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Six people were injured Saturday when lightning struck a 60-foot pine at the Tour Championship where they were taking cover from rain and showered them with debris, Atlanta police said.

Multiple people have been struck by lightning at the PGA Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

Henrietta Mann, a retired Dalhousie University professor, predicts the ill-fated liner has another 25 years before it disintegrates. She made the comment after seeing the latest 4K images of the site released this week.

Producers praying for rain, warmer weather as the summer season starts sliding away.

Brazil has 44,000 troops stationed in its northern Amazon region that are available to combat forest fires, but fewer than 50 have been deployed.

Police are investigating a confrontation caught on video in a Richmond parking lot Friday afternoon, where a woman is shown swearing and yelling racial slurs over a parking dispute.

Police are investigating a confrontation caught on video in a Richmond parking lot Friday afternoon, where a woman is shown swearing and yelling racial slurs over a parking dispute.

Prince Andrew said on Saturday he never saw or suspected any sex crimes during the time he spent with U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein.

As leaders of the world’s major democracies began arriving Saturday in the French seaside resort of Biarritz for their annual summit, the president of the European Council wondered publicly if there is enough political will to address the rise of authoritarian states, halt emerging trade wars and fight the disastrous effects of climate change. 

The president of the European Council sounded an ominous warning for the G7 as leaders of the world’s major democracies began arriving Saturday in the French seaside resort of Biarritz for their annual summit. 

Laval's outgoing Liberal MP for the Vimy riding is throwing in the towel, opting to pull out of political life before the upcoming election this fall.

Hong Kong police used tear gas to break up anti-government protests on Saturday after some activists threw petrol bombs and bricks.

Hong Kong police used tear gas to break up anti-government protests on Saturday after some activists threw petrol bombs and bricks.

Marine scientist Donald Boesch says the controversy fuelled by recent oil spills off Canada's East Coast has some "fairly interesting and striking comparisons" to his past work examining how the offshore industry is managed, as part of a U.S. inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

David 'Norberg' Klengenberg was gathering wood near the shore for a camping trip when he came across a surprising find: a message in a bottle sent by an 11-year-old B.C. girl, nine years ago.

Changing times and skyrocketing prices mean fewer people are owning and raising workhorses. People in the industry worry that it might be the end of an era.

How the conservative, billionaire industrialists built one of the most influential lobbying machines of the last 40 years — despite clashing with Republicans on social issues.

How the conservative, billionaire industrialists built one of the most influential lobbying machines of the last 40 years — despite clashing with Republicans on social issues.

Hannah Palmer's last memory of the Haitian orphanage before she was adopted was an older girl stealing her shoes. Now, 19 years later, she's trying to track her down.

While people might wish for a magic pill or program, there is no easy way to guide someone away from hateful, racist ideologies, deradicalization experts say.

Scientists suspect heat stress killed thousands of salmon in Alaska's Koyukuk River last month.

Online travel agencies FlightHub and JustFly are under scrutiny from the Better Business Bureau due to what the watchdog calls a pattern of complaints. Several customers interviewed by CBC News say they all had difficulty securing refunds for flights that didn't pan out.

A Winnipeg commander was not aware the military was investigating an army reservist accused of ties to a global neo-Nazi terrorist group due to the type and nature of the probe, Canada's defence department said Friday.

A Winnipeg commander was not made aware the military was investigating an army reservist accused of ties to a global neo-Nazi terrorist group due to the type and nature of the probe, Canada's defence department said Friday.

Public security authorities in Shenzhen said Simon Cheng Man-kit was released as scheduled after 15 days of administrative detention.

Public security authorities in Shenzhen said Simon Cheng Man-kit was released as scheduled after 15 days of administrative detention.

Supporters of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement lined city streets and part of the city's harbourfront Friday, inspired by a similar protest in the Baltic states 30 years ago against Soviet control.

Comments by Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister about his NDP opponent’s childhood are being called offensive by one former Indigenous chief; a Toronto political scientist says they will backfire and only draw attention to the “privileged life” the Tory leader now has.