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Ex-FBI official recounts discussion about 25th Amendment
WASHINGTON - Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview posted Friday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein broached the idea of using the Constitution to oust President Donal...
Feb 16, 2019
Nigerians wake to find a delayed election, with some angry
YOLA, Nigeria - Nigerians awakened on Saturday to find the presidential election delayed a week until Feb. 23 because of what the electoral commission called unspecified "challenges." The postponement...
Feb 16, 2019
8 miners rescued in Zimbabwe; others remained trapped
KADOMA, Zimbabwe - Eight artisanal miners who were trapped underground for several days after heavy flooding in Zimbabwe have been rescued, though some of their co-workers are still missing and feared...
Feb 16, 2019
Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession and sexual crimes against mino...
Feb 16, 2019
Thai party that nominated princess faces court decision
BANGKOK - A Thai court said Thursday that it will decide whether to dissolve a political party that broke tradition by nominating a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister in ne...
Feb 16, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 14
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 14 --- QUADRIGACX CASE TO RETURN TO HALIFAX COURT TODAY The bizarre case involving the cryptocurrency firm QuadrigaCX is expected to return to...
Feb 16, 2019
Lawyer says QuadrigaCX is out of money: 'We don't have anything'
HALIFAX - Once one of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, QuadrigaCX has now run out of money. "As of today, we don't have anything," Maurice Chiasson, a lawyer representing the insol...
Feb 16, 2019
Saskatchewan's challenge of federal carbon tax in hands of Appeal court
REGINA - Five Saskatchewan judges have reserved their decision on the constitutionality of a federally imposed carbon tax after two days of hearings in Regina. Lawyers representing provincial gov...
Feb 16, 2019
Chicago police release 2 men questioned in Smollett case
Chicago police released without charges two Nigerian brothers arrested on suspicion of assaulting "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett and said they have new evidence to investigate as a result of questioni...
Feb 16, 2019
Illinois man being fired from job fatally shoots 5 workers
AURORA, Ill. - The frantic calls started pouring in at 1:24 p.m. A gunman was shooting people inside a sprawling manufacturing warehouse in Aurora, Illinois. Within four minutes, the first police offi...
Feb 16, 2019