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Relations between Canada and the U.S. are coming under serious pressure — and that has some commentators offering an unlikely — though not impossible — solution. What if Canada joined the European Union?

The Trump administration's 'two gender' policy is sparking fear and confusion among trans and non-binary people. The executive order claims it's a return to "biological facts," but experts say it ignores both biological and historical reality — that humans have never fit into just two sexes or two genders.

Officials investigating Wednesday's mid-air crash between a military helicopter and passenger plane over Washington, D.C., are analyzing data from the black boxes recovered from the wreckage. They're working to piece together the final moments before the collision. Even as the search for answers continues, Americans are paying their respects at a growing memorial near Reagan National Airport.

Authorities confirmed 773 bodies and 2,880 injured persons in Goma's morgues and hospitals, Congolese government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya told a briefing in the capital, Kinshasa, adding that the death toll could be higher.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he ordered military airstrikes on a senior Islamic State attack planner and others from the organization in Somalia.

Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinians from Israeli jails, part of a ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of intense fighting.

The U.S. Senate is conducting confirmation hearings for Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence. Gabbard has no background in intelligence, and a history of promoting conspiracies and supporting dictators at odds with the West. Canadian intelligence experts say that could be a problem for Canada.

Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight to stop fracking wells near his home in Farmington, B.C.

Investigators say all three flight recorders have now been recovered from the deadly mid-air collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., as salvage operations continue in the Potomac River.

At least seven people were killed and 19 were injured when an air ambulance crashed into a busy Philadelphia intersection, officials said Saturday. The dead from Friday's accident include a child who had been receiving hospital treatment, and her mother.

Canada isn't just at risk of a recession. It faces a reordering of economic ties between the two countries that were built by generations since the Great Depression — and a scrambling of the world we've known.

Food journalist He McAtlas's photography McAtlas showcases McDonald's locations around the world, from a serene Japanese tea garden, to a "ski-thru" high in the Swedish mountains. And he's far from the only traveller who seeks out fast food chains to have an "authentic" local dining experience.

The UN Palestinian relief agency said its humanitarian work across the occupied territories and Gaza was still ongoing on Friday despite an Israeli ban that took effect a day before and what it described as hostility towards its staff.

The victims of the first major U.S. commercial air disaster in 16 years included a rising legal star, an engineering student coming from her grandfather's funeral, two Chinese nationals, a group of hunters, tradesmen and several people who were part of the figure skating community.