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Germany's Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank to hold talks on merger
BERLIN - Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, and domestic rival Commerzbank have decided to open talks on a possible merger. Sunday's announcement followed months of speculation about a combination...
Mar 17, 2019
Mustangs grab 2-0 stranglehold in quarter-final series with Klippers
It's been two big wins in two nights for the Melfort Mustangs in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) playoffs.Saturday evening, the Mustangs protected home ice once again. This time, it was a...
Mar 17, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Where eagles flirt: A DC tale of love, loss and raccoons
WASHINGTON - It's a tale with everything you'd need for a soap opera: star-crossed lovers, a stable relationship threatened by younger suitors, pregnancy and loss, and a hungry raccoon. Washingtonians...
Mar 17, 2019
SEC charges Volkswagen, former CEO with defrauding investors
WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators charged Volkswagen and former CEO Martin Winterkorn with defrauding investors during its massive diesel emissions scandal. The charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchang...
Mar 17, 2019
Ethiopian Airlines crash analysis begins; Trump calls PM
HEJERE, Ethiopia - Analysis of the flight recorders of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane has begun, the airline said Friday, and The New York Times reported that the pilot requested permission "in ...
Mar 17, 2019
Berlin zoo shows off new polar bear cub
BERLIN - The Berlin Tierpark zoo is showing off its new polar bear cub, a three-month-old with a cuteness and playfulness that could make her the German capital's next animal celebrity. The bear, who ...
Mar 17, 2019
20 dead, mostly children, in Nigeria building collapse
LAGOS, Nigeria - Twenty people are confirmed dead in the school building that collapsed in Nigeria on Wednesday, and most of them are children, an official said Friday. Forty-three other people were r...
Mar 17, 2019
Mosque attacks spark outrage, fuel concern over Islamophobia
BRUSSELS - World leaders expressed condolences and condemnation Friday following the deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand, while Muslim leaders said the mass shooting was evidence of a rising tide...
Mar 17, 2019
Judge allows courtroom cameras for trial of R. Kelly
CHICAGO - Cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the trial and pretrial hearings in R. Kelly's sexual abuse case, but the R&B singer's accusers can't be photographed or filmed without the...
Mar 17, 2019
New Zealand digs graves as mosque massacre toll rises to 50
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Anguished relatives were anxiously waiting Sunday for authorities to release the remains of those who were killed in massacres at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Chr...
Mar 17, 2019