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John McCain to vote on Republican health care plan despite brain cancer fight

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CBC News
U.S. Senator John McCain will make a return to the American capitol on Tuesday to play what could be a crucial role in keeping Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare afloat.
McCain, who is battling brain cancer at his Arizona home, is set to help decide whether the repeal push will move forward or perhaps be abandoned entirely.
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Trump speaks to advisers about firing Sessions, sources say

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Toronto Sun
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has spoken with advisers about firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as he continues to rage against Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from all matters related to the Russia investigation.
The president’s anger again bubbled into public view Monday as he referred to Sessions in a tweet as “beleaguered.
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Trump speaks to advisers about firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions: source

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken with advisers about firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as he continues to rage against Sessions' decision to recuse himself from all matters related to the Russia investigation.
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WATCH: Helicopter lifts stranded hikers in Arizona flash flood [Video]

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Toronto Sun
As Steve West dangled from a rope hooked to a hovering helicopter, he wrapped his arms tightly around the 4-year-old boy he had just plucked from raging floodwaters below.
West, a Pima County sheriff’s deputy among those sent to rescue hikers stranded in a canyon, was scared the child would fall through the harness that seemed loose around his small frame.
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Box Office Top 20: 'Dunkirk,' 'Girls Trip' score

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
LOS ANGELES -- The news was good for two of the three new openers this weekend.
Christopher Nolan's World War II epic "Dunkirk" topped the charts with $50.5 million, while the buddy comedy "Girls Trip" earned $31.2 million to take second place.
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Ex-Gitmo detainee mysteriously surfaces in Morocco, deported to Uruguay

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- The strange tale of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who resettled in Uruguay, staged a hunger strike to leave and sparked a regional alarm when he went missing, took another unexpected twist when he was deported back from Morocco - even though officials here were unaware that he had ever left.
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'Despacito' singers veto Venezuelan leader's campaign remix

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
CARACAS, Venezuela -- There's a new take on the hit Latin pop song "Despacito." And this one is not garnering accolades from its producers.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro premiered a remix of the song by Puerto Rican duo Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee Sunday, transforming the record-setting single about a slow, romantic seduction into a campaign jingle for his contested constitution rewrite.
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Last orca calf born in captivity at a SeaWorld park dies

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Category: Tech & Science
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The last killer whale born in captivity under SeaWorld's former orca-breeding program died Monday at the company's San Antonio park, SeaWorld said.
Veterinarians were treating 3-month-old Kyara for an infection last weekend, but her health continued to decline, the Orlando-based company said in a news release.
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Afghan security scrutinized after suicide bomber kills 24

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Category: World News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
KABUL -- A Taliban suicide bomber killed 24 people in a horrific early morning assault in a neighbourhood where prominent politicians reside, causing residents and analysts to question the government's ability to protect Afghanistan's capital.
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B.C. RCMP say missing grenade launcher has been found

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Category: Canada News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
VANCOUVER - Mounties in British Columbia say a missing non-lethal grenade launcher has been found.
The force released a plea Monday looking for anyone who had information about a missing 40-millimetre Abrams Airborne Less Lethal Multi-Launcher and some related ammunition.
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Toronto-area police warn parents after release of woman who poisoned children

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Category: Canada News
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
CTV News
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Police west of Toronto are warning parents that a woman convicted of deliberately poisoning four young children in her care has been released from prison.
Peel regional police say Christine Allen, 36, was released Monday and will be living in the Charolais Boulevard area in Brampton, Ont.
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Charlize Theron lost out on 'Showgirls' role to Elizabeth Berkley

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Category: Entertainment
Created: Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Toronto Sun
Charlize Theron is secretly glad she missed out on the lead role in Showgirls, because the movie was hammered by the critics.
The role of Nomi Malone in the 1995 Paul Vorhoeven film went to Elizabeth Berkley after the Monster star fought hard for the part, convinced it would give her fledgling Hollywood career a huge boost.
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