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Four more arrested in $102M Louvre jewel heist, Paris prosecutor says
PARIS (AP) - The Paris prosecutor announced four more arrests Tuesday in connection with the stunning heist at the Louvre Museum in October by a gang that made off with $102 million worth of jewels. T...
Nov 25, 2025 People queue to enter Le Louvre museum Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation
BANGKOK (AP) - A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthabu...
Nov 25, 2025 In this Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, photo, an emergency rescue team transports an elderly woman discovered to still be alive after being considered deceased to a local hospital before her scheduled cremation at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham temple, Nonthaburi province, Thailand. (Wat Rat Prakhong Tham via AP)
Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film 'The Harder They Come,' dead at 81
NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as "Many Rivers to Cross," "You Can Get it If You Really Want" and "Vie...
Nov 24, 2025 Singer Jimmy Cliff performs at The Climate Rally, an Earth Day concert, on the National Mall in Washington, on Sunday, April 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Canada Post says another bailout needed as it continues to bleed cash
After starting the year with a $1-billion federal loan, Canada Post said it will need another bailout by early 2026 as the Crown corporation bleeds cash, putting it on track for its worst fiscal year ...
Nov 21, 2025
Students and teachers in B.C. grizzly attack responded 'heroically': Chief
What was to be a short afternoon field trip for about 20 students and staff of a school in Bella Coola, B.C., became a "traumatic event" where four people were badly hurt when a grizzly attacked witho...
Nov 21, 2025
Two broken prison sprinklers cost Correctional Service Canada $1.1M
Correctional Service Canada incurred a $1.1 million damage bill after an inmate at a New Brunswick prison broke two sprinklers. The damage was reported in last year's public accounts document recently...
Nov 21, 2025 A corrections officer's shoulder patch is seen in the segregation unit at the Fraser Valley Institution for Women in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Prisoners can appear before judge to challenge security classification: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada says a federal prisoner can challenge a refusal to reclassify them to a lower-security facility through a habeas corpus hearing before a judge to determine if a detention i...
Nov 21, 2025 The flag of the Supreme Court of Canada flies on the east flagpole in Ottawa on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
France will investigate Musk's Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims
PARIS (AP) - France's government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers ...
Nov 21, 2025 Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
UK politician sentenced to over 10 years for accepting bribes to make pro-Russia statements
LONDON (AP) - A hard-right British politician and former ally of Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage was sentenced Friday to ten and a half years in prison for accepting bribes to make favorable statement...
Nov 21, 2025
Two robbers overpower a guard and steal dozens of ancient gold coins from a Swiss museum
GENEVA (AP) - Swiss authorities were searching Friday for two robbers who overpowered a security guard at an ancient Rome-themed museum in Lausanne, smashed a display case and made off with dozens of ...
Nov 21, 2025 A view of the permanent exposition at the Musee Romain (Roman museum) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday Nov. 4, 2025. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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