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Health workers on trial in Turkey accused of private care scheme linked to 10 infant deaths
ISTANBUL (AP) — Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among 47 people on trial…
Health workers go on trial in Turkey accused of private care scheme linked to 10 infant deaths
ISTANBUL (AP) — Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among 47 people on trial…
As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Yu Miao smiles as he stands among the 10,000 books crowded on…
Swiss esports event canceled after 3 squads pull out over host team founder’s anti-abortion comment
GENEVA (AP) — An event billed as Switzerland’s biggest esports competition has been canceled after…
Teenage Buddhist lama celebrates last birthday in the U.S. before joining monastery in the Himalayas
ISANTI, Minn. (AP) — The youthful Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar…
Swiss esports event canceled after 3 squads pull out over host team founder’s anti-abortion comment
GENEVA (AP) — An event billed as Switzerland’s biggest esports competition has been canceled after…
‘Inside the NBA’ will air on ESPN and ABC as part of settlement with NBA
“Inside the NBA” will continue, even though games will no longer be airing on TNT…
Ottawa seeks project pitches to for new mental health fund aimed at youth
OTTAWA — Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks is looking for pitches to help young…
Why do they flock to Turkey Trots? Runners count the reasons
Thanksgiving morning is often a blur of last-minute meal preparation and frenzied chores. But for…
Today he is a high school football player. Soon he’ll be a Buddhist lama in the Himalayas
ISANTI, Minn. (AP) — The young Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar…
Poland urges polio vaccinations for children after the virus is detected in sewage in Warsaw
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s health authorities on Monday urged polio vaccinations for children after…
Toronto author Anne Michaels wins Giller Prize for novel ‘Held’
TORONTO — Toronto poet-novelist Anne Michaels appealed for “unity” in Canada’s arts community on Monday…
Quebec aims to boost access to abortion pills, clinics
MONTREAL — Quebec wants to improve access to abortion services as part of a new…
Coroner’s inquest underway into 2016 death of Ottawa man Abdirahman Abdi
OTTAWA — The family of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest by…
Singer Paul Kelly: An Australian icon the country seems to be keeping for its own
NEW YORK (AP) — During his first visit to New York in seven years, Paul…
Wrestling with the ghosts of ‘The Piano Lesson’
The piano on the set of “The Piano Lesson” was not a mere prop. It…
Poland urges polio vaccinations for children after the virus is detected in sewage in Warsaw
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s health authorities on Monday urged polio vaccinations for children after…
Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion’s auction bid on Infowars
A company affiliated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a federal judge on Monday to…
‘Interior Chinatown’: Its cast has faced Hollywood struggles uncannily like its characters
Jimmy O. Yang once played “Chinese Teenager #1.” He’s now No. 1 on the call…
The Associated Press says buyouts and some layoffs are ahead as it seeks to cut its workforce by 8%
The Associated Press said Monday that it would begin offering buyouts and lay off selected…
Man police linked to neo-Nazi group pleads not guilty to terrorism charges
OTTAWA — An Ottawa man pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of terrorism and…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs lawyers claim seizure of writings from cell is ‘outrageous government conduct’
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused prosecutors on Monday of engaging…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs lawyers claim seizure of writings from cell is ‘outrageous government conduct’
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused prosecutors on Monday of engaging…
Spencer Lawton, the Savannah prosecutor who tried ‘Midnight in the Garden’ case, dies at 81
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Spencer Lawton Jr., a former Georgia district attorney who worked to…