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India strikes inside Pakistan after deadly Kashmir attack
BALAKOT, Pakistan - A pre-dawn airstrike inside Pakistan that India said targeted a terrorist training camp and killed a "very large number" of militants ratcheted up tensions on Tuesday between the t...
Feb 26, 2019
House to vote on measure revoking Trump's emergency order
WASHINGTON - Democrats are moving quickly to try to roll back President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to siphon billions of dollars from the military to fund construction of a fen...
Feb 26, 2019
Freeland, Hunt to announce Canadian-British press freedom summit this summer
OTTAWA - Canada and Britain will co-host an international summit in London this summer on the growing threats to freedom of the press, and to promote better protection of journalists, The Canadian Pre...
Feb 26, 2019
BMO Field has new grass but playing in February still a groundskeeping challenge
Toronto FC players and coaches like to have the grass field at BMO Field watered, so they can fizz the ball over a slick surface. Watering the field in February in Toronto presents a problem, how...
Feb 26, 2019
'I never gave up': Track cyclist Simmerling rebounds from horrific injury
VANCOUVER - A year ago, Canada's first three-sport Olympian was broken. Georgia Simmerling had crashed during a ski cross competition weeks before the Pyeongchang Olympics where she was expected to be...
Feb 26, 2019
Hamilton's Alena Sharp's new life balance paying dividends on the LPGA Tour
Most golfers look for balance in their swing. Hamilton's Alena Sharp found it in her life and is now reaping the benefits on the LPGA Tour. Sharp was named Golf Canada's player of the week on Feb. 18 ...
Feb 26, 2019
Tornado death confirmed as violent storms smack the South
COLUMBUS, Miss. - Weekend storms raked parts of the Southeast, leaving deaths and injuries in their wake as a tornado smashed into a commercial district in a small Mississippi city and drenching rains...
Feb 26, 2019
Prince Harry, Meghan back education for girls in Morocco
ASNI, Morocco - Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, flew up to a village in Morocco's rugged Atlas Mountains on Sunday to visit a school and encourage girls to pursue an education no matte...
Feb 26, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 26
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 26 --- JAGMEET SINGH WINS CRUCIAL BYELECTION NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has won his do-or-die bid to capture a British Columbia seat in the Hous...
Feb 26, 2019
On his way to Vietnam, Kim Jong Un took an early smoke break
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - It's unclear whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is going to give up his nukes anytime soon, and the same could probably be said for his cigarettes. Footage by Japan's ...
Feb 26, 2019