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It was distressingly and tragically brought home by the image of a toddler, drowned off the coast of Turkey fleeing the Syrian civil war, that Canadians are no longer who we think we are. If this were our imagined country, three-year-old Alan Kurdi might have been safely playing at home in Coquitlam. But an urgent plea for help by the Kurdi family both here and in Syria was rejected.

Ed Adamczyk
MOREHEAD, Ky., Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Marriage licenses to same-sex couples were available Friday in Rowan County, Ky., the day after the county clerk was jailed for refusing to issue them.

This story was updated at 4 p.m. EDT U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Friday after the economy added fewer-than-expected jobs in August, suggesting the Federal Reserve will hold off on raising interest rates at its meeting later this month. Equities pared losses in the final hour of trading Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing down 272 points after falling as much as 345 points in the afternoon. Despite paring some losses, all three major indexes lost 3 percent for the week.

The government employment report may usher in a sea-change that could pressure stocks further, Jim Paulsen tells CNBC.

I am a 20-year-old black man who was raised by women: my mother, my sister, my aunties and my female cousins. I never thought this was abnormal.  Then one day a close friend said something that really took me aback. She suggested that growing up without men in my life had “feminised" me.

There's always a special feeling that accompanies the completion of a successful project. And, even more so when that success was something most insisted wasn't possible.

Rihanna has allegedly banned Lewis Hamilton from communicating with ex-girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger because she is worried ''that a spark may still linger'' between them.

U.S. stocks opened sharply lower Friday with the main indexes on track to post hefty weekly losses. Stock prices extended early losses in the futures market as the official payrolls numbers were viewed solid enough for the Federal Reserve to consider raising rates at the September meeting. The main indexes looked at weekly losses of nearly 3%. The S&P 500 opened 23 points, or 1.2% lower at 1,928. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 205 points, or 1.2%, to 16,165. The Nasdaq Composite began the day down 56 points... Читать дальше...

Migrants are continuing to protest against being taken to a refugee camp in Hungary, after being removed from a train they believed was headed to Western Europe. Mark Kelly reports. Image: Getty

By Robert Kieckhefer, UPI Racing Writer
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Next year's Kentucky Derby winner might be on display in the many big 2-year-old races on the Labor Day schedule; American Pharoah not retired after all.

"The Syrian boy who washed up on a Turkish beach wearing a bright red t-shirt and shorts on Wednesday will not be the last," writes Noah Rothman at Commentary. "America and the West own a portion of the torment that characterized his short time on Earth. In our comfort, we allowed this great human catastrophe to metastasize."

With Wonder turning 30 years old next week, Yahoo TV spoke with cast members Marla Pennington Rowan (who played mom Joan) and Emily Schulman Webster (who played nosy neighbor girl Harriet) about their memories filming the show, and how they respond to it being labeled one of TV’s all-time biggest disasters.

Timing of central bank decision to tighten monetary policy still wide open

Experts differ on the future of motor vehicles, with some plugging self-driving cars and others being more hesitant.

Some food for thought as we ponder our many Big Questions.

Phi Kappa Psi negligence case stems from 2008 incident

The Justice Department is changing the way it uses secret technology to find and track cellphones, adding more judicial and internal supervision to a practice that critics say invades privacy and has had too little oversight for years.

Samsung Electronics Co. will allow an increasing number of its devices to interact with those of competitors, said the company’s vice president of marketing for Europe.

Samsung Electronics Co. will allow an increasing number of its devices to interact with those of competitors, said the company’s vice president of marketing for Europe.

TOKYO - Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Friday it will begin loading fuel next week into the second reactor a...

Russian Foreign Ministry said that Contact Group on Ukrainian reconciliation noted during video-conference talks on Friday the general consistency of the ceasefire regime in eastern Ukraine.

Award-winning Telegraph food writer Diana Henry, author of nine successful recipe collections, takes us through the long and satisfying process of writing a cookbook