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Auston Matthews returns, helps Maple Leafs beat Rangers 3-2
Edmonton Oilers top Montreal Canadiens to extend winning streak to season-high four games
Montreal Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (11) and Edmonton Oilers' Kris Russell (4) battle for the puck in the corner during first period NHL action in Edmonton, Alta., on Saturday, December 23, 2017.
Reimer makes 38 saves to lift Panthers over Senators 1-0
Gill scores winner, Porter has a goal and assist as Americans top Rocket
Auston Matthews returns from concussion to notch goal, assist as Toronto Maple Leafs top New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews (34) skates after the puck as New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) protects the net and Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk (22) helps out during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, at Madison Square Garden in New York.
McDavid with goal and assist, leaves late in third but expected to be OK
Montreal Canadiens goalie Antti Niemi (37) reacts as the Edmonton Oilers celebrate a goal during second period NHL action in Edmonton, Alta., on Saturday, December 23, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
1 body recovered, 36 feared dead in Philippine mall fire
In this photo provided by Special Assistant to the President Christopher Bong Go, a fire rages at shopping mall in Davao city, the hometown of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017 in southern Philippines. The fire which still raging for hours now have trapped an undetermined number of people, fire officials said. (AP Photo/Christopher Bong Go, Special Assistant to the President)
Feds: Visa program benefited terror-finance suspect
James Reimer stops 38 shots, Florida Panthers blank Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators' Ryan Dzingel (18) moves the puck as Florida Panthers' Vincent Trocheck, right, defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, in Sunrise, Fla.
CN worker dies after being injured in rail yard in Saskatchewan
Trump criticizes FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe as he plans retirement
FBI acting director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Small plane crash in Turks and Caicos Islands kills 2
The Latest: Trump questions impartiality of FBI official
Judge partially lifts Trump administration ban on refugees
FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 file photo, Mariko Hirose, right, a litigation director at the Urban Justice Center, speaks to reporters accompanied by Mark Hetfield, president & CEO of HIAS, left, and Rabbi Will Berkowitz, Jewish Family Service of Seattle CEO, in front of a federal courthouse in Seattle. On Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, U.S. District Judge James Robart partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after the American Civil Liberties Union and Jewish Family Service argued that the policy prevented people from some mostly Muslim countries from reuniting with family living legally in the United States. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Demar DeRozan scores 29 points to lead Toronto Raptors over Philadelphia 76ers
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) dribbles the ball away from Philadelphia 76ers guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (7) in the first half at Air Canada Centre.
DeRozan scores 29 points to lead Raptors to 102-86 win over Sixers
Toronto Raptors Delon Wright (centre) scores on the Philadelphia 76ers during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Saturday, December 23, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Green Christmas? $100 bills handed out for holiday giving
Vice apologizes for "boy's club" after sex harassment report
O Christmas tree! Storm topples Tennessee's holiday spruce
The Christmas tree in Nashville, Tenn.'s Public Square Park lies on its side on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017. City officials say the culprit was a combination of wind, rain and possibly a defective anchor. A 35-foot tall Christmas tree still stands outside the state Capitol, which is not far from where this tree fell. (Kyle Cooke, Danielle Allen/WSMV via AP)
Homicide team probing 'targeted' death in North Vancouver, B.C.
Macedonia's opposition conservatives elect new leader
Teen charged in fatal shooting of northern Virginia couple
The Latest: Feds: Gunman came to US via family-based visa
Harrisburg Police block off sections of the street after a shooting, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. A prosecutor says there's "no doubt" a gunman who fired at police in several locations in the capital city before they shot and killed him was targeting police officers. Authorities say Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty fired at a Harrisburg police officer on Friday afternoon and later at a state trooper, wounding her. They say he later approached police with two handguns and fired many shots at them before they returned fire and killed him. (Mark Pynes /PennLive.com via AP)
US ambassador to Netherlands apologizes for fake news claim
Las Vegas woman charged with gunning down 3 roommates
This booking photo provided by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017 shows Christine Sanchez, 47. Sanchez is accused of fatally shooting her three roommates on Dec. 22. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via The AP)
Man's 1944 love letter found within remodeled home's walls
Police: Man arrested for fake bomb threat at Chicago airport
Power cut shuts down Rhode Island airport's main runway
Ontario police watchdog probes death of a man outside police detachment
Life-size elf decoration turns heads, even loses his own
Bob Givens, veteran animator of Bugs Bunny, dead at 99
Edward Snowden unveils phone app, Haven, to spy on spies
Trump criticizes FBI deputy director as he plans retirement
