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'The Masked Singer' hopes to take advantage of rare edge
NEW YORK - Fox will find out soon whether "The Masked Singer" benefits from the best time slot in television. A new episode of the game, usually Fox's most popular prime-time program or close to it, a...
Feb 05, 2020

Avalanche in Turkey wipes out rescue team; 31 dead overall
ANKARA, Turkey - An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find people missing in an earlier avalanche. Officials said ...
Feb 05, 2020

Unknowns of the new virus make global quarantines a struggle
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Health authorities are scrambling to halt the spread of a new virus that has killed hundreds in China, restricting visitors from the country and confining thousands on crui...
Feb 05, 2020

Trump impeachment acquittal on track ahead of Senate vote
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is on the verge of acquittal by the Senate, an end to only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history but coming at the start of a tumultuous camp...
Feb 05, 2020

Pelosi shreds Trump's speech. Right there on the podium.
WASHINGTON - And then she tore up the speech. No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped the paper it was printed on in two. Ri...
Feb 05, 2020

US trade deficit drops 1.7% last year to $616.8 billion
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell for the first time in six years in 2019 as President Donald Trump hammered China with import taxes. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the gap between...
Feb 05, 2020

Putin remains coy on future and Trump plans to run, and win; In The News for Feb. 5
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 5 ... What ...
Feb 05, 2020

Cyberspies mistakenly eyed Canadian for five years, watchdog report says
OTTAWA - The national cyberspying agency monitored a Canadian citizen, contrary to policy, for several years due to a series of internal mistakes, a newly released watchdog report says....
Feb 05, 2020

Husband of Iran plane crash victim seeks answers, justice from investigation
OTTAWA - The husband of one of the victims who died when a Ukrainian jetliner was shot down by the Iranian military last month wants the people he says ordered his wife's death to be charged and tried...
Feb 05, 2020

More than 100 military procurements facing delays: Defence Department
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence has identified delays in more than 100 planned military purchases and facility upgrades, most of which have flown under the radar as attention has focused o...
Feb 05, 2020