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Elle advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman more than 20 years ago, in her new book that was excerpted in New York Magazine.

A British man has gone on a hunger strike outside the Iranian Embassy in London to support his wife, who is on a hunger strike in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison.

A Kamloops man with cognitive challenges was coaxed into luring a fictional child because of a "vainglorious" operation by the Creep Catchers, a B.C. judge wrote in a scathing assessment of the vigilante group.

Five Inuit have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over medical experiments, including skin grafts, they say were performed on them in the 1960s and '70s.

A trainer at African Lion Safari suffered serious injuries Friday afternoon when he was attacked by an elephant.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province will challenge the passage of two controversial federal bills in the courts.

A bleak portrait has emerged after a legal team interviewed 60 children at the facility near El Paso, Texas, that has become the latest place where lawyers say young migrants are describing neglect and mistreatment at the hands of the U.S. government.

An Ontario man has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with the alleged armed abduction of a Chinese international student earlier this year.

A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: civility seems to be in short supply in politics everywhere these days; people weary of waiting for companies and governments to take serious action around climate change are taking their battle into the court system.

Kelly Jay Fordham, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose 1971 hit Oh What a Feeling became the first song to reap the rewards of the Cancon era, has died at 77.

The data breach at Desjardins Group is thought to be one of the largest ever among Canadian financial institutions. Here's a breakdown of what went wrong and what's happening now.

Engineers, safety analysts and other professionals at Bruce Power have given their union a strong strike mandate if an agreement can’t be reached during conciliation talks that begin next week.

Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Office has compiled a revised cost estimate for the navy’s new frigates, and predicts the program will cost close to $70 billion over the next quarter century — $8 billion more than its previous estimate.

Former jurors plan to pressure political parties to revive a bill that would allow them to get adequate mental health treatment after doing their civic duty on horrific murder and other cases.

Renata Ford, the wife of late former Toronto mayor Rob Ford and sister-in-law of Ontario premier Doug Ford, is running as a candidate for Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada in the October federal election, CBC News has confirmed.

Renata Ford, the wife of late former Toronto mayor Rob Ford and sister-in-law of Ontario premier Doug Ford, is running as a candidate for Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada in the October federal election, CBC News has confirmed.

Toronto police say a man who went on a shooting rampage in the city's Greektown last year had a lengthy history of violent thoughts and committing violence against himself.

Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders will go over details of the probe into the gunfire on Danforth Avenue last summer that killed two people and injured 13 others.

Toronto police say a man who went on a shooting rampage in the city's Greektown last year had a lengthy history of violent thoughts and committing violence against himself.

The premier's office said Friday morning that Ford revoked the appointments of Tyler Albrecht and Taylor Shields as "agents-general" to New York and London, respectively.

Allergan Inc. is facing legal action after a type of breast implants it sold was linked by Health Canada to a higher risk of a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The NDP opposition was understandably outraged, as were public sector unions who will be very much affected by the legislation under debate at the time.

A pair of controversial environmental bills, including the environmental assessment bill, scaled their final hurdle in the Senate on Thursday over the objections of critics who warn the two pieces of legislation will kneecap Canada's oil industry and fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta.

A pair of controversial environmental bills, including the environmental assessment bill, scaled their final hurdle in the Senate on Thursday over the objections of critics who warn the two pieces of legislation will kneecap Canada's oil industry and fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta.

A thumbnail-sized insect known to tear through crops and gardens is the target of a federal eradication campaign — and there are ways you can help stop the spread.

New Brunswick Public Health wanted to urge the 2,500 athletes from across the Maritimes, Quebec and New England participating in the East Coast Games in Saint John this weekend to ensure their measles vaccines were up to date before arriving because of an ongoing outbreak.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is showing no signs of changing the direction of his government, despite demoting his finance minister barely two months after his first budget.

The downing of a U.S. drone by Tehran is fuelling fears of war between the U.S. and Iran. CBC News breaks down the current tensions, the stakes and what could come next.

The downing of a U.S. drone by Tehran is the latest salvo fuelling fears of war between the U.S. and Iran. CBC News breaks down the current tensions, the stakes and what could come next.

A growing wave of climate litigation worldwide is led by environmentalists and communities aiming to force cuts to carbon emissions, and win damages to pay for the costs of adapting to climate change.

As Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi will decide when the U.S. government might ratify the new NAFTA, and she has several reasons for holding off on a vote. As Lyndsay Duncombe explains, no amount of face time with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to influence her timeline.

If you've happened to glance up at the sky about an hour after sunset or an hour before sunrise and noticed wispy, electric blue clouds on the horizon, you've managed to catch a rare sighting of noctilucent clouds.

Former Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose’s bill to give mandatory sexual assault training to federally appointed judges is all but dead thanks to some procedural manoeuvring in the Senate.

Former Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose’s bill to give mandatory sexual assault training to federally appointed judges is all but dead thanks to some procedural manoeuvring in the Senate.

From heartbreaking footage of struggling wildlife to music videos designed to go viral, some filmmakers and creators are using bold new tactics to ensure their work inspires a global call to action when it comes to climate change.

When Patricia Ningewance lay quietly sobbing in her dormitory bed at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in northern Ontario, she never imagined she'd one day willingly return. But now she's back to teach the very language the school tried to steal from her, working alongside her grandson.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we speak to a psychologist and author about how to empower people to take climate action.

From heartbreaking footage of struggling wildlife to music videos designed to go viral, some filmmakers and creators are using bold new tactics to ensure their work inspires a global call to action when it comes to climate change.

A growing wave of climate litigation worldwide is led by environmentalists and communities aiming to force cuts to carbon emissions, and win damages to pay for the costs of adapting to climate change.

President Donald Trump confirmed reports late Thursday that the United States abruptly called off preparations for a military strike against Iran over the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone hours earlier, saying on social media that the response was "not proportionate."

The United States made preparations for a military strike against Iran on Thursday night in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone, but the operation was abruptly called off with just hours to go, a U.S. official said.

Several hundred mainly student protesters gathered outside Hong Kong government offices Friday morning, with some blocking traffic on a major thoroughfare, after a deadline passed for meeting their demands related to controversial extradition legislation.

Five fire departments were called to the blaze that started around 8 p.m. Thursday.

All but one of the four people injured by a fire at Port Hawkesbury Paper in Point Tupper, N.S., are out of the hospital and the fourth person is expected to be released later Friday.

Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks was blocked by U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers from answering questions more than 150 times in an interview with the House judiciary committee, according to Democrats who released a 273-page transcript Thursday.

The New York Knicks have taken RJ Barrett third overall in the NBA draft, kicking off what could be a record-setting night for Canadian basketball. A native of Mississauga, Ont., the six-foot-seven Barrett was the highest-ranked player from his country on a large list of Canadians available.

The New York Knicks picked RJ Barrett third overall in the NBA draft, kicking off a record-setting night for Canadian basketball.

Michael Sanderson, who is from Halifax, is sharing the disastrous series of events he faced during a recent trip in an effort to encourage travel companies to do more to support their customers who have disabilities.

A report by Environment Canada states that 43 per cent of Canada's bird population is declining. But with action, we have a chance of bringing our birds back.

The RCMP has won a legal battle to withhold two files from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, after arguing their disclosure could jeopardize ongoing criminal investigations.