For more than half a century, Glen Bruce Park next to the Kingsport Public Library has offered downtown shoppers a place to take a break, or visitors to kick back with a book in its covered gazebo.

The rainbow flag can no longer be displayed inside schools of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, after trustees voted Tuesday to add further restrictions to a controversial policy ...

Peru, the world's No. 2 copper exporter, could see farming overtake mining as the biggest economic driver by 2050, the country's agriculture minister told Reuters, eyeing meat exports to China ...

This is no longer about a flag pole or flag. Rather, it is about cramming their arbitrary rules down the throat of an out-of-town entity which has the impudence to challenge their tyranny." ...

TRURO, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia say they’ve charged a woman with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in Truro, in what authorities allege was a case of intimate partner violence. The ...

Tens of thousands of Australians protested over the treatment of Indigenous people on Sunday as the country celebrated a national holiday marking the 1788 arrival of British colonisers. Crowds ...

Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year -- roughly one in seven students, the UN children's agency reported Thursday, deploring an ...

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The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

Arsenal are reportedly leading the race for Wolves forward Matheus Cunha as Fabrizio Romano gives an update on their interest in RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko. The Gunners have been forced to ...

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According to U.S. flag code, "all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels" will fly at half-staff for 30 days after the death of a president Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...