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PHOENIX - Authorities in Mexico have arrested the final of seven defendants accused in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed a bungled federal gun operation, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Source

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who spent 27 years wrongfully imprisoned for sexual assault is being sued by five alleged victims who say he doesn't deserve the millions of dollars he was awarded as compensation. Source

Don Iveson handily won a second term as Edmonton mayor Monday, while two incumbent councillors appeared to be in fights for their seats. Coun. Dave Loken is in a battle with Jon Dziadyk for his Ward 3 seat and Coun. Source

In less than a month, a seemingly endless sea of tents on the Bangladesh border has become home for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees. Members of the Muslim minority group who managed to escape persecution and death as the Myanmar army burned down their villages are now facing hunger and disease. Source

A woman who accused former Canadian Olympic Committee president Marcel Aubut of harassment has revealed her identity in an exclusive interview with CTV News Chief Anchor Lisa LaFlamme. Leanne Nicolle, the former executive director of the Canadian Olympic Foundation, says that Aubut’s alleged harassment “shattered” her self-esteem. Source

ATLANTA — A warrant says an Atlanta woman put her two young sons in an oven and turned it on. Local media reported Monday that the warrant charging Lamora Williams with murder in the deaths of 1-year-old son Ja’Karter Penn and 2-year-old Ke-Yaunte Penn says she put them in the oven sometime between midnight Thursday and 11 p.m. Source

BEIJING -- Having bested his rivals, Chinese President Xi Jinping is primed to consolidate his already considerable power as the ruling Communist Party begins its twice-a-decade national congress on Wednesday. From meetings largely cloaked in secrecy, powerful players will emerge publicly in new roles, and Xi will address the nation to lay out his political and economic vision for the world's second-largest economy over the next five years. Source

PHILADELPHIA -- When U.S. Sen. John McCain was a younger man, once or twice he was tasked with carrying Joe Biden's luggage. On Monday, after Biden, the former U.S. vice-president, awarded McCain with the National Constitution Center's Liberty Medal, McCain was sure to let everyone know he hadn't forgotten. Source

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein helped pay former President Bill Clinton’s legal bills during the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal that nearly torpedoed his presidency. Weinstein, 65, is currently embroiled in his own sex scandal as scores of Hollywood heavyweights come forward about the cinema czar’s alleged propensity for sexual harassment — and worse. Source

Joshua Boyle said Monday he and his wife decided to have children even while held hostage in Afghanistan because they always planned to have a big family and decided, "Hey, let's make the best of this and at least go home with a larger start on our dream family. Source