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A U.S. Marine was arrested this week on suspicion of robbing and killing a local woman in Okinawa. The killing has drawn outrage on the island and inflamed longstanding tensions over U.S. military bases, which residents say are a source of noise, pollution and violent crime against women.

Yonatan Zeigen, son of Israeli-Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver, says he doesn't mind people invoking his mother's name as a symbol for the things she believed in. But he takes offence when Israeli politicians use her murder to justify ongoing violence against Palestinians.

SiriusXM has axed a comedy channel that featured a rotating roster of more than 800 comedians and replaced it with a new channel owned by A-list comic Sebastian Maniscalco. Now, hundreds of working-class comedians have lost a key source of income and exposure.

'Heartbreak can sound the same in any language,' says collaborator Bronwen Lewis

Nick Mendenhall had just ridden the Goliath with his son about 15 minutes before the fatal fall, and was watching nearby when it happened. He told As It Happens guest host Dave Seglins what he saw

The remains of three Alaska Native children have been disinterred from the site of a former U.S. residential school and returned to their home communities to be laid to rest. More are on the way.

Pte. Aidan Goulding left a steady job as a mechanic to enlist in the Canadian Forces because he wanted to protect his country, says his mother. Now his big dreams will never be realized.

After a period of estrangement, Caroline Darian says she and her mother, Gisèle Pelicot, are "now, more than ever, together" as they launch a new public awareness campaign about drug-facilitated sexual abuse — also known as chemical submission.

'This could open a door to possible reef restoration,' says Stanford researcher The best medicine for a dying coral may be the power of touch.

While other dinosaurs were crunching the bones of their prey in their powerful teeth, or slowly gnawing on leaves and twigs, Infernogallus jamesi may have been happily savouring nature's sweet delights.