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Leave it: Dog trainers help pets avoid venomous snakes
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Ripley, a medium-sized dog with a strong prey drive, curiously approached…
The government has two definitions of disability. Advocates say it leaves people out.
OTTAWA — Advocates for people with episodic disabilities say they don’t understand why the federal…
Dermatologists desperately want gen Z to stop ‘tanmaxxing’ — but are their warnings effective?
TORONTO — Dr. Julia Carroll feels like the progress made over years of educating people…
Death of Calgary boy with autism hits home for Conservative MP and party leader
Whenever Mike Lake hears news that a child with autism is missing, he knows how…
The Trump administration is ending a Medicare drug subsidy program. Here’s how it could affect costs
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face…
Court finds B.C.’s involuntary mental health treatment scheme unconstitutional
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Supreme Court has given the provincial government six months to…
Jurors in Lindsay Clancy’s trial visit the home where she killed her children
DUXBURY, Mass. (AP) — Jurors walked through the Massachusetts home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her…
Why do these researchers want your baby teeth?
For more than four decades, oilfield brine has been spread across Ohio roadways, but its…
Massachusetts is close to giving doctors the final word on whether to perform late abortions
Massachusetts is on the way to giving doctors the final say on whether an abortion…
Under Taliban, barring Afghan girls from school takes an emotional toll – and a community one, too
Every day, even after the Taliban barred Afghan girls from education, Fariba went to school.…
Flowers and teddy bears: Makeshift memorial started for 11-year-old Calgary boy
CALGARY — Calgarians journeyed Thursday to a north end park to hug, cry and honour…
Police describe a father’s horror as he realizes then-wife Lindsay Clancy killed their 3 kids
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The two police officers focused first on Lindsay Clancy drifting in…
Tanning is getting hot again. Here’s what it really does to your skin
Nichole Sims started using a tanning bed at 15 because she said everyone around her…
Half of all nursing homes in Massachusetts are understaffed
It felt like someone was hammering an ice pick into Lynette Couture’s leg. The 55-year-old…
Tanning is getting hot again. Here’s what it really does to your skin
Nichole Sims started using a tanning bed at 15 because she said everyone around her…
Congo says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Ebola has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo in…
Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined…
Rookie quarterback Kaidon Salter to start for Lions against Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG — Willie Jefferson is too old and wise to fall into the rookie trap.…
‘She killed the kids!’ 911 call from Lindsay Clancy’s husband brings tears to the courtroom
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy sobbed in court Wednesday as jurors listened to the…
After Venezuela’s quakes, experts say environmental and health risks have just begun
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — More than a month has passed since Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, and…
Quebec company banned from selling unauthorized peptides: Health Canada
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Health Canada says a court has approved the agency’s request to permanently ban a Quebec-based…
The fastest growing Ebola outbreak is worsening hunger in eastern Congo, a UN agency chief warns
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more…
A judge sent a doctor to evaluate California’s largest ICE detention center. What he found
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is failing to provide adequate healthcare at a new detention…
Takeaways from Anthony Fauci’s COVID-era diaries
A diary played an unusual role in a contentious Senate hearing Wednesday – musings from…