2 Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned by Egypt leader are freed
By MERRIT KENNEDY and MARAM MAZEN Egypt released two journalists for Al-Jazeera English TV from prison after a presidential pardon on Wednesday, a dramatic development in a case that has…
Canada
Less-lethal weapons get new interest amid police shootings
By DENISE LAVOIE Police in more than 20 North American cities are testing the latest in less-lethal alternatives to bullets — “blunt impact projectiles” that cause suspects excruciating pain but…
Keystone XL: US review taking 5 times longer than average
By JOSH LEDERMAN The federal review of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas has dragged on for nearly seven years, more than five times the average…
W.Va. oil train derailment was 1 of 3 with safer tank cars
By JOHN RABY and JONATHAN MATTISE The fiery derailment of a train carrying crude oil in West Virginia is one of three in the past year involving tank cars that…
APNewsbreak: police foil plot to kill people at mall
By ROB GILLIES A senior police official said Friday that police foiled a plot by two suspects who were planning on going to a mall and killing as many people…
Bill Cosby jokes woman should be careful drinking near him
Bill Cosby jokingly warned a woman in the audience during a show in Canada Thursday night to be careful drinking around him. Cosby made the remark at his second performance…
Canada police: Man kills 8 people before taking own life Dec. 31, 20
A man with a lengthy criminal record killed six adults and two young children before taking his own life in Edmonton in what the police chief on Tuesday called the…
TORONTO MAYOR TICKETED FOR JAYWALKING IN VANCOUVER
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford poses for photos at the Foggy Dew pub in Coquitlam, British Columbia, late Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Media reports say Ford was ticketed for jaywalking Friday…