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‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7: Who helped Daryl escape the Saviors?

CLEVELAND, Ohio - One of the mysteries left over from the first half of "The Walking Dead" Season 7...

‘The Walking Dead’ brings back that ‘Easy Street’ song

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It was the song you'd never heard of that you simply couldn't get our of your...

Oscars 2017 results: Winners at the 89th Academy Awards

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Get a list of winners from the 89th annual Academy Awards as they're announced at the...

Donald Trump’s pick for Navy secretary withdraws

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Businessman Philip Bilden, Donald Trump's nominee for for Navy secretary, withdrew Sunday because of concerns of being...

St. Vincent de Paul bids farewell as longtime pastor, the Rev. Richard 'Dick' Lawrence,...

The Rev. Richard T. Lawrence hadn't even begun his first blessing at Mass Sunday morning when applause broke out."Good morning," was as far as...

Police: Man arrested hitting fence near BWI

A man was arrested after driving into a fence near Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport on Sunday morning.Around 8:40 a.m., a sprinter van driven...

Mahershala Ali: five things to know about the Oscar winner

Mahershala Ali was the initially winner at tonight's Academy Awards, taking household the greatest supporting actor Oscar for his role in "Moonlight." ...

Cheryl Boone Isaacs says 2017 Oscars proof ‘art has no borders’

One particular year just after the backlash the academy faced over the lack of diversity among the major nominees, the 2017 Oscars are...

‘Game of Thrones’ actor Neil Fingleton dies at age 36

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Actor Neil Fingleton, one of the more memorable characters from recent seasons of "Game of Thrones" -...

Oscars 2017: Stars on red carpet wear blue ribbons in support of ACLU

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Some stars walking the red carpet before the Academy Awards sported blue ribbons on their gowns...

Niagara aquarium expands to protect threatened penguins | Toronto Star

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.—A Niagara Falls aquarium is expanding so it can breed and protect the threatened Humboldt penguin.Gov. Andrew Cuomo says work has begun...

Woman dead after being hit by a bus near Union Station | Toronto Star

A woman in her thirties has died after being struck by a bus in downtown Toronto on Sunday evening.Emergency crews received a call around...

Facing Russia and terrorism, a NATO outsider urges EU to step up | Toronto...

HELSINKI—Finland is urging Europe to increase NATO contributions and focus more on security as the continent grapples with political turmoil from all sides, including...

‘No a single was hurt’ right after component of Oscars set collapsed through rehearsal,...

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel and show crew members are safe just after element of the set collapsed throughout the rehearsals for the 2017...

Health Canada under fire for failing to place powerful opioid Tramadol on controlled drugs...

Rob is a Toronto-based financial executive who stumbled into a dependence on Tramadol after being prescribed the pill for shoulder pain in December 2015.He...

Bernie Sanders won’t commit to giving DNC his list of activists

WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders wouldn’t commit on Sunday to turning over his email list of progressive activists to the Democratic National Committee –...

Famed French scholar Henry Rousso held for 10 hours at Texas airport | Toronto...

PARIS—Henry Rousso is one of France’s most preeminent scholars and public intellectuals. Last week, as the historian attempted to enter the United States to...

Egypt’s Coptic Christians flee Daesh-fuelled terror in north Sinai | Toronto Star

ISMAILIA, EGYPT—After Islamic militants barged into his uncle’s house, shot him and his son dead, then looted the place and set it on fire,...

A fresh look at historic Book of Negroes through online portal | Toronto Star

HALIFAX—Canadian opera star Measha Brueggergosman, who was born in Fredericton, N.B., knew little of her ancestry before agreeing to take part in some sleuthing...

Man fatally shot in southwest Baltimore

A man was shot and killed in southwest Baltimore on Sunday afternoon, police said.The 26-year-old victim was found around 3 p.m. in the 2600...