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Scholars say Trump went afoul in lumping Lee with founders
FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in front of a portrait of George Washington, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. Both were great generals. Both Virginians. Both came from slave-owning plantation families. Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017? (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Fed officials split in July over inflation worries
FILE - In this Thursday, July 13, 2017, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Banking Committee. On Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, the Federal Reserve releases minutes from its July meeting, when it kept interest rates steady. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Resale homes should carry energy use label by 2019: environmental groups
A sold sign is pictured outside a home in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
UN criticizes Trump remarks on military action in Venezuela
FILE - In this Sunday, July 9, 2017, file photo, United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev, Ukraine. Guterres warned Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, that tensions on the Korean peninsula are at their highest level in decades and said it’s important “to dial down the rhetoric and to dial up diplomacy.” The U.N. chief told reporters the world needs to heed the lessons of history and not repeat the mistakes that led to the Korean War, which started 67 years ago and killed more than three million people. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
Charlie Angus takes short leave from NDP leadership race after sister's death
NDP MP Charlie Angus announces his intention to run for the NDP Federal Leadership at a rally in Toronto , on Sunday February 26, 2016. Angus is taking a leave from the race following the death of his sister.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Hastert officially no longer in custody; probation begins
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Lake County Sheriff's Department shows ex-U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Hastert has officially completed his 15-month prison sentence and is no longer being monitored by law enforcement. Bureau of Prisons records indicate Wednesday Aug. 16, 2017, was the end of Hastert's period under federal custody. Illinois' Lake County Sheriff's Office says it stopped its electronic monitoring of the 75-year-old Wednesday morning. He now begins two years of probation. (Lake County Sheriff Department via AP File)
Star gymnast Ellie Black headlines Canadian contingent at world university games
Canadian Ellie Black poses for a photograph with her five medals she won at the women's artistic gymnastics competitions during the Pan American Games in Toronto on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. After two hectic years, Black needed a break.The Canadian gymnast's standout performance at the 2015 Pan Am Games, not to mention an equally impressive showing at the Rio Olympics last summer, vaulted her into the national spotlight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Robert Pattinson’s transformation essential to feverish pace of Good Time
Robert Pattinson attends the premiere for Good Time in New York on Aug. 8, 2017.
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Express Scripts to limit opioids; doctors concerned
FILE - This July 21, 2011, file photo shows a building on the Express Scripts campus in Berkeley, Mo. Express Scripts, the nation's largest pharmacy benefits manager, will limit the number and strength of opioid drugs prescribed to first-time users starting in September 2017 as part of a wide-ranging effort to curb an epidemic affecting millions of Americans. The new program is drawing criticism from the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Toronto teen allowed on fatal school trip despite failing swim test
Fifteen-year-old Jeremiah Perry, a student at C.W. Jeffreys Collegiate Institute who drowned on a school-run camping trip this summer, in a photo provided by his family.
Saskatchewan finance minister says budget update before leadership decision
Police: Alabama woman survives 28 days in woods
Amazon looms over Icahn and Starboard’s auto-parts retailer bets
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Judge won't toss death sentence for carjacking killer of 2
Boy who drowned on school canoe trip did not pass required swim test:TDSB
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Singer Jorja Smith on the fast track to stardom
Jorja Smith is a favourite of Drake, who featured her on his latest album.
Couple seeking damages after woman delivers 13-pound baby naturally
N.S. minister looks to improve abortion access, calling province 'out of step'
Randy Delorey attends a briefing at the legislature in Halifax on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Delorey, Nova Scotia's health minister, says abortion access in the province is "out of step" with current practices, and has asked health officials to find ways to improve it.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Drone comes dangerously close to state police helicopter
NFL players’ union appeals 6-game suspension of Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott
The NFLPA is appealing the league’s suspension of Cowboys’ running back Ezekiel Elliott.
