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NEW YORK - Sixty years after her death, the story of Zora Neale Hurston is still not fully told. The fiction writer-anthropologist-folklorist died in a segregated Florida hospital in January 1960, so ...

MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin engineered a surprise shakeup of Russia's leadership Wednesday, proposing changes to the constitution that could keep him in power well past the end of his term ...

HALIFAX - As Canadian firefighters boarded flights today to battle blazes in Australia, they noted they will likely have to employ some different tactics than they do to fight loca...

The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan has received a $600,000 grant from the Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund to look at ways they can extend the gro...

The RCMP is providing photos of two people still at large in connection with the death of Sheena Marie Billette. On Tuesday, the RCMP announced charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and forcible ...

As the extreme cold weather continues to pummel the province, several school bus routes in its southern regions have been cancelled for Wednesday, Jan. 15. At Regina's public and Catholic school board...

ADELAIDE, Australia - Tennis players competing in the Australian Open qualifying tournament finally got some relief Wednesday from the tiny, noxious smoke particles that made many feel like their...

VANCOUVER - A women's shelter in Vancouver received a royal visit on Tuesday from Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. The Downtown Eastside Women's Centre shared photo of Meghan's visit on Facebo...

MOSCOW - The Tass news agency reports that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev submitted his resignation to President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Russian news agencies said Putin thanked Medvedev ...

OSHAWA, Ont. - A two-year-old boy has been reunited with his mother after police say he was found wandering the streets in Oshawa, Ont., wearing only a diaper. Durham Regional Poli...