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Russian Olympic Committee expects 200 athletes to compete in Pyeongchang
Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov speaks to the media in Moscow on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017.
Romania: 1,000 protest tax changes that could slash wages
A worker blows whistles during a protest in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Some 1,000 workers have staged an anti-government protest in the Romanian capital against a tax overhaul which could lead to wage cuts following a government decision that will come into effect on Jan. 1 where social security taxes will be shifted from the employer to the employee. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
K-9 found dead after escaping kennel at deputy's home
Raptors’ winning streak ends with 96-91 loss to Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers forward Sam Dekker and guard Lou Williams defend Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell as he drives to the basket.
Florida man gets life for killing girl who vanished in 1999
German union calls for strike by pilots at Ryanair
Comment about Jews by Roy Moore's wife sparks new ridicule
U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in Midland City, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Syrian opposition says government obstructing peace talks
Thailand welcomes easing of EU political sanctions
FILE - IN this Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, file photo, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai of Thailand addresses the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters. On behalf of the Thailand’s military junta on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Don welcomed the European Union’s decision to ease political sanctions imposed against it for overthrowing an elected government in 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, FIle)
More snow overnight in GTA creates slick road conditions
Officials: Roads through national forests covered with snow
Le Pen's party charged with alleged EU funds misuse
2017 AP YEAR END PHOTOS - French presidential candidate for the far-right Front National party, Marine Le Pen, left, French journalist Christophe Jakubyszyn, second left, French journalist Nathalie Saint-Cricq, second right, and French presidential candidate for the En Marche! movement, Emmanuel Macron, right, get prepared by technicians prior to the start of a live televised debate in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris on May 3, 2017, as part of the second round election campaign. Macron and Le Pen were facing off in their only direct debate before a presidential runoff election. (Eric Feferberg/Pool Photo via AP)
10 Things to Know for Today
This undated photo provided by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission shows Akayed Ullah, the suspect in the explosion near New York's Times Square on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. Ullah is suspected of strapping a pipe bomb to his body and setting off the crude device in a passageway under 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, injuring himself and a few others. (New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission via AP)
Macedonia's Zaev set to warm up ties with Greece, Kosovo
Volunteer fire company members face sex assault charges
Midshipman faces discipline for scaling chapel in tradition
A midshipmen's cap has been placed at the tip of the spire on the top of Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Md., Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. The Capital reports academy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. David McKinney said Monday the unnamed midshipman faces serious consequences for scaling 225 feet (69 meters) to place his cap — known as a cover — on top of the chapel's obelisk last week, in the days leading up to the Army-Navy football game.(Joshua McKerrow/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Dec. 12: Testing, testing in Alabama. Plus other letters to the editor
Janet Porter, spokesperson for U.S. senatorial candidate Roy Moore, decorates before Roy Moore was scheduled to speak Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in Midland City, Ala.
Car seats are lifesavers – but only if used properly
Eric Kerkhoven of Calgary buckles up Avery.
Oscar Pistorius bruised in a jail fight over telephone use
FILE - In this June 15, 2016 file photo Oscar Pistorius speaks on a mobile phone in the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, during his sentencing hearing for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. A South African prison spokesman says Pistorius, was bruised in an altercation with another inmate over telephone use. (AP Photo/Alon Skuy, Pool via AP, File)
US ambassador to UK hopes for Trump visit in new year
Amid Amazon competition, Westfield malls sold for $15.7B
FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, the sign is seen at Westfield Shopping Centre in London, described as Europe's biggest inner city shopping centre. Westfield shopping centers is being bought by French property investor Unibail-Rodamco for $15.7 billion, according to an announcement from the companies Tuesday Dec. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, FILE)
India says Chinese construction on river dirtying water
In this Monday, Dec.11, 2017 photo, Indian women wash their clothes in the river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India. Officials in India's northeast are complaining that Chinese construction activity on the upper reaches of one of the largest rivers that flows into India are likely turning the waters downstream turbid and unfit for human consumption. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
EU suspends aid to Cambodian election commission
FILE - In this June 2, 2017, file photo, opposition party Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha greets his supporters at a rally in Phnom Penh. The European Union said Tuesday it has suspended assistance to Cambodia’s election commission following last month’s dissolution of the country’s main opposition party, and warned that next July’s general election will not be legitimate if the opposition is not allowed to participate. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
It’s ‘bitcrazy’: People are mortgaging their homes to buy bitcoin
Thousands of Russian private contractors fighting in Syria
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 file photo, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second left, around his factory which produces school means, outside St. Petersburg, Russia. Thousands of Russian mercenaries are deployed in Syria by a shadowy, private military contractor linked to Prigozhin whose very existence the Kremlin ignores, the AP has learnt. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
Greece: 2nd climber dies on snowy slopes of Mt. Olympus
Bombardier lands deal to sell Aventra trains in U.K.
File photo of a Bombardier's Aventra train.
