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• 2 hours Deputies: Couple had sex in patrol car after arrest TheStar
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• 2 hours No one claims ownership of last slave ship ‘Clotilda’ TheStar
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• 2 hours Mexican experts piece together 41 bodies found in well TheStar
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• 2 hours Trump’s Cabinet has had more ex-lobbyists than Obama or Bush TheStar
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• 2 hours Brazil ex-president calls impeachment of Rousseff a ‘coup’ TheStar
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• 2 hours Tennessee unveils $7.9B block grant proposal for Medicaid TheStar
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• 2 hours ICC judges authorize appeal against Afghanistan rejection TheStar
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• 2 hours US narcotics agent admits role in drug trafficking scheme TheStar
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• 2 hours Migrants anxious before court dates in Texas tents TheStar
  Dozens of migrants headed to an asylum hearing inside a tent court in Laredo, Texas. Critics are denouncing the proceedings for being closed to the public and difficulties accessing legal representation. ... more
• 3 hours Fallen firefighter saluted, answers sought in propane blast TheStar
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• 3 hours The Latest: North Macedonia police detain 81 migrants TheStar
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• 3 hours Critics slam Tories for ‘ribbon-cutting’ at private Vaughan university TheStar
  Official opening of Niagara University attended by Premier Doug Ford, Vaughan-Woodbridge MPP Michael Tibollo and Education Minister Stephen Lecce, who is MPP for Vaughan-King. ... more
• 3 hours US, Belarus mend diplomatic ties with return of ambassadors TheStar
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• 3 hours Las Vegas man faces weapons charge in synagogue, other plots TheStar
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• 3 hours EU’s Tusk: North Macedonia is ready for EU membership talks TheStar
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• 3 hours New parent charged in admissions scam, linked to $400k bribe TheStar
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• 3 hours State sues public employee union over dues payments TheStar
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• 3 hours Toronto police identify 72-year-old man shot and killed outside espresso bar TheStar
  Vito Lapolla, 72, died from his wounds in hospital, police say ... more
• 4 hours Canopy to hire new CEO by end of year: chairman TheStar -Biz
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• 4 hours Apple pushes back against EU in court fight over $19B tax bill TheStar -Biz
  The iPhone maker said it’s the world’s biggest taxpayer, urging EU judges to overturn a 2016 order by the European Commission to hand over a record 13 billion-euro ($19 billion) in unpaid taxes to Ireland. ... more
• 4 hours Companies tighten climate goals as scientific outlook darkens TheStar -Biz
  The Science-Based Targets Initiative translates global benchmarks into industry- and company-specific targets. To date, more than 630 companies from 43 countries have signed on. ... more
• 4 hours Federal government posts third straight double-digit deficit with $14B shortfall TheStar -Biz
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• 4 hours When companies improve their gender diversity, stock prices get a boost TheStar -Biz
  New research suggests investors are paying attention to the workforce diversity of the business world, and that when a company’s diversity goes up, its market value does too. ... more
• 4 hours Gaming heavyweights raise $17M for new esports network TheStar -Biz
  Hoping to be to esports what ESPN has been to traditional sports, VENN is set to launch in 2020 and aims to give the fragmented esports scene a home base. ... more
• 5 hours After sharing the pain, GM’s union workers want to share the profits TheStar -Biz
  Nearly 50,000 workers have walked off the job at more than 50 GM plants and other locations in the Midwest and the South, striking to get what they see as their fair share of the company’s hefty returns and block further erosion of their ranks. ... more
• 5 hours Canadian e-commerce company Shopify updates platform for CBD sellers in U.S. TheStar -Biz
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• 5 hours Shutdowns in auto sector lead drop in Canada factory sales TheStar -Biz
  Factory sales fell 1.3 per cent in July, Statistics Canada reported, far exceeding the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists, which called for a 0.1 per cent decline. ... more
• 5 hours Shopify expanding services for retailers of hemp and cannabidiol in U.S. TheStar -Biz
  The Ottawa-based company’s e-commerce platform is already widely used for online sales of recreational cannabis in Canada. ... more
• 5 hours Arrest warrant for Lebanese-American who worked for Israel TheStar
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• 5 hours Dorian cost Florida money, even if storm skirted by state TheStar
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• 5 hours In Canada’s far north, earth’s fastest-warming region, jobs come with thaw TheStar -Biz
  The loss of snow and ice are causing Canada to heat up much faster than the rest of the world — more than twice the global rate of warming, according to a national scientific assessment. ... more
• 6 hours Texas teenager sentenced to 20 years for aiding terror group TheStar
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• 6 hours The Charlottesville parking garage beating lasted 10 seconds. DeAndre Harris still lives with the damage TheStar
  Harris suffered a brutal beating during the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. The violence transformed him into a symbol of racial strife as the video of the beating went viral. ... more
