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Last 2 defendants in Atlanta’s Young Thug trial are acquitted of murder and gang charges
ATLANTA (AP) — The long-running gang and racketeering trial that led Atlanta rapper Young Thug…
Lawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion…
Artist Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize for work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity
LONDON (AP) — An artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage…
Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult lead thriller about the real FBI manhunt for a white supremacist leader
Forty years ago, on Dec. 8, 1984, one of the largest manhunts in FBI history…
Quebec doctors who refuse to stay in public system for 5 years face 200K fine per day
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s health minister has tabled a bill that would force new doctors trained…
Taylor Swift fans flock to BC Place, days before Eras Tour lands in Vancouver
VANCOUVER — Security fencing is going up around BC Place stadium in preparation for the…
Is Enron back? If it’s a joke, some former employees aren’t laughing
HOUSTON (AP) — An elaborate parody appears to be behind an effort to resurrect Enron,…
10 years and $42 million later, Jersey Shore town ends battle over its eroding beaches
NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey resort community that has lived in fear…
Is Enron back? If it’s a joke, some former employees aren’t laughing
HOUSTON (AP) — An elaborate parody appears to be behind an effort to resurrect Enron,…
Vancouver Canucks defenceman Hronek out eight weeks with lower-body injury
VANCOUVER — Vancouver Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek is expected to be out until the end…
Artist Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize for work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity
LONDON (AP) — An artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage…
Canadians warned to use caution in South Korea after martial law declared then lifted
VANCOUVER — Global Affairs Canada is warning Canadians in South Korea to avoid demonstrations and…
FACT FOCUS: Vermont ruling does not say schools can vaccinate children without parental consent
Social media users are misrepresenting a Vermont Supreme Court ruling, claiming that it gives schools…
Eminem’s mother Debbie Nelson, whose rocky relationship fueled the rapper’s lyrics, dies at age 69
Debbie Nelson, the mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known…
FACT FOCUS: Vermont ruling does not say schools can vaccinate children without parental consent
Social media users are misrepresenting a Vermont Supreme Court ruling, claiming that it gives schools…
California teacher dies after she was bitten by a bat inside a classroom
DOS PALOS, Calif. (AP) — A central California teacher died last month after she was…
Eminem’s mother Debbie Nelson, whose rocky relationship fueled the rapper’s lyrics, dies at age 69
Debbie Nelson, the single mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was…
13 women convicted in Cambodia of acting as pregnancy surrogates for foreigners
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human…
Lawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion…
Transgender rights case lands at Supreme Court amid debate over ban on medical treatments for minors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in just its second major…
Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere – or even there?
It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts…
Judge to consider first lawsuit to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates are asking a judge Wednesday to overturn Missouri’s…
New UN aid chief vows ‘ruthlessness’ to prioritize spending as funding for world’s crises shrinks
GENEVA (AP) — The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency says it will…
Senegalese artisans in the spotlight as they exhibit for the first time at a prestigious art event
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For the artistic and cultural elites of Senegal, the monthlong Dakar…