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Oscars 2017: Full winners’ list

The 89th Academy Awards have begun and the winners are already being announced. The very first award went to Mahershala Ali for...

Bill to bring back old STAR payment system is on deck

CaptionCloseAlbanyMembers of the state Assembly could as early as this week vote on a bill that would undo the changes to the STAR School...

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...

Protesters gather to support the media, from Fox News to New York Times |...

NEW YORK—On Sunday morning, the time when many engage in the weekend ritual of reading the news over coffee, a large crowd converged outside...

Jones: Trading Bishop hard but right thing for Lightning

It had to happen.2 Hours Ago3 Weeks Ago2 Weeks AgoIt stinks, to be sure. It's a sad day in Tampa Bay sports, no doubt....

Paxton, star of action blockbusters of TV's 'Big Love,' dies at 61

Bill Paxton, the affable actor who co-starred in a string of 1990s blockbusters including Twister, Titanic and Apollo 13 and later played the lead...

Vancouver woman, 35, arrested in hit-and-run that killed pedestrian

A 35-year-old Vancouver woman turned herself in to the Clark County Sheriff's Office on Sunday following a hit-and-run the...

Gov. Kate Brown urges Trump administration to back off of immigration raids

Recent immigration enforcement actions by the Trump administration are creating a culture of distrust and...

Oscars 2017: People editor revives ‘Hidden Fences’ flub

It's happening again. No, not "Twin Peaks." (Alas, we have to wait until May for that.) "Hidden Fences," the...

15 Lehigh Valley chefs compete in Girl Scout Cookie Crunch (PHOTOS)

Few can resist the temptation of Girl Scout Cookies. And 15 Lehigh Valley chefs Sunday didn't disappoint, using thin mints,...

Al Boscov remembered as caring philanthropist, loyal businessman

Thousands packed Santander Arena in Reading Sunday to remember retail giant Albert Boscov, whom many described as a caring...

‘No 1 was hurt’ after component of Oscars set collapsed during rehearsal, academy says

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel and show crew members are safe soon after component of the set collapsed for the duration of the rehearsals...

Oscar nominees put on blue ribbons in assistance of ACLU

As aspect of a new initiative to support the American Civil Liberties Union, Oscar nominees and other stars are wearing blue ribbons with...

Search continues for unidentified man who fell into Poestenkill Gorge

CaptionCloseTroyThe man who fell off the rocks into the raging waters of the Poestenkill Gorge has been yet to be found or identified, Troy...

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...

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...

PolitiFact Florida: Richard Corcoran's claim about mass shootings and gun-free zones

In the wake of mass shootings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and at the Fort Lauderdale airport, Florida lawmakers are expected to act...

Kurt Busch wins wreck-heavy Daytona 500

DAYTONA BEACH — Kurt Busch took the lead on the final lap to edge Ryan Blaney and win Sunday's 59th running of the Daytona...

Deportation anxiety grows in Florida fields

WIMAUMA — Rumors about deportation raids started to circulate around the fields again, so Catalina Sanchez and her husband began to calculate the consequences...

Trump embraces 'enemy of the people,' a phrase with a fraught history

MOSCOW — The phrase was too toxic even for Nikita Khrushchev, a war-hardened veteran communist not known for squeamishness. As leader of the Soviet...

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