at villages devastated by the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, leaving people with missing loved...
Jun 07, 2018
Sweden truck attacker convicted of murder, gets life term
COPENHAGEN - An Uzbek man who drove a stolen truck into a crowd in Stockholm, killing five people and wounding 14 others, was convicted Thursday of terror-related murder and given a life sentence. Rak...
Jun 07, 2018
Wednesday's Scores
Wednesday Games NBA Playoffs Finals Golden State 110 Cleveland 102 (Warriors lead series 3-0) MLB American League Chicago White Sox 5 Minnesota 2 N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 0 Boston 7...
Jun 07, 2018
Wednesday's Scores
Wednesday Games NBA Playoffs Finals Golden State 110 Cleveland 102 (Warriors lead series 3-0) MLB American League Chicago White Sox 5 Minnesota 2 N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 0 Boston 7...
Jun 07, 2018
Boy Scout's toy grenade causes bomb scare in Houston airport
HOUSTON - A Boy Scout who packed a toy grenade in his carry-on bag caused the shutdown of a security checkpoint at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport Thursday morning, just a day after the inter...
Jun 07, 2018