Russian Olympic Committee expects 200 to compete in SKorea
Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov attends an Russian Olympic committee meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Russia's Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that Russian athletes are overwhelmingly in favor of competing at the 2018 Winter Games despite a ban on the national team. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
How to survive the Apocalypse like a billionaire
Vivos xPoint bunkers are located near the Black Hills area of South Dakota
Two Canadian toy makers have the hottest prospects this holiday season
Hatchimals are shown in this undated handout photo. The overwhelming popularity of this season's hottest toy, Hatchimals, has taken many by surprise -- including its Toronto-based toymaker, Spin Master. The furry, robotic bird-like toy animals that hatch from an egg when rubbed have been selling out at stores across North America, Europe and Japan since its launch on Oct. 7.
No defined benefit pension? How to save for retirement
Allocating more, or potentially all, of your retirement savings to safe assets can mean that you will have to save more, starting saving earlier or retire later.
Russian youth activists canvass uphill for opposition leader
Bombardier signs deal to sell Aventra trains in United Kingdom
UK inflation rises to highest level since March 2012
Iranian media: Another quake, magnitude 6.1 hits the south
Sessions: terror attacks show immigration a security issue
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a news conference in Baltimore, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, to announce efforts to combat the MS-13 street gang with law enforcement and immigration actions. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Gas flows restored after explosion at Austrian hub
Police officers walk outside a gas plant after an explosion occurred near Baumgarten an der March, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. At least one person was killed and several were injured in the blast. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
NTSB blames captain, bad safety culture for loss of El Faro
FILE - This undated image made from a video released April 26, 2016, by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the stern of the sunken ship El Faro. Federal accident investigators on Tuesday, Dec. 12, will determine the probable cause of the sinking of the cargo ship, the worst maritime disaster for a U.S.-flagged vessel in decades that resulted in the deaths of 33 mariners. (National Transportation Safety Board via AP, File)
Northern California house fire spreads, forces evacuations
In the news today, Dec. 12
A new report shows child care costs are rising faster than inflation, straining pocketbooks and raising questions about whether billions in new federal spending will make daycare more affordable for those who want it. Jean-Yves Duclos, minister of Families, Children and Social Development, plays with children at a YMCA daycare in downtown Toronto before an announcement, in Toronto on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Thousands still without power after storm Ana hit France
Giant waves crash against the sea defenses in Marseille, southern France, Monday, Dec.11, 2017. Most of the French regions are on alert for violent storms, high winds and high coastal waves. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
Jury begins deliberation in murder trial for presumed death of Laura Babcock
Laura Babcock is shown in a Toronto Police Service handout photo. A jury has begun deliberating the fate of two men accused of killing a young Toronto woman who disappeared more than five years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Toronto Police Service MANDATORY CREDIT
'I don't remember getting into a bed,' man charged with sex assault testifies
Kassidi Coyle is shown in a handout photo from the Change.org fundraising website. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Change.org **MANDATORY CREDIT**
Summer tanager migrates the wrong way, delighting Vancouver bird watchers
Bird watchers are flocking to British Columbia's Lower Mainland after a wayward summer tanager was spotted pecking at peanuts on a south Vancouver balcony over the weekend. A juvenile male summer tanager, off course from typically wintering in a range from central Mexico to Brazil, is seen in an undated handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Melissa Hafting, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
The Latest: World Bank will stop financing oil, gas projects
An environmental activist displays a placard as she protests at Pantheon monument in support of the Paris climate accord, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Placard reads : Our Planet My Future. More than 50 world leaders are gathering in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes gives new momentum to the fight against global warming despite U.S. President Donald Trump's rejection of the Paris climate accord. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Iceland closes gender gap but violence against women remains
Around 100 Icelanders gather after marching through the streets of Reykjavik, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, protesting against sexual and gender-based violence. Iceland scores high on studies of gender equality but still has high rates of violence against women. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
Democrat Jones wins stunning red-state Alabama Senate upset
5 things to watch in Alabama's high stakes Senate race
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks in support of U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore during a campaign rally, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in Midland City, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Israel survey finds deep divisions, displeasure with leaders
FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a media conference with European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini at the EU Council building in Brussels. With the prime minister facing a slew of corruption allegations, the peace process at a standstill and the government moving to stifle critics, it is no secret that Israel is a deeply divided nation. But a new survey released Tuesday shows just how divided the country has become. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
Crews struggle to keep flames from California neighbourhoods
Eugene Airport services 1M passengers in 2017, breaks record
Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2017: 'Feminism'
Houston 18-year-old arrested on charges of trying to aid IS
Image of Asia: Preparing a sail for yacht race
Deckhands on Wild Oats XI prepare a sail during the Big Boat Challenge, a lead-up event to the Sydney Hobart open ocean yacht race, on Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. The Sydney Hobart yacht race begins on Dec. 26. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
