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Jonathan Toews returns to NHL with hometown Jets after being out 2 seasons with long COVID
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — The spotlight was on Jonathan Toews when the Winnipeg Jets skated…
Ryan Reynolds, Colin Hanks say their John Candy doc offers lesson in grief
TORONTO — A new documentary presents beloved Canadian comic John Candy as a people-pleaser who…
In Kenya, a search for links between a changing climate and mental health
KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful…
Kennedy reups unproven Tylenol-autism link during Cabinet meeting as Trump repeats ‘don’t take it’
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Thursday reasserted the unproven link between the pain reliever…
Senate debates bill to add warning labels to alcohol packaging
OTTAWA — Sen. Patrick Brazeau is trying a second time to pass legislation that would…
Judge upholds North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for kids
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge has upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming…
Trump’s Tylenol misinformation revives history of ‘mom blaming’ in autism, docs say
TORONTO — When U.S. President Donald Trump urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol because of…
New California law aims to improve school nutrition by phasing out some ultraprocessed foods
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will phase out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals over…
Local state of emergency declared over risk of dam in B.C. Interior bursting
KAMLOOPS — A regional district in the British Columbia Interior has declared a state of…
Robert Roberson is again approaching execution in Texas in shaken baby case
LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality…
Lumbee leader to join North Carolina statehouse as tribe’s federal recognition push gains attention
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — The leader of a southeastern North Carolina tribe is about to…
UNICEF warns that number of children in Haiti displaced by violence has nearly doubled
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly…
Ebola outbreak in southern Congo shows signs of containment with no new cases, WHO reports
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An Ebola outbreak that has plagued southern Congo in recent weeks…
Judge halts New York county from enforcing transgender athlete ban after roller derby league sues
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York county’s law banning transgender women from playing on…
A judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to change teen pregnancy prevention programs
A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy…
More than 80% of health facilities in eastern Congo are out of medicine, Red Cross says
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo are experiencing shortages of…
He lives alongside lions in Nairobi. The human-wildlife collision is dazzling – and dangerous
KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — This year, less than a kilometer from where I live, a…
The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about…
Government shutdown drags on as health care compromise remains elusive
WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown…
Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids
WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed likely to side…
Abortion providers say Missouri’s attorney general is trying to get patient records
Missouri’s Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of Planned Parenthood patients…
These autistic Canadians say U.S. rhetoric has been unhelpful, focus should be on early diagnoses
TORONTO — By the time Moira Robertson got an official autism diagnosis at 23 years…
New York judge upholds transgender athlete ban on Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Monday upheld a Long Island county’s…
Number of temporary worker applications fell as fine total increased, government says
OTTAWA — Ottawa ordered companies to pay almost $5 million in fines in the last…