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New Orleans: Coronavirus nixes Mardi Gras-season parades
NEW ORLEANS – The raucous Mardi Gras parades where riders on elaborate floats toss trinkets…
Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales
NEW YORK – Former President Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in…
Rapper with flamethrower in custody over NYC bus stunt
NEW YORK – A rapper who shot off a flamethrower while standing on an occupied…
U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo to serve third 1-year term
NEW YORK – U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo will serve a third, one-year term and…
Charles Yu novel, Malcolm X bio win National Book Awards
NEW YORK – Charles Yu’s “Interior Chinatown,” a satirical, cinematic novel written in the form…
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Oregon: Provide Addiction Recovery Services (Fund with marijuana tax and reduce penalties for possession of…
COVID-19 outbreak at Alaska’s largest prison doubles in size
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A coronavirus outbreak at Alaska’s largest prison has doubled in size since…
Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
PHILADELPHIA – Republicans suffered setbacks to court challenges over the presidential election in three battleground…
COVID extra difficult for those greiving, says wife of late Oiler Colby Cave
Emily Cave didn’t expect her Instagram post about taking COVID-19 regulations seriously to go viral.…
2 men testify against alleged ringleader of mosque bombing
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Two Illinois men who pleaded guilty to a 2017 bombing of…
Census case that led to head count halt heads back to court
A month after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end the 2020 head…
Orchard Villa families detail conditions at facility before long-term care commission
Residents of a long-term care home hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic were crammed into…
PM warns premiers that feds don’t have ‘infinite’ resources to assist COVID-19 fight
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning premiers that provinces need to take stronger…
‘It’s not easy’: road-heavy season a struggle for Whitecaps families
VANCOUVER – Lucas Cavallini tried his best to not to worry about his wife and…
Workers recalled for potential restart of Ekati Diamond Mine after eight months
CALGARY – The owner of the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories says it…
B.C. Liberals set some guideposts to renew party after losing ground in B.C. election
VANCOUVER – The executive of the B.C. Liberal Party has met to set a road…
Galvin concedes to Young in Alaska U.S. House race
JUNEAU, Alaska – Independent U.S. House candidate Alyse Galvin conceded to Republican Rep. Don Young…
Africa Oil: 3Q Earnings Snapshot
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ Africa Oil Corp. (AOIFF) on Friday reported third-quarter net income…
Texas AG whistleblowers sue for wrongful firing, retaliation
DALLAS – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton abused his office to benefit himself, a woman…
Federal fisheries minister concerned about size of Mi’kmaq fishery in Cape Breton bay
HALIFAX – The federal fisheries minister is raising concerns about the health of the lobster…
Masked workers start presidential hand tally in Georgia
ATLANTA – Masked election workers in teams of two began counting ballots Friday in counties…
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:…
More COVID-19 cases found in North; Nunavut shuts some schools, mandates masks
Another case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in western Nunavut to add to the territory’s…
Iowa justices toss murder conviction over jury instructions
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday tossed out a murder conviction and ordered a new…