• 6 hours Galveston could be new home for repaired Battleship Texas TheStar
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• 6 hours As global oil goes volatile, Kenney sells the world on Alberta crude TheStar -Biz
  On the heels of Saudi drone hit that idled 5 per cent of global oil production, Alberta premier hits the road pitching Canada’s oilpatch as safe, secure source of energy ... more
• 6 hours 4 dead after tourist boat capsizes off Senegal’s capital TheStar
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• 6 hours Weinstein attorney: He’s a sinner, but not ‘a rapist’ TheStar
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• 6 hours Vinay Menon: Lilly Singh’s new show comes to life with energy, promise and a few stumbles TheStar -10Ment
  The homegrown YouTube sensation is now officially a TV personality south of the border. ... more
• 6 hours Celebs to read bedtime story to help fight homelessness TheStar
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• 6 hours Kenai school district, teachers avoid strike with agreement TheStar
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• 6 hours Back to basics: Congress tries to keep government lights on TheStar
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• 6 hours India-US relations in good health, foreign minister says TheStar
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• 6 hours Former Canopy CEO and co-founder envisions big opportunity in psychedelics TheStar -Biz
  Recently ousted Bruce Linton says he will be a director at Mind Medicine, Australian firm seeking to establish psychedelic-assisted treatments for mental illness ... more
• 6 hours Renzi splits Italy’s Democrats, shaking govt coalition TheStar
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• 6 hours Seattle council adopts hotel-worker protections TheStar
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• 6 hours Statistics Canada reports manufacturing sales fell 1.3 per cent in July TheStar -Biz
  Statistics Canada says primary metal industry sales fell 7.3 per cent in July as every primary metal industry except alumina and aluminum production and processing reported lower sales. ... more
• 6 hours Imperial Oil CEO Rich Kruger to retire, Brad Corson named next CEO TheStar -Biz
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• 8 hours Embattled mayor faces preliminary election in Massachusetts TheStar
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• 8 hours Palestinian sues Israeli military commanders for war crimes TheStar
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• 8 hours Taliban kill 24 at Afghan president’s rally; Ghani unhurt TheStar
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• 8 hours American cancer survivor swims England Channel 4 times TheStar
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• 8 hours EU parliament endorses Lagarde as new central bank head TheStar
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• 9 hours The Latest: Taliban claim attacks on Ghani rally, in Kabul TheStar
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• 9 hours Miami swingers club owes models $892K for using images TheStar
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• 9 hours Protest likely to greet Trump fundraising trip in California TheStar
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• 9 hours Army revamps recruiting, hits enlistment goal TheStar
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• 9 hours Trial opens against controversial Turkish televangelist TheStar
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• 9 hours Most senior Catholic pedophile appeals Australia convictions TheStar
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• 9 hours Tanya Talaga, Ayelet Tsabari among finalists for $60,000 2019 Hilary Weston prize TheStar -10Ment
  Women make up shortlist for lucrative, prestigious award for non-fiction writing handed out by Writers’ Trust ... more
• 9 hours Where are the vaping regulations to protect teens from targeted ads? TheStar -Opinion
  ‘The government’s unduly lengthy delay in regulating vapes and e-cigarettes will lead to the same serious outcome: the normalization of marketing nicotine-laden products to children.’ ... more
• 9 hours Would a minority government be the best election result? TheStar -Opinion
  The polls suggest Canada could be headed for a minority government on Oct. 21. Andrew MacDougall, a former director of communications for Stephen Harper, argues that would be an ideal result while Anna Esselment, a political science professor at the University of Waterloo, writes that a majority would best serve voters. ... more
• 9 hours Berlin police: In 3 months of e-scooters, 74 accidents TheStar
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• 9 hours The Latest: European Parliament group: No Brexit progress TheStar
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• 9 hours Popular panda on loan from China dies in Thai zoo TheStar
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• 11 hours Norway police: Suspected mosque gunman’s sister shot 4 times TheStar
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• 11 hours GE Peterborough has disputed selling asbestos to former workers. Now, it’s quietly removing it from their homes TheStar
  General Electric says it will continue to work with the community and homeowners if additional asbestos is found. ... more
• 11 hours At least 15 dead as truck falls off south Philippine cliff TheStar
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• 11 hours The Latest: Report: Strikes on Iran-backed fighters in Syria TheStar
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• 11 hours Slovak prime minister survives no-confidence vote TheStar
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• 11 hours France evacuates 900 migrants from camp near English Channel TheStar
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