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017 file photo, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe appears before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, President Donald Trump reacted to reports about the coming retirement of FBI Deputy Director McCabe, who has been buffeted by attacks from the president and his Republican allies over alleged anti-Trump bias in the agency, by retweeting falsehoods about McCabe's wife. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Mathew Barzal bags first career hat trick, New York Islanders top Winnipeg Jets
Mathew Barzal #13 of the New York Islanders celebartes his goal at 19:24 of the first period against the Winnipeg Jets at the Barclays Center on December 23, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
The Latest: Suspect in Ohio postal worker slayings charged
The Latest: Firefighter killed in California honoured
CORRECTS SPELLING OF COREY TO CORY - This undated photo provided by Cal Fire shows Fire Apparatus Engineer Cory Iverson. Gov. Jerry Brown joined friends, family and colleagues Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, at a San Diego church to honor Iverson. The 32-year-old Cal Fire engineer died of burns and smoke inhalation on Dec. 14. He was fighting the Thomas Fire that burned more than 700 homes in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. (Cal Fire via AP)
South Sudan cease-fire begins in attempt to calm civil war
FILE - In this Friday, April 29, 2016 file photo, the then South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar, left, looks across at President Salva Kiir, right, as they sit to be photographed following the first meeting of a new transitional coalition government, in the capital Juba, South Sudan. South Sudan's warring factions on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 signed a new agreement to cease hostilities and protect civilians in the latest effort to calm a devastating civil war. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin, File)
Barzal powers Islanders past Jets 5-2
New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal (13) controls the puck against Winnipeg Jets center Andrew Copp (9) in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Venezuelan leader wants Brazilian, Canadian diplomats out
The Latest: Ex-Miss America chair: I was 'unjustly vilified'
Ontario police investigating after Christmas decorations are stolen from homes
Homeless man returns mistakenly donated diamond ring to B.C. woman
Trinda Gajek, left, and Raymond Ahlstrom pose after the return of her lost ring in Nanaimo, B.C., in this recent handout photo. A British Columbia woman has been reunited with a cherished diamond ring, thanks to the dogged work of a homeless man on Vancouver Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Trinda Gajek *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Halifax police end search for runaway pig after hamming it up on social media
3 Miss America officials resign, 1 apologizes to ex-winner
Funeral held for firefighter killed in California wildfire
FILE - This undated file photo provided by Cal Fire shows Fire Apparatus Engineer Cory Iverson, right, with his wife, Ashley, and their daughter. Iverson, who worked for the department's San Diego Unit as a member of a fire strike team, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, while fighting a wildfire in southern California. Gov. Jerry Brown joined friends, family and colleagues Saturday, Dec. 23, at a San Diego church to honor Iverson. The 32-year-old Cal Fire engineer died of burns and smoke inhalation, while tackling the Thomas Fire that burned more than 700 homes in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. (Cal Fire via AP, File)
Thousands protest against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
Boy charged with first-degree murder in death of 50-year-old man in Ottawa
Crystal Castles songwriter being investigated by police sex crimes unit
Crystal Castles' Alice Glass, left, and Ethan Kath perform on day one of the Austin City Limits Music Festival's first weekend on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Toronto police say musician Kath, the producer and songwriter for the band Crystal Castles, is being investigated by the Sex Crimes Unit.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP
Pregnant Arizona woman shot while sleeping, baby survives
Atlantic Canada to be hit by back-to-back storms over the holidays:meteorologist
Amazon acquires connected camera maker
Joan Walsh announces move to CNN after being dumped by MSNBC
Unruly traveller forces jet to make unscheduled Alabama stop
Last Native American village in Yosemite being rebuilt
Mexico's presidential front-runner a wildcard for US ties
Book details Smokies' cemeteries and their eternal residents
Man United collapse allows City to go 13 points clear in EPL
Maroon 5 manager Jordan Feldstein dies unexpectedly at 40
This photo provided by Travis Schneider shows Jordan Feldstein. The longtime manager of Maroon 5 and brother of actor Jonah Hill has died. Jordan Feldstein was 40 years old. A spokeswoman for the band confirmed Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, that Feldstein died unexpectedly Friday. The Feldstein family said in a statement that Jordan Feldstein called 911 after experiencing shortness of breath Friday. (Travis Schneider via AP)
Montreal port chaplains reach out to seafarers spending Christmas far from home
Michelle DePooter, left, Chaplain of Montreal Ministry to Seafarers and Musa Diner, engineer on the MSC Matilde, chat at the Mariner's House Thursday, December 21, 2017 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Italian mountain retreat visited by popes up for sale
West Virginia leads nation in drug overdose death rate
Florida man fighting for his life after chasing monkey
Would Canadians drive to border towns if new NAFTA raised duty-free limit?