SBA head sees businesses held back by lack of loans, workers
FILE - In this Monday, June 26, 2017, file photo, Linda McMahon, right, the administrator of the Small Business Administration, hugs Kathleen Sarniak-Tanzola, president and CEO of Jeannette Specialty Glass, after a roundtable discussion with small business owners at the agency's Pittsburgh office. Six months into her tenure as head of the SBA, McMahon sees the split among small business owners: they are increasingly optimistic, but many are held back by their inability to get loans or find the right workers for jobs that are going begging. (Andrew Rush/Pittsbburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)
Murder charges laid: Woman's body was found in northern Alberta river
Couple's arranged marriage turned into 19-year 'love story'
FILE - In this June 13, 1998 file photo, David Weinlick and Elizabeth Runze speak to the audience after Runze was picked to be Weinlick's bride at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. Weinlick's family and friends picked Runze from a group of 23 possible brides less than two hours before the wedding. The Minnesota couple who began their life together through an arranged marriage nearly 20 years ago are about to renew their vows. The ceremony on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 will again be at the Mall of America. (AP Photo/Scott Cohen, File)
Scottish Parliament under cyberattack, no systems breached
Alberta won't appeal ruling on impaired driving law, will make changes: minister
LeBron James takes shot at ‘so-called president’ Trump, calls for unity
LeBron James referred to Donald Trump as the ‘so-called president’ in a speech on Tuesday night.
Escape artist llama makes bid for freedom on golf course
FBI offers $30K reward for info in Minnesota mosque bombing
AP FACT CHECK: Viral photo doesn't show 'antifa' beating cop
Oregon National Guard heads to wildfire near Crater Lake
Oregon National Guard members practice firefighting techniques in Salem, Ore., on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, ahead of their deployment to fight a fire near Crater Lake, Ore. Just over 100 Oregon National Guard members were taking refresher training at a facility on the outskirts of Salem as the state hits peak wildfire season. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
Texas special session whiffs on top conservative priorities
Texas Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, works at her desk as she waits for the House to convene, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Austin. The special session will end Wednesday with the Texas 'bathroom bill' expected to fail. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Studying right whale carcasses to discover what’s causing their deaths
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Resale homes should carry energy use label by 2019, environmental groups say
A sold sign is pictured outside a home in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. A coalition of environmental groups wants to see homes listed for resale in Canada to carry information about how much energy they use. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Police: Little Rock's 2017 homicide tally tops 2016 toll
Police: Wedding DJ made off with $600 from couple's card box
Man accused of urinating on Philly synagogue walls charged
This August 2017 photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Sheidali Dzhalilov, accused of urinating on the walls and sidewalk at the doors of Congregation Beth Solomon synagogue in northeast Philadelphia while making an obscene hand gesture at a surveillance camera. Dzhalilov turned himself in Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, to the Philadelphia Police Department, and faces charges of ethnic intimidation, indecent exposure, institutional vandalism, desecration of objects, open lewdness, harassment and disorderly conduct. (Philadelphia Police Department via AP)
It is bigger than the Vancouver Olympics: How the 10-day Multisport festival will unfold in B.C.
Athletes racing in a swimming competition as part of a triathlon
The Iowa State Fair is opening. Time to visit the Butter Cow
In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, photo, the Butter Cow displayed at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. More than 1 million people typically visit the Iowa State Fair annually, and sometimes it seems like all of them are clustered around Butter Cow. The creamy creation has been among the state fair's top attraction since 1911. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Venezuela govt links dissident ex-prosecutor to extortion
Venezuelan Constitutional assembly delegate and Leader of Venezuela's ruling socialist party Diosdado Cabello, left, leaves the General Prosecutors office in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. Cabello is alleging that the husband and close aides of ousted chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega ran a multi million dollar extortion ring. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Can't see the solar eclipse? Tune in online or on TV
FILE - This March 9, 2016, file photo shows a total solar eclipse in Belitung, Indonesia. A solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, is set to star in several special broadcasts on TV and online. PBS, ABC, NBC, NASA Television and the Science Channel are among the outlets planning extended coverage of the first solar eclipse visible across the United States in 99 years. (AP Photo/File)
Country music matriarch Jo Walker-Meador dies at 93
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, Jo Walker-Meador arrives at the 50th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Walker-Meador, a matriarch of country music who led the Country Music Association for nearly three decades, has died. She was 93. She died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, in Nashville, according to a statement from the CMA. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Central Alberta RCMP officer charged with sexual assault pleads innocence
Federal deal grants Ontario First Nations more control over education
Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, talks to reporters in Ottawa on July 11, 2017.
