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SALEM, Ore. -- Over the span of two years, a Chinese national in Oregon sent devices that looked like iPhones to Apple, saying they wouldn't turn on and should be replaced under warranty. He didn't just submit a couple of the devices -- he delivered in person or shipped to Apple around 3,000 of them. Source

A young Indigenous woman who was questioned by an RCMP officer in a video that has been widely denounced by Parliamentarians has spoken out for the first time, saying she’s still coping with the incident. Source

One of the last surviving veterans of the Battle of Normandy is heading back to the French beach for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Alex Polowin of Ottawa is now 94 years old - but joined the Royal Canadian Navy just before his 17th birthday all those years ago, telling CTV News that having family in Lithuania inspired him to “do his part to help end the war. Source

A 74-year-old woman was knocked to the ground by a police officer during an anti-pipeline protest on Wednesday. The dramatic incident, which was captured on camera by CTV Vancouver, happened outside a lunchtime Liberal fundraiser attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Source

A clash between Indonesian security forces and protesters angry over the result of last month's presidential election raged for a second night Wednesday, turning central Jakarta into a battlefield of tear gas, rubber bullets, rocks and firecrackers. Source

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Abortion opponents held a rally Wednesday at the Alabama Capitol, savoring victory after the state's governor signed the nation's most stringent abortion ban into law last week. Elsewhere in the South, abortion-rights supporters occupied much of a city block in New Orleans, chanting 'My body! My choice!" Source

"India is fighting for her soul." Arundhati Roy spoke those words in New York City — during her speech at the PEN literary festival — on the very day she could have been voting in India's mammoth general election. Source

NASHVILLE -- The man accused of fatally shooting one person and wounding seven others at a Nashville church in 2017 testified Wednesday that he can't remember if he did it. In a Nashville courtroom, a prosecutor repeatedly asked 27-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson about his testimony that he had spotty-at-best memories of what happened at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, and the moments before and after the shooting. Source

A mysterious pink-hued treat made from cocoa beans is officially debuting in North America this week. But don't call it chocolate just yet. In Canada, there are officially only three types of chocolate: milk, dark and white. Source

VANCOUVER -- An Indigenous protester opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion interrupted a speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a Liberal fundraiser on Wednesday. Will George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation in North Vancouver stood up and called Trudeau a liar and a weak leader. Source