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FDA panel: Not enough data to OK “abuse-deterrent” opioid
TRENTON, N.J. