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Latest: Minnesota House passes tougher abortion restrictions
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Latest on Minnesota lawmakers deciding whether to increase abortion restrictions…
David Ortiz to address grads at Rhode Island tech university
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. – Retired Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz will deliver the commencement…
The Latest: Spokesman says inmate apologized to director
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Latest on Arkansas’ attempt to carry out the nation’s first…
Trump’s 100-days promises: Fewer than half carried out
WASHINGTON – Sure enough, the big trans-Pacific trade deal is toast, climate change action is…
The Latest: Trump says he hasn’t changed position on wall
WASHINGTON – The Latest on Congress and efforts to avert a government shutdown by week’s…
Trump touts executive orders he once lambasted
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will mark the end of his first 100 days in…
UN chief says Yemen aid conference draws $1.1B in pledges
GENEVA – International donors have pledged $1.1 billion for war-torn Yemen, the U.N. secretary-general said…
The awful death of Jack Webb: Wife tells how crowded hospital failed her husband
HALIFAX – Jack Webb had had enough. He’d languished for six hours in a chilly…
Six deaths at Halifax nursing home connected to outbreak of respiratory virus
HALIFAX – Public health officials have linked six deaths at a Halifax nursing home to…
GOP drops US-Mexico wall demands as spending talks advance
WASHINGTON – Congressional negotiators on Tuesday inched toward a potential agreement on a catchall spending…
Correction: Africa-Malaria Vaccine story
JOHANNESBURG – In a story April 24 about tests in Africa for a malaria vaccine,…
Azerbaijan former minister sentenced to 3 more years
BAKU, Azerbaijan – A former health minister of Azerbaijan who has been imprisoned since 2005…
Trekker missing for 47 days rescued in Nepal, friend dead
KATHMANDU, Nepal – A Taiwanese man who was missing on a mountain in Nepal for…
Experts to advise Kamloops, B.C. on proposed mine’s potential health effects
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Councillors in Kamloops, B.C., have called on experts to advise them on…
Ontario announcing new spending in first balanced budget in a decade
TORONTO – Ontario’s Liberal government will release its first balanced budget in a decade on…
The Latest: GOP leaders offer mild praise for Trump tax plan
WASHINGTON – The Latest on President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul (all times EDT): 2:45 p.m.…
Fox anchor says network does little about racial diversity
NEW YORK – A Fox News Channel anchor who is black has joined a racial…
Amber light fight: Winnipeg man challenges traffic ticket over timing
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg man fighting a traffic ticket says he couldn’t have safely stopped…
Conservatives back revised health bill, GOP moderates balk
WASHINGTON – The moribund Republican health care bill received a jolt of life Wednesday when…
Yale grad students pledge hunger strike to press union bid
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As a union push stalls at Yale University, organizers are stepping…
Hollywood producer testifies in Robert Durst murder case
LOS ANGELES – A Hollywood producer testified Wednesday that a friend claimed to have impersonated…
Dispute over health payments defused, spending bill on track
WASHINGTON – The White House and congressional Democrats on Wednesday defused a tense standoff over…
Spain offers to host EU medicines agency after Brexit
MADRID – Competition is heating up among European Union countries hoping to reap some of…
Another court delay for two men accused of assaulting Dennis Oland in prison
MIRAMICHI, N.B. – The case of two Halifax men charged with assaulting Dennis Oland in…