Crow Smith poses in a warehouse among shipping packages waiting to be picked up Monday December 18, 2017 in Ogdensburg, N.Y. Canadians have been increasingly shopping online, but scoring deals from U.S. retailers and getting them shipped right to their home has always been difficult, costly and sometimes impossible. One reason is Canada has set its de minimis threshold -- the maximum value of an item that Canadians can order from a foreign country without paying duties or taxes -- at $20, which has not increased since 1985 and is one of the lowest in the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills 10 in Yemen: officials
Police: Ohio postal worker facing dismissal kills 2 bosses
This photo provided by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017 shows Deshaune K. Stewart, 24. Stewart, a disgruntled mail carrier facing dismissal, has been charged with aggravated murder for fatally shooting his supervisor at a suburban Ohio post office and with murder for killing a postmaster outside of her apartment complex on Saturday. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office via The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
Brazil: Nearly half of women report being sexually harassed
Famed conductor Charles Dutoit denies sexual misconduct allegations
Maestro Charles Dutoit of Switzerland conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra during a concert in the northern Spanish town of Santander on Aug. 29, 2006.
One more thing to ask Alexa: Where's Santa on Christmas Eve?
This photo of the front page of The GreeleyTribune in Greeley, Colo., from Dec. 23, 1955, shows an Associated Press story about the Continental Air Defense Command or CONAD tracking Santa Claus. The U.S. military's Santa-tracking program began that year after a newspaper ad invited children to call Santa but inadvertently ran the phone number of CONAD's hotline. Now in its 62nd year, the program is operated by CONAD's successor, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, a U.S.-Canadian military command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (Josh Polson/The Greeley Tribune via AP)
'Merry Christmas' for Trump is more than a wish
FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump takes to the stage at a campaign-style rally at the Pensacola Bay Center, in Pensacola, Fla. There’s no mistaking Trump’s “Merry Christmas” message _ he wields it as a weapon against political correctness. For weeks, he’s been liberally sprinkling his public remarks with Christmas tidings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
California's top marijuana regulator talks legalization
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo, Lori Ajax, chief of California's Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation, poses in the bureau's office in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Rhode Island mobster Frank 'Bobo' Marrapese dead at 74
Conductor Dutoit denies sexual misconduct allegations
Kentucky jailer taken to jail, charged with perjury
Prosecutor: police justified in fatally shooting suspect
Ukraine grateful for U.S. weapons as Russia voices outrage
Appeals court: Trump exceeded authority with travel ban
FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin speaks to The Associated Press about Hawaii's lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban in Honolulu. A federal appeals court panel ruled Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, that President Trump once again exceeded the scope of his authority with his latest travel ban. However, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges put their decision on hold pending review by the U.S. Supreme Court, meaning the ban involving six majority Muslim countries will remain in effect. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
Senators recall goaltender Danny Taylor from American Hockey League
Militia signs cease-fire with Republic of Congo government
Kmart to pay $32.3 million to settle prescription drugs case
Speed and depth key to Canada's junior team ahead of world championship
Switzerland's Nando Eggenberger gets in close on Canada's goalie Colton Point during second period World Junior exhibition hockey action in Hamilton, Ont., on Friday, December 22, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
Man struck by sandbag thrown from Ohio overpass has died
Liquor store owner, worker, suspect shot to death in Georgia
Teacher cuts finger, still wins Food Network cookie contest
Man facing weapons charges a month after gun is fired in Niagara Falls home
Trump supporters greet tax law with shrugs and measured hope
In this Dec. 20, 2017 photo, Justin Dopierala sits in his home office of DOMO Capital Management, LLC in Germantown, Wisc. Anticipating the passage of the Republican tax plan, he said he spent $20,000 on business improvements over the last couple months, including a new website and marketing pitch book for potential clients, included in this photo. Dopierala expects to have a nearly $11,000 reduction in taxes on his $150,000 income. He said he generally votes for Republicans and voted for Trump, partly expecting he would pass a new tax plan. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
Central Indiana city evicting train museum from local park
Newspaper asks court to reconsider ruling on autopsy reports
FILE – In this May 3, 2016, file photo, mourners gather during funeral services at Scioto Burial Park in McDermott, Ohio, around caskets for six of the eight members of the Rhoden family found shot April 22, 2016, at four properties near Piketon, Ohio. A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, rejected requests for the unredacted autopsy reports from the unsolved slayings. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Size matters: Florida man arrested for dinner complaints
Secretary of state warns about holiday drinking and driving
Man charged with second-degree murder in Newfoundland woman's death
Sleet, freezing rain foul roads across southern New England
India says Pakistani fire kills 4 Indian soldiers in Kashmir
Macedonia ready to give up claims on Alexander the Great
Gift wrap or tape in 1 hour: How Amazon aids procrastinators
In this Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, photo, Amazon Prime Now bags are ready for delivery, at the Amazon warehouse in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Ohio State wants white nationalist's lawsuit dismissed
Judge: Official can't be excluded from US election panel
Zimbabwe's former military chief gets political promotion
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge to close for holidays
What’s Paw Patrol’s secret? How it captivated children and conquered the world
Paw Patrol is a Canadian-made animated TV show for pre-schoolers about a team of dogs protecting the seaside town of Adventure Bay.
Libyan PM urges international community to back UN mandate
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