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Maine’s deadliest shooting spurs additional gun control proposals
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democrats in the Maine Legislature unveiled sweeping gun violence measures on…
Fired scientists played down links to China, failed to protect information: documents
OTTAWA – Two scientists at a high-security laboratory lost their jobs after reviews found they…
Climate change, cost and competition for water drive settlement over tribal rights to Colorado River
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims…
Biden ‘continues to be fit for duty,’ his doctor says, after president undergoes annual physical
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden “continues to be fit for duty,” his doctor…
Congressional leaders reach a tentative deal to avoid government shutdown. But Ukraine aid stalls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders announced Wednesday they have reached a tentative agreement to prevent…
Norway’s King Harald, Europe’s oldest monarch, in hospital in Malaysia after falling ill on vacation
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — King Harald V of Norway remained hospitalized with an infection on…
Owners of St. Louis nursing home that closed abruptly face federal fine of more than $55,000
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal regulators have issued a $55,000 fine after St. Louis’ largest…
Less invasive hysterectomy an option for some cervical cancer patients, study says
Some women with early-stage cervical cancer can be safely treated with a less invasive hysterectomy…
Missouri lawmakers try again to block Medicaid money from going to Planned Parenthood
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican lawmakers are once again trying to block federal…
Quebec’s organ donor wait list decreasing, but the province can do better
MONTREAL – New data shows the list of people waiting for an organ donation in…
Medicaid expansion proposal advances through Republican-led Mississippi House, will go to Senate
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican-led House passed a bill Wednesday that would expand Medicaid…
UC Berkeley officials denounce protest that forced police to evacuate Jewish event for safety
Leaders of the University of California, Berkeley, have denounced a protest against an event organized…
What would happen without a Leap Day? More than you might think
NEW YORK (AP) — Leap year. It’s a delight for the calendar and math nerds…
Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend
NEW YORK (AP) — Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19…
West Virginia House OKs bill doctors say would eliminate care for most at-risk transgender youth
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates passed a bill on Wednesday…
Biden highlights how federal money is being used to boost public safety efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used a meeting with police chiefs on Wednesday to…
Poll says more Canadian parents are against childhood vaccinations, worrying others
A new Angus Reid poll suggests the number of parents opposed to vaccinating their children…
Public Health Ontario staff awarded retroactive pay as Bill 124 compensation
TORONTO – Employees of Public Health Ontario labs are set to receive an additional 5.25…
Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages’ families push for release
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli…
McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the job
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power…
States offer services for disabled kids, then make their families wait 10 years for them
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — When Lilly Miller was in elementary school, teachers told her parents…
School voucher ideas expose deep GOP divisions in Tennessee Legislature
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With a supermajority grip over the Tennessee Statehouse, there are very…
Pope Francis had diagnostic tests in a Rome hospital after his weekly audience
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who recently had the flu, was brought to a…
Will B.C. learn lessons from other provinces before funding IVF?
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is joining seven provinces in paying for some of the cost…