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Solidly GOP Indiana doesn’t often see competitive primaries for governor. This year is different
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a state as solidly Republican as Indiana, the May primary is…
Lawsuit in Chicago is the latest legal fight over Texas moving migrants to U.S. cities
CHICAGO (AP) — A Texas transportation company is taking the nation’s third largest city to…
Icy winter blast gripping US blamed for deaths from coast to coast
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new layer of ice formed over parts of Tennessee on…
How watermelon imagery, a symbol of solidarity with Palestinians, spread around the planet
Over the past three months, on banners and T-shirts and balloons and social media posts,…
Raptors president Masai Ujiri says Christian Koloko’s health status is ‘in hands of NBA’
TORONTO (AP) — Raptors president Masai Ujiri said Thursday that the health status of former…
B.C. Coroners Service reports 36 outdoor deaths to start year, 5 on cold Jan. 12
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s recent cold snap has been life-threatening for people facing homelessness and…
CDC expands warning about charcuterie meat trays as salmonella cases double
Federal health officials are expanding a warning about salmonella poisoning tied to charcuterie meat snack…
Four children with strep A have died in B.C. in the past month, disease centre says
VANCOUVER – Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died…
Israeli company gets green light to make world’s first cultivated beef steaks
An Israeli company has received a preliminary green light from health officials to sell the…
Lawyer wants Quebec billionaire to testify early on sex case, worries he will die
MONTREAL – A Montreal billionaire accused of paying underage girls for sex is in poor…
A first-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people who have liver failure
Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully…
Israeli envoy joins calls for Canada to clarify its stance on ICJ genocide case
OTTAWA – Israel’s envoy to Canada is joining calls for the federal Liberals to clearly…
Issey Miyake displays a canvas of colors at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS (AP) — A white, sanitized runway inside Paris’ Palais de Tokyo was adorned with…
N.B. men cleared of 1983 murder hope Trudeau’s interest in case spurs compensation
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Two men recently acquitted of a 1983 murder for which they…
After courthouse stabbing, Quebec prosecutors, constables call for more security
MONTREAL – Organizations representing workers in the Quebec justice system called on the provincial government…
Mexico and Chile ask International Criminal Court to investigate possible crimes in Gaza
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and Chile have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate…
Snubbed by Netanyahu, Red Cross toes fine line trying to help civilians in Israel-Hamas conflict
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross has been losing influence,…
NY midwife who gave kids homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines fined $300K for falsifying records
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets…
Mississippi has the highest rate of preventable deaths in the US, health official says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has improved some of its poor health outcomes, but its…
Canadian world champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber dies at 29 from medical complications
Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from…
‘How can we make Nunavut better?’ Premier full of hope as deal with Ottawa is signed
IQALUIT, Nunavut – As a child growing up in Canada’s northernmost community, P. J. Akeeagok…
Children’s pain and fever relief medicine recalled due to risk of overdose
Drug manufacturer Teva Canada Ltd. is recalling one lot of a children’s pain and fever…
Wisconsin Republican leader derides GOP impeachment attempt targeting state’s top elections official
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican attempt to impeach Wisconsin’s nonpartisan top elections official is…
1 dead, at least 6 injured in post-election unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros
MORONI, Comoros (AP) — A second day of unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation…