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Officials in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province Nova Scotia said a wildfire that forced thousands of residents from their homes over the past week is now largely contained because of rain.

Welcome to June!

An unusually early heat wave is expected to start Saturday and last through Monday in parts of the Pacific Northwest.

An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest.

President Joe Biden and Spain's Pedro Sánchez are set to hold talks as their countries are collaborating along with Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries can go to apply for protection.

Tens of thousands of people are gathering in New Mexico for what organizers bill as the largest powwow in North America.

The U.N. special envoy for Haiti is urging immediate deployment of a specialized international force to counter escalating gang violence and develop the understaffed and ill-equipped police force, warning that delays could lead to a spillover of insecurity in the Caribbean and Latin America.

The defending champion United States will play Jamaica, Nicaragua and either Curaçao, French Guiana, St. Kitts and Nevis or Sint Maarten in Group A during the first round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine’s border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground — just waiting to be picked up.

Cuba advanced to the World Baseball Classic semifinals for the first time since 2006 with a 4-3 win over Australia as Alfredo Despaigne hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and Yoelkis Guibert followed with a two-run single in three-run fifth inning.

Honda is recalling a half-million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because the front seat belts may not latch properly.

Eugenio Suárez and Anthony Santander had two hits each as Venezuela beat Nicaragua 4-1 and improved to 3-0 in the World Baseball Classic.

Princess Cruises is offering up to 40 percent off select voyages sailing March 2023 and beyond.

Nissan is recalling more than 809,000 small SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because a key problem can cause the ignition to shut off while they’re being driven.

Cosori is recalling more than 2 million air fryers sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico because their wire connections can overheat and cause a fire risk.

A grand jury in Nevada has indicted a “Dances With Wolves” actor who is accused of sexually abusing and trafficking Indigenous women and girls in the U.S. and Canada for decades.

A cappella group Pentatonix is preparing for the North American leg of their world tour in August and September, visiting Texas on two nights: Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on Sept. 6, and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on Sept. 7.

Why is this cold and remote place worth visiting? It offers several features that many other towns don’t.

Thousands of travelers have been stranded at airports or stuck on hold trying to rebook flights this week as a massive storm snarled travel in the U.S. and Canada.

The chances of the winning the World Cup might have gone for Croatia and Morocco but “immortality” is at stake when the two teams meet in the third-place playoff.

The 2026 World Cup may be four years away, but several representatives from Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. (including Houston), are getting a behind-the-scenes look at what to expect.

Writers covering the World Cup for The Associated Press have chosen their standout players at the tournament so far to form a best team of the group stage.

Morocco is the Arab world’s last hope at the first World Cup ever to be held in the Middle East.

Today marks the official END of the 2022 hurricane season which began June 1st (interestingly we had no pre-season storms this year for the first time since 2014). The season proved pretty interesting with three systems before July 1st and then NOTHING until September! Thank you Saharan Dust and dry air!

Third-seeded Casper Ruud eased to a straight-set victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime in the opening match of the ATP Finals.

Bonaventure Island just off Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula offers remarkable insights into northern gannets, thanks to an enormous and easily accessible colony of these majestic seabirds.

Millions are at stake in retail sales for this year’s World Cup in Qatar and soccer fans have been playing rate the shirt.

The U.S. and Canada have sent armored vehicles and other supplies to Haiti to help police fight a powerful gang amid a pending request from the Haitian government for the immediate deployment of foreign troops.

Ringo Starr has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the former Beatle to cancel several scheduled concerts in Canada with his All Starr Band.

Ezi Magbegor had 16 points and five blocks to help Australia beat Canada 75-72 in the women’s World Cup.

Bec Allen was instrumental in Australia’s 69-54 win over Serbia scoring 16 points in the World Cup.

Nirra Fields scored 17 points and Shay Colley added 11 to help Canada beat France 59-45 in the women’s basketball World Cup.

A new online atlas of bird migration draws from an unprecedented number of scientific and community data sources to illustrate the routes of about 450 bird species in the Americas.

