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Policy Prescriptions: Trump and Clinton on immigration
WASHINGTON – There is no doubt the two presidential candidates have dramatically different approaches on…
Asian-American voters, once Republican, are turning Democrat
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – At a shopping plaza in the Washington suburbs, the flag of…
New reports emerge of army attacks on Myanmar’s Rohingya
YANGON, Myanmar – Just five months after her party took power, Myanmar’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning…
Focus on innovation, not more cash, to improve health care in Canada: doctor
VANCOUVER – Squabbling by provinces in the run-up to a new health accord points to…
Saskatchewan NDP calls for action after another aboriginal girl kills herself
LA RONGE, Sask. – There is more heartbreak in northern Saskatchewan where another indigenous girl…
Vancouver’s health authority applies for two new supervised-injection sites
Vancouver’s health authority has applied for two new supervised-injection sites to combat a drug overdose…
Policy Prescriptions: Clinton and Trump on drug addiction
CONCORD, N.H. – Hillary Clinton calls the scourge of heroin and opioid addiction a “quiet…
Will Trump bring Sen. Rubio down in Florida?
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – There are two words that keep coming up in Florida’s U.S. Senate…
Head of Saudi-based Islamic group resigns after Egypt joke
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The secretary-general of the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation has resigned…
Judge hears request for ex-lawmaker’s compassionate release
BOSTON – A federal judge on Tuesday questioned lawyers for Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi…
Striking transit workers block regional rail at rush hour
PHILADELPHIA – Striking transit workers were preventing some regional train crews from reporting to work…
Pressure mounting for flooding of Muskrat Falls reservoir: Nalcor CEO
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Unless flooding of a reservoir near the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project…
Trump is master of his domains, even ones that bash him
Whoever owns donaldtrumpsucks.com must really hate Donald Trump, right? Wrong! It’s the Donald himself. The…
The Latest: Transit agency says dispute with pickets over
PHILADELPHIA – The Latest on the SEPTA strike by about 4,700 transit workers in Philadelphia…
Senate candidate Feingold rallies with Kaine in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. – Spending by the conservative Koch brothers and other billionaires poured in Tuesday…
Conference highlights drug abuse epidemic’s effects on kids
CINCINNATI – The country’s addictions epidemic has created a generation of children affected by their…
Strike by Philadelphia transit workers enters 2nd day
PHILADELPHIA – Commuters in Philadelphia are facing another day of transportation woes Wednesday as a…
Survey: US businesses add just 147,000 jobs in October
WASHINGTON – U.S. companies added the fewest jobs in four months in October, as construction…
Lawsuit claims Ottawa doctor used own sperm to impregnate fertility patients
An Ontario doctor once suspended for inseminating women with the wrong sperm at his fertility…
Timeline of key dates in Liberal Sudbury byelection scandal
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Ontario Provincial Police have laid Election Act bribery charges against a…
Russia approves anti-doping law targeting coaches
MOSCOW – The Russian Parliament adopted an anti-doping bill Thursday that includes prison terms for…
Mental, physical and economic health of B.C. youngsters “quite good”: report
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s provincial health officer has taken a comprehensive look at the health…
COC announces partnership that will provide scholarships for Canadian athletes
TORONTO – Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan knows first-hand how difficult it can be to…
The Latest: Bus company says it’s co-operating with officials
BALTIMORE – The Latest on a collision between a school bus and a commuter bus…