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Coding, climate, rescues: 3 ways federal politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA – The widespread mockery and ridicule around the Liberals’ approach to electoral reform that…
Russia’s lab wizard created drug cocktails but caught cheats
MOSCOW – Even as he worked to cover up doping by Russian athletes, Grigory Rodchenkov…
Austin officials surprised by park condoms-in-trees campaign
AUSTIN, Texas – Austin health department workers hung bags of condoms and information about safe…
Twin blasts near Istanbul soccer stadium kill 29 , wound 166
ISTANBUL – Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul…
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO – Five things to watch this week in Canadian business: Lowe’s Takeover of Rona:…
California prison record system cost doubles to $386 million
FOLSOM, Calif. – A massive project to modernize medical record-keeping for California prison inmates has…
Syrian refugees mark the one year anniversary of being welcomed to Canada
MONTREAL – Noura Alissa says she’s very grateful for the warm welcome she’s received in…
Japanese man revisits Guam cave where he hid in World War II
HAGATNA, Guam – A 92-year-old Japanese man has returned to Guam to visit a cave…
4 years after Newtown, gun control advocates tailor efforts
HARTFORD, Conn. – With the election of NRA-backed Donald Trump as president, gun control advocates…
Pro-Kurd party members arrested in wake of Istanbul bombings
ISTANBUL – Turkish authorities arrested more than 200 people Monday following suicide bombings near an…
First lady: Skiing does for her what golf does for president
WASHINGTON – Michelle Obama says skiing does for her what golf does for President Barack…
Immigrant rights convention shifts focus after Trump win
NASHVILLE – Organizers of a national conference aimed at promoting the rights of immigrants to…
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Dec. 12 FEDS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO…
Watchdog clears Ontario cop who claimed he ‘murdered’ 2 people, finds him unwell
TORONTO – An Ontario police officer who claimed he “murdered” two people in separate encounters…
Sudden spike in prison violence ‘a problem right across the country’
HALIFAX – It’s 26 seconds of brutality — and lays bare the emerging reality of…
Police: Woman drives truck through Missouri clinic’s doors
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Police in southwest Missouri say a woman outraged at a doctor was…
Fear of Trump pledges linger at Our Lady of Guadalupe feast
CHICAGO – Heckel Villa noticed something different as tens of thousands of Catholics made their…
Grip of drug addiction shapes new ideas to reduce risk of deadly fentanyl
VANCOUVER – Watching an addict fill a syringe with puddle water, former senior RCMP officer…
Feds ease rules on supervised drug injection sites, mail inspections at border
OTTAWA – The federal government is adopting a public-health approach to its drug control strategy,…
1st SeaWorld park without orcas opening in Abu Dhabi in 2022
ORLANDO, Fla. – Months after SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment ended its orca-breeding program amid pressure…
State government trying to cover up collapsed church deaths
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom state government says only 23 people died in a…
Russian opposition leader Navalny announces presidential bid
MOSCOW – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday officially announced his bid to run…
The Cosby 13: Meet the women being asked to testify at trial
PHILADELPHIA – Did Bill Cosby drug and molest young women as part of a signature…
Italy’s new government wins 1st of 2 confidence votes
ROME – Premier Paolo Gentiloni easily won a vote of confidence Tuesday night from the…