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Killing renews concerns for homeless Native Americans
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The morning a homeless man was shot and killed in Albuquerque, police say surveillance videos showed him running down a street before sunrise, and then gunfire flash in the dark. Ronnie Ross, a 50-year-old from the Navajo Nation ...
Russia: Trump promised to make reciprocal visit to Moscow
MOSCOW — Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of visiting each other's country when the U.S. president rang his Russian counterpart last month to congratulate him on his re-election, Russia's foreign minister said Friday. Sergey ...
Kushner Cos. subpoenaed by feds after AP report
NEW YORK — The Kushner Cos. has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors for information related to an Associated Press report that the company filed dozens of false documents about its buildings in New York City. The real estate company issued a ...
Here's a list of March inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small ...
Here's a list March inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.6 per cent (1.7) — Prince ...
Recent retail sales far weaker than initial estimates, revisions suggest
OTTAWA — Canadian retail sales during the crucial holiday shopping season were far lower than previously projected as consumers appeared to pull back on spending. Statistics Canada has released revised estimates for its ...
Trudeau ends three-country tour with his global reputation, alliances intact
LONDON — Justin Trudeau is heading home from a lengthy, three-country foreign tour in which the prime minister appeared to recapture his international mojo and reassert several key alliances, but didn't sign off on any big deals or declarations. When ...
Pump prices, airline tickets help propel Canada's annual inflation rate to 2.3%
OTTAWA — The country's annual inflation rate continued creeping upwards last month to reach 2.3 per cent, thanks to a boost from higher prices for gasoline and airline tickets, Statistics Canada said Friday. By ...
First clues emerge about Cuba's future under new president
HAVANA — Miguel Diaz-Canel has been the presumptive next president of Cuba since 2013, when Raul Castro named the laconic former provincial official to the important post of first vice-president and lauded him as "neither a novice nor an improviser," ...
Plane passenger dilemma: Protect child or try to save victim
PHILADELPHIA — As Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 plunged, passenger Hollie Mackey was torn between trying to save a woman whose upper body was being sucked out of a broken window and protecting the child beside her from a similar fate. When the ...