Theodore TOO, currently stationed in Hamilton, Ontario, will be open for Airbnb stays on Saturday and Sunday.

Shoreman left Youngstown, New York at roughly 4 p.m. ET on Friday and finished his trip across Lake Ontario at around 1 p.m. Saturday in Toronto.

Mike Shoreman said he is ready for his final conquest, one he hopes will inspire millions around the world who have struggled with mental health.

Officials in Poland have arrested an 81-year-old Danish woman traveling from Africa to Canada on suspicion of illegal possession of heroin worth over $515,000.

The proposed $24 million settlement between U.S. women soccer players and the sport’s American governing body was given preliminary approval by a federal judge.

Pope Francis has promoted a Vatican nurse to be his “personal health care assistant” The Vatican announced the appointment of Massimiliano Strappetti on Thursday.

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is always a stressful time of year for the league's 30 general managers.

It took nearly 28 hours and more than 44 miles, but a Canadian man is now one step away from completing his quest to cross all five Great Lakes via paddleboard.

Alex Morgan and the U.S. women's national soccer team are in Mexico preparing for a showdown with rival Canada on Monday night in the title game of the CONCACAF W Championship.

The U.S. women’s national team will play Canada in the final of the CONCACAF W Championship for a spot in the 2024 Olympics.

A major natural gas pipeline from Russia to western Europe has shut down for maintenance amid concerns that Russia may not resume the flow of gas as scheduled.

An avid paddleboarder, Mike Shoreman was told he could never paddleboard again. But he didn’t pay attention to that edict and now is trying to make history.

The United States qualified for its first Olympic men's soccer tournament since 2008 when the Americans beat Honduras 3-0 at San Pedro Sula in the semifinals of the Under-20 championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.

In 1975, leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies gathered outside Paris to deal with an energy crisis sparked by a war and rampant inflation.

A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies.

Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia and Seattle and Kansas City, Missouri, were the newcomers among the 11 U.S. sites picked to host games at the 2026 World Cup, while Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Tennessee, and Orlando, Florida, were left out.

Houston, we’ve got a World Cup coming!

FIFA, the world’s governing body of soccer and organizer of the World Cup, will announce the host cities for the 2026 World Cup during a 5 p.m. ET event in New York City.

An alleged gun trafficker who purchased firearms that were later used in multiple incidents in Texas, Canada, and other parts of the United States has been charged, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

Sakari Manninen scored on a power play at 6:42 of 3-on-3 overtime and Finland beat Canada 4-3 on Sunday for its fourth world hockey championship title.

Rafael Nadal got through a serious test in the French Open’s fourth round by edging Felix Auger-Aliassime 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to set up a record 59th matchup against Novak Djokovic.

Drake Batherson scored on a power play 43 seconds into overtime to give Canada a 4-3 comeback victory over Sweden on Thursday night in the world hockey quarterfinals.

Massachusetts has reported a case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada.

The Group of Seven leading economies have warned that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and led defending champion Canada to a 5-3 victory over Germany in their opening game at the world ice hockey championship in Helsinki.

New Zealand has begun welcoming back tourists from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Japan and more than 50 other countries for the first time in more than two years after dropping most of its remaining pandemic border restrictions.

Santiago Espinal drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the seventh inning, Bo Bichette added a two-run home run, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Houston Astros 3-2.

The Houston Texans selected Baylor safety Jalen Pitre in the second round with the 37th pick in the NFL draft Friday night, further bolstering their secondary after taking LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. with the third overall pick.

U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to craft a new habitat plan for the rare, snow-loving Canada lynx that could include more land in Colorado and other western states where they would be protected.

Great news Bublé fans! The Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum superstar entertainer Michael Bublé will be back on the road with his brand new “Higher Tour” and is coming to Toyota Center on Sept. 13.

U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their histories operating boarding schools for Native Americans.

