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Pope Leo XIV offers message of unity for polarized Catholic Church as pontificate officially starts
Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history's first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter's Square befor...
May 19, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from some Venezuelans; deportations could follow
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation. The court's order, with on...
May 19, 2025
Canada's Bianca Andreescu cruises to win in French Open qualifiers
PARIS - Canada's Bianca Andreescu cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win over China's Xinxin Yao on Monday in women's singles action in the French Open qualifiers. The Mississauga, Ont., native broke on six of her...
May 19, 2025
PWHL unveils expansion draft, signing rules for newest teams in Vancouver and Seattle
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League's newest expansion teams in Vancouver and Seattle will get their start on building their rosters June 4. The league announced key dates and rules on Mo...
May 19, 2025
Trump call with Putin underway as he hopes for ceasefire progress in Russia-Ukraine war
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has grown "frustrated" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the White House said Monday ahead of separate calls Trum...
May 19, 2025
The Latest: Trump urges GOP to approve his tax cut proposals
President Donald Trump is hoping that separate phone calls Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make progress toward a ceasefire in the war in Ukr...
May 19, 2025
Liberal government to table federal budget this fall, PM Carney says
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Liberal government will present a federal budget in the fall, allowing time for clarity on some key economic and fiscal issues to emerge.Speaking to reporters Sunda...
May 19, 2025
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF - Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends. "The next fire in here...
May 19, 2025
Russia outlaws Amnesty International in latest crackdown on dissent and activists
The Russian authorities on Monday outlawed Amnesty International as an "undesirable organization," a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense. The decis...
May 19, 2025
Archeologists find prehistoric artifacts at future skating rink site near Montreal
MONTREAL - Last fall, as archeologist Yves Chrtien was supervising a team digging at the site of a future hockey rink northeast of Montreal, a mini excavator unearthed pieces of cut stone. Formed unde...
May 19, 2025