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Trudeau, Biden to unveil ‘partnership roadmap’ following bilateral meeting: top U.S. officials

Click here for updates on this story     WASHINGTON, DC (CTV News) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden are expected to unveil a “partnership roadmap” following the first face-to-face virtual meeting between the two leaders on Tuesday. The roadmap is “a blueprint for our whole-of-government relationship, based on our shared values and

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Loss of taste and smell due to COVID-19 could last up to five months, new study suggests

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A preliminary study involving 813 Quebec health-care workers who tested positive for COVID-19 has shown that people with the coronavirus could lose their sense of smell and taste for up to five months. The study was conducted through an online questionnaire where participants

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Woody Allen Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning filmmaker Woody Allen. Personal Birth date: December 1, 1935 Birth name: Allan Stewart Konigsberg Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Father: Martin Konigsberg, worked various jobs Mother: Nettie (Cherry) Konigsberg, bookkeeper Marriages: Soon-Yi Previn (December 22, 1997-present), Louise Lasser (divorced), Harlene Rosen (divorced) Children: daughters adopted with Soon-Yi

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Investigators release preliminary findings on the United Airlines flight engine failure. Here’s what we know

The investigation into the engine failure of a Boeing 777 could take more than a year, officials said, but already the picture is becoming clearer about what happened to the United Airlines flight on Saturday. According to investigators, the Pratt & Whitney engine failed minutes into United Airlines flight 328, headed from Colorado to Hawaii,

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Elijah McClain’s mother relieved he ‘is no longer labeled a suspect’ after investigation into officers’ actions

Sheneen McClain cried reading an independent investigative report Monday that said Colorado police officers involved her son’s death did not have the legal basis to stop, frisk or restrain Elijah McClain. “It was overwhelming knowing my son was innocent the entire time and just waiting on the facts and proof of it,” Sheneen McClain told

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Black History Month: Audre Lorde

“Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” That’s how Audre Lorde famously introduced herself. Her career as a teacher and a writer spanned decades and though she died almost 30 years ago, much of the work she left behind is still cherished and quoted today. Born to immigrant parents from Grenada, Lorde was raised in Manhattan and

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More child migrants are arriving alone in Spain’s holiday islands than ever before. This is what happens to them

Elementary school children don’t typically venture far from home on their own, but 11-year-old Abou managed to cross a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean, from Africa to Europe, in the hands of strangers. Abou, from West Africa’s Ivory Coast, boarded an inflatable dinghy alongside four other children, and a mother and her baby, all bound

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Wife of ‘El Chapo’ faces international drug trafficking charges, federal authorities say

The wife of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera was arrested Monday in Virginia on charges related to her alleged involvement in international drug trafficking, the Justice Department announced. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was apprehended at Dulles International Airport and is facing charges of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, five

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Engine on United Airlines flight was showing signs of metal fatigue, NTSB says

The Pratt & Whitney engine that failed minutes into United Airlines flight 328 showed signs of metal fatigue, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said during their first public briefing on Monday. The new finding is perhaps the most significant in the investigation into Saturday’s in-flight incident– one that led United Airlines to ground

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