The U.S. could clinch a return to soccer’s World Cup with two games to spare if it wins in Mexico City, Panama loses at home to last-place Honduras and Costa Rica fails to win at home against first-place Canada.

Major League Baseball players who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus won't be allowed to travel into Canada to face the Blue Jays in Toronto and won’t be paid for those games.

Many people are sending KPRC2 Investigates questions about gas prices and asking how the oil supply works. We took those questions to the industry’s top experts. We found answers at CERAWeek, the largest energy conference in the world, currently in downtown Houston at the Hilton Americas and George R Brown Convention Center.

The number of countries banning Russian airplanes is growing.

The U.S. finished the 2022 Winter Olympics with 24 medals, behind Norway, ROC, Germany, and Canada.

With all 109 medal events decided, competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is officially complete. And after three weeks of dominance, Norway once again claimed the top spot on the final medal table.

Great Britain and Japan will face off Saturday night for the women's curling Olympic gold medal. Here's what to know about how both teams got here, and how to watch the game.

What’s one thing that is less visible at the Winter Olympics than the Summer Games.

Sweden defeated Canada in the semifinals to advance to the men's curling gold medal gold. Canada will now face Team USA in the bronze medal match.

Sweden defeated Canada 2-0 to advance to the semifinals.

Japan was one split away from winning the women's team pursuit gold medal, but a late fall gave Canada the window to swipe the victory.

This was one Olympic final you could plan ahead for.

Results from the tenth session of men's curling action. Sweden took on Great Britain, Norway faced off against China, and the ROC played Canada.

A Spanish fishing boat has sunk in rough seas off Newfoundland in eastern Canada, killing at least seven people.

A look at the women's curling standings with three sessions of round-robin play remaining.

Skiing, skating and other competitions take place before a global TV audience, but few see them in person.

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won gold in the 2022 Winter Olympics ice dance by the largest margin using the modern scoring system. After the two have competed sparingly through COVID, it's their nearly 20 years of skating together that carried them to the Promised Land.

China made its Olympics debut in men’s ice hockey, but it’s not clear if the outmatched team consisting mostly of foreign players is kindling a passion for the sport in the country.

The second of five whales brought from Canada to Mystic Aquarium last year for research purposes has died.

Switzerland is alone at the top as we take a look at the women's curling standings at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The U.S. men's Olympic hockey team will be without Jake Sanderson when they wrap up preliminary play against Germany.

Sweden, the favorites coming into the 2022 Games, is starting to separate from the pack in the men's curling standings.

More countries have asked this week to join talks about the European Union’s complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing China of exerting economic pressure on Lithuania.

Twenty short track skaters including American Ryan Pivirotto advanced to the men's 500m quarterfinals at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Authorities in France and Belgium have banned road blockades threatened by groups organizing online against COVID-19 restrictions.

Insiders! KPRC 2's Zach Lashway takes you through the NFL Experience at the Super Bowl in Los Angeles.

The U.S. did not advance to the A Final in the women's 3000m relay during Wednesday's semifinal. The Netherlands and Canada won their respective races.

After a slow start, Sweden's women's hockey team is set to advance to the quarterfinals at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

After beating cancer following his 2018 slopestyle silver in PyeongChang, Canada's Max Parrot is now an Olympic gold medalist.

Canada's Megan Oldham, winner of two medals at last month's X Games, advanced to Tuesday's final as the No. 1 qualifier, as did Tess Ledeux and Eileen Gu.

In the final session of mixed doubles curling round robin play, Canada took on unbeaten Italy in a must-win game to move on to the tournament semifinals.

Three days after it started and roughly 58 programs later, the figure skating team event medalists for the 2022 Winter Olympics was finally determined Sunday night.

It’s time for the United States vs.

Hilary Knight scored two first-period goals, Alex Cavallini stopped 12 shots, and the United States routed Switzerland 8-0 at the Beijing Olympics in its final tune-up before facing arch-rival Canada.

Eric Staal is relishing the opportunity to captain Canada's men's hockey team at the 2022 Winter Olympics.