$1 million bail set for man charged in housekeeper killing
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish leader Shteinman dies at 104
Thousand gather at the funeral Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Shteinman , the spiritual leader of Israel's non-Hassidic ultra-Orthodox Jews of European descent and one of the country's most influential and powerful rabbis, died on Tuesday. He was 104. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
World leaders, high security at Paris climate summit
Member of the Elder group former Secretary-Generals of the United Nations Kofi Annan, right, and Ban Ki-moon, left, meet France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. The Elders are a group of world figures who work for international peace. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)
Pakistani army: Militants attack patrol, killing 2 soldiers
Afghan official says Taliban attacks have killed 3 soldiers
Freed prisoner witnessed radicalization in Egyptian jails
In this Nov. 21, 2017 photo, Irishman Ibrahim Halawa, who was recently acquitted after four years of imprisonment in Egypt, poses for a photograph with his sister Fatima Halawa, at his their home, in Dublin, Ireland. Halawa says he saw dozens of cellmates radicalize and adopt views of the so-called Islamic State during his brutal captivity in overcrowded jails. (AP Photo/Brian Rohan)
World shares retreat ahead of Fed interest rate decision
US military: 1 soldier dies, 2 injured in vehicle incident
Scores and Schedule
Monday's Games
Clippers end Raptors' streak with 96-91 victory
Late-night host Kimmel holds son, pleads for health care
FILE - In this June 16, 2017, file photo, Jimmy Kimmel attends the 30th annual Scleroderma Foundation Benefit at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kimmel held his baby son as he returned to his late-night son from a week off for the boy's heart surgery. He was crying from the first moment of his monologue Monday night, Dec. 11, as he pleaded with Congress to restore and improve children’s health coverage, a cause he has championed since son Billy was born with a heart defect in April. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Celeb birthdays for the week of Dec. 17-23
UK banker back in Hong Kong court for murder appeal
Police officers stand guard next to prison bus which carries British banker Rurik Jutting upon his arrival at the High Court in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. British banker, Cambridge University-educated Rurik Jutting serving a life sentence in Hong Kong for murdering two Indonesian women, including one he spent days torturing while on cocaine, is seeking to appeal his conviction at the Court of Appeal. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
New Zealand space launch scrubbed from remote launch site
In this photo released by Rocket Lab, the Electron rocket, "Still Testing" is prepared for launch on the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. The launch was scrubbed after an engine glitch on launch caused engineers to abort the flight. (Rocket Lab via AP)
Authorities say bomber mocked Trump before subway attack
OneJet to offer 2 daily round trips between Albany, Buffalo
'Alternative facts' remark tops 2017 list of notable quotes
FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 file photo, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway watches as President Donald Trump congratulates other White House senior staff during a swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. A statement that day by Conway about White House press Secretary Sean Spicer providing "alternative facts," is included in the 2017 update to The Yale Book of Quotations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
US-based climate scientists to take research to France
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, attends the "Tech for Planet" event at the "Station F" start up campus ahead of the One Planet Summit in Paris, France, Monday Dec. 11, 2017. It is a dream come true for U.S.-based climate scientists — the offer of all-expenses-paid life in France to advance their research in Europe instead of in the United States under climate skeptic President Donald Trump, two of the winners say. (Philippe Wojazer, Pool via AP)
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Brady intercepted twice as Dolphins beat Pats 27-20
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) looks to pass, during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Homeless in Rio skyrockets, creating tensions, violence
In this Dec. 1, 2017 photo, Estenio shows the tattooed Portuguese phrase on his arm: "God is loyal" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Estenio said he's been living on the streets for 10 years. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A by-the-numbers look at child care costs in some of Canada's biggest cities
AP PHOTOS: Best of 2017 for Latin America, Caribbean
2017 AP LATIN AMERICA YEAR END PHOTOS - A military police officer conducts a head count of inmates at the Alcacuz prison in Nisia Floresta, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Military police entered the prison in northeastern Brazil where a temporary wall separating two rival gangs was being built, after a week of chaos and fighting between rival gangs that left dozens of inmates dead. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Liberals child care spending faces uphill slog to tackle high fees, report shows
Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, speaks to reporters at a Liberal cabinet retreat in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. A new report shows child care costs are rising faster than inflation, straining pocket books and raising questions about whether billions in new federal spending will make daycare more affordable for those who want it.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Dec. 12: Your daily horoscope
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Bruce Brown, whose 'Endless Summer' redefined surfing, dies
Smoker arrested after yelling death threats on plane
This photo provided by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department shows Valerie Curbelo. Officials said Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, that Curbelo has been arrested after trying to smoke on a Southwest flight from Portland to Sacramento, then shouting she was going to kill everyone on the plane. (Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department via AP)
Impaired driver gets jail sentence for fiery crash that killed woman in Edmonton
Toronto library board revising room-booking policy after controversial memorial
Ex-US deserter to NKorea who married Japanese abductee dies
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