Zinc breaks through $3,000 barrier as metals rally gathers pace
An employee adjust plates at HudBay's zinc plant in Flin Flon, Man.
Internal FBI surveys show high support for ex-FBI head Comey
FILE - In this June 8, 2017 file photo, former FBI director James Comey speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Internal employee surveys show that fired Comey was highly respected and trusted within the bureau during his nearly four-year tenure. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
How to avoid the wrong kind of shady when it comes to solar eclipse glasses
Herman Wong, a University of Toronto engineering and photonics Phd. student, tests eclipse glasses with an ellipsometer at the University of Toronto on Thursday, August 10, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lucas Timmons
The federal fund for parents of missing, murdered children by the numbers
Sue O'Sullivan, federal ombudsman for victims of crime, is pictured in Ottawa on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. O'Sullivan is calling on the federal government to make changes to a barely-used fund designed to help parents of murdered or missing children.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Daniel Craig confirms he will return as James Bond in 2019 film
Daniel Craig, who previously complained he’d rather slash his wrists than play James Bond a fifth time, has finally confirmed he's returning as 007.
Ottawa inks largest education self-government agreement with Ont. First Nations
Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, talks to reporters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday July 11, 2017. The federal government says it has reached a self-governance agreement with 23 Ontario First Nations, the largest such deal of its kind in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Drive-by shooting in Mississippi kills 6-month-old boy
UN chief: It's time for diplomacy on tense Korean peninsula
Family: FBI knew Oklahoma bomb plot suspect is schizophrenic
This photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Jerry Drake Varnell, of Sayre, Okla., who was arrested Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in connection with a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb in an alley adjacent to BancFirst in downtown Oklahoma City. Authorities said Varnell is expected to be formally charged Monday, Aug, 14. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP)
South Dakota to re-decorate Corn Palace despite drought
FILE - This Sept. 1, 2015, file photo shows the Corn Palace in Mitchell, S.D. The corn-themed tourist destination will have enough corn to decorate murals despite a dry summer. The director of the Corn Palace said that the city has enough corn to create the nine corn murals surrounding the facility thanks to recent rain. About 275,000 ears of corn are needed for the building, which is currently adorned with 2-year-old dilapidated murals. One city councilwoman says the building is a "community icon." (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers, File)
Police: Man electrocuted while trying to steal copper wire
Judge OKs Takata request to halt some lawsuits over air bags
Facebook bans white nationalist's accounts over hate speech
FILE - In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia. Facebook told The Associated Press on Aug. 16, 2017, it has banned the Facebook and Instagram accounts of one of a white nationalist who attended a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that ended in deadly violence. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Judge suspended for calling counter-protesters 'snowflakes'
The Latest: Los Angeles cemetery moves Confederate monument
After surviving last week, U.S. stock market’s armour getting thicker
In this July 31, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office in Washington.
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Veteran MLA Trent Wotherspoon enters Saskatchewan NDP leadership race
New Mexico GOP chair resigns following Facebook post
Ex-US Rep. Corrine Brown won't get new trial
FILE - In this May 5, 2017 file photo, former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown walks to the federal courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla., where she is expected to retake the stand in her trial on federal fraud and tax charges. U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017 denied a request for a new trial by by former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, who may spend her life in prison after being found guilty of taking money from a sham charity that was purported to be aiding poor students. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP, File)
Protests at Google offices over worker's firing are cancelled
Family of black teen allegedly beaten by officer seeks probe of police forces
Jackson Browne to receive Peace and Justice Activism Award
Jackson Browne performs at the Alice Cooper Benefit Concert at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday March 10, 2011.
Florida man pleads guilty in 2016 Jewish centre bomb plot
Maryland judge denies DC sniper Malvo's bid for new sentence
FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2004, file photo, Lee Boyd Malvo enters a courtroom in the Spotsylvania, Va., Circuit Court. Malvo, convicted of taking part as a teenager in deadly sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington area in 2002 lost a bid Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, for a new sentence in Maryland. (Mike Morones/The Free Lance-Star via AP, File)
Citi says ETF takeover is growing risk for emerging markets
A man retrieves integrated circuits from the circuit boards of discarded computer monitors before delivering them to a recycling workshop in Karachi, Pakistan Aug. 16.
Virginia man pleads guilty to trying to fund Islamic State
Baggage system glitch causes check-in delays at Toronto's Pearson airport
DHL, Ford unveil jointly made electric delivery van
Juergen Gerdes, member of the board of management at Deutsche Post, driving a StreetScooter WORK XL in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday,, Aug. 16, 2017. Deutsche Post DHL Group and U.S. automaker Ford have unveiled a jointly manufactured electric delivery van amid growing demand for emission-free utility vehicles. The StreetScooter WORK XL merges a Ford Transit chassis with an electric drivetrain designed for the German logistics giant. It’s the third electric delivery van made by DHL, which began manufacturing its own vehicles after finding no traditional car manufacturer able or willing to supply such vehicles. (Oliver Berg/dpa via AP)
China should release Liu Xia, or risk repeating a terrible injustice
Frank Ching is a Hong Kong-based journalist.
Brazil congressman ordered to pay for offensive remark
Ronaldo says his ban for pushing referee is 'persecution'
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, right, reacts after Referee Ricardo de Burgos shows a second yellow card during the Spanish Supercup, first leg, soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. Cristiano Ronaldo was banned for five games on Monday after shoving a referee following his red card for diving in Real Madrid's 3-1 win over Barcelona in the season-opening Spanish Super Cup. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
What's coming for President's Choice Financial customers when CIBC sets up Simplii
Ottawa, B.C. consider help for farmers affected by wildfires
A house that survived a wildfire is framed by burnt trees in Williams Lake, B.C., on July 31, 2017.
At least 7 dead in alleged gang attack on Guatemala hospital
A body lies outside the Roosevelt Hospital after a shooting, in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. Officials in Guatemala say at least two people have been killed and five arrested in an early morning shooting at the Roosevelt, one of the country’s largest hospitals, where an unknown number of attackers entered the hospital and began shooting. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)
Public will be allowed to visit temple near Washington
Missouri regulators reject massive Midwest wind power line
Cops: Man passed out with heroin said he was headed to jail
Reduced forest fire risk prompts New Brunswick to lift forestry restrictions
Government vows to change fund for parents of murdered, missing children
Sue O’Sullivan, federal ombudsman for victims of crime, is seen in Ottawa on March 15, 2012.
Syrian warplanes attack IS near Lebanon border
The Latest: VA secretary defends Trump remarks
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif, takes questions during an infrastructure roundtable meeting at Union Station in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. Pelosi is criticizing Republicans who haven't spoken out against President Donald Trump's comments on white supremacists. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Infant left outside in plastic bag released from hospital
French ministers rent home linked to ex-drug trafficker
The Associated Press' guide to the best free online workouts
This undated photo shows Jessica Smith in a side plank balance. Smith's motto is exercise should be fun otherwise you won't stick with it. She's the queen of walk and talks _ online workouts where she marches in places for a mile or two while you chit chat. (Vanessa Rogers/Jessica Smith via AP)
Military leaders speak out against racism, extremism
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis answers a reporter's question about North Korea, before a meeting with Dutch Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The Latest: Critic: Removing Confederate statues was wrong
Workers remove the Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson monument in Wyman Park early Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Baltimore. Local news outlets reported that workers hauled several monuments away, days after a white nationalist rally in Virginia turned deadly. (Denise Sanders/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Silent song finds iTunes popularity due to special role
Neil Chayet, of 'Looking at the Law' radio fame, dies
Health advocates want Food Guide overhaul as consultations conclude
Israel revokes Al-Jazeera reporter's press permit
The Latest: Pence promotes US trade with Latin America
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, in Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Pence is on a official visit to Argentina until Wednesday, when he will be heading to Chile on a week-long visit to Latin America.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
New Brunswick makes publicly funded rotavirus vaccine available for children
Ikea says its new Halifax-area store will hold grand opening next month
Civilian agency asked to probe police forces after officer charged in teen beating
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