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Russia puts prominent Russian-US journalist Masha Gessen on wanted list for criminal charges
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian police have put prominent Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen…
EQB customers weathering shock of high interest rates, CEO says
TORONTO – The head of EQB Inc. says customers are largely weathering the shock of…
Chronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adults
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of…
Quebec unions representing 420,000 public sector workers start weeklong strike
MONTREAL – Quebec public sector unions say the government is running out of time to…
1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says
About one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to…
Extremely rare white alligator is born at a Florida reptile park
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a…
Israel designates a safe zone in Gaza. Palestinians and aid groups say it offers little relief
MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has designated a small slice of mostly undeveloped land…
Missouri lawmakers propose allowing homicide charges for women who have abortions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Missouri lawmakers are renewing a call for the state…
The Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don’t like it
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some…
Houston has a population that’s young. Its next mayor, set to be elected in a runoff, won’t be
HOUSTON (AP) — No matter who wins, Houston will elect the oldest big-city mayor in…
Six Palestinians are killed in the Israeli military’s latest West Bank raid, health officials say
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces stormed into a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank…
‘Silence isn’t neutral’: Emails show debate in Quebec universities on Israel, Hamas
MONTREAL – Five days after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Université de Montréal…
Lawmakers seek action against Elf Bar and other fruity e-cigarettes imported from China
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are demanding information from federal officials on what they are…
Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state’s ban
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge on Thursday gave a pregnant woman whose fetus…
As Pakistan cracks down on illegal migrants, nearly half a million Afghans have left, minister says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nearly half a million Afghans who were living in Pakistan without valid…
In the news today: Jury to resume deliberations in B.C. murder trial
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask ‘what are COPs about?’
TORONTO – The world’s major climate negotiations risk turning into a trade show spectacle of…
Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night…
Bloodshed, fear, hunger, desperation: Palestinians try to survive war’s new chapter in southern Gaza
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The roads are so ravaged that the dead and wounded…
High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal…
Indonesia’s youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive
BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — At a lake in the West Javan city of Bogor, children…
UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 67-year-old gunman who killed three faculty members and wounded a…
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Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe…
Desperation grows among Palestinians trapped with little aid as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Desperation grew Thursday among Palestinians largely cut off from…