Suspect in deadly Brown University shooting, MIT professor killing found dead
Bloomberg News / nationalpost - The suspect — Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national who was a former student at Brown — took his own life, officials say
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All Winnipeg schools closed due to blizzard
Iris Dyck / globalnews - Pembina Trails School Division Supt. Shelley Amos said it's a 'rarity' to have every school in Winnipeg is close due to inclement weather.
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Prosecutor says 14 Minnesota programs are targeted for fraud and the state is swamped with crime
sootoday - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — At least 14 state-run programs in Minnesota have been flagged for fraud, a prosecutor said Thursday as he announced new charges in several schemes.
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Murder charge withdrawn after conviction of Timothy Rees set aside in 1989 killing
Meredith Bond / citynews - Prosecutors have withdrawn a second-degree murder charge against Timothy Rees, weeks after Ontario’s top court set aside his conviction in the 1989 killing of a 10-year-old girl in Toronto. The Court of Appeal for Ontario last month ordered a new trial fo…
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Winter storm moves into Ontario, Quebec after causing traffic chaos in the Prairies
theglobeandmail - Storm warnings have been issued across north-central Ontario and into Quebec, with up to 30 centimetres of snow forecast
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US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington
News Staff / citynews - WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration and the Army played a role in causing the collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people…
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