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B.C.’s 2024 vintage faces wipeout, as wine report predicts up to 99% loss due to cold
KELOWNA, B.C. – Winery owner Rolf de Bruin was well aware of the stakes as…
Michigan school shooter’s father wants a jury from outside the community
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter wants jurors from a…
Prime minister and Manitoba premier announce $633M in health funding
WINNIPEG – Manitoba and Ottawa announced a deal Thursday to infuse $633 million into the…
Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza on…
Biden administration failed to vet adults housing migrant children, federal watchdog says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration struggled to properly vet and monitor the homes where…
US investigators visit homes of two Palestinian-American teens killed in the West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — The families of two Palestinian-American teenagers killed in separate but eerily similar…
More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, US study finds
NEW YORK (AP) — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking…
Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump but criticizes current US policy
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would prefer to see U.S. President Joe…
New Hampshire Senate rejects enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Another attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the New Hampshire Constitution…
Red flags, missed clues: How accused US diplomat-turned-Cuban spy avoided scrutiny for decades
MIAMI (AP) — Manuel Rocha was well known in Miami’s elite circles for an aristocratic,…
Israel is urging the top UN court to reject a new South African request on Gaza provisional orders
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israel on Thursday urged the United Nations’ highest court to…
Lyme disease case counts in the US rose by almost 70% in 2022 due to a change in how it’s reported
NEW YORK (AP) — Lyme disease cases in the U.S. jumped nearly 70% in 2022,…
Prison deaths report finds widespread missteps, failures in latest sign of crisis in federal prisons
WASHINGTON (AP) — The kind of systemic failures that enabled the high-profile prison deaths of…
Number of American workers hitting the picket lines more than doubled last year as unions flexed
NEW YORK (AP) — Auto workers held waves of walkouts. Hollywood actors and writers picketed…
Republican businessman Hovde to enter Wisconsin US Senate race against Baldwin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Multimillionaire Republican businessman Eric Hovde is planning to launch a bid…
Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s medical board on Thursday approved some guidance abortion providers…
A Republican plan to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is dead
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin is dead.…
Retail sales fall 0.8% in January from December as shoppers pause after strong holiday season
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans pulled back their spending more than expected in January after…
Oil spill near Trinidad and Tobago blamed on barge being tugged to Guyana, officials say
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A preliminary investigation into a mushrooming oil spill in…
US company’s lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next week
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Another private U.S. company took a shot at the moon…
Cocaine City? Gang wars on the rise as drug dealers fight for territory in EU capital Brussels
SAINT-GILLES, Belgium (AP) — Cocaine and crack keep flowing. Shootings among rival gangs rage close…
High air pollution levels in Thai capital spark order for city employees to work from home
BANGKOK (AP) — City employees in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, were ordered Thursday to work from…
Australian Parliament wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back home, not sent to US
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he hoped for an…
South Korean doctors rally against government plans to increase the number of medical students
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Korean doctors rallied in the capital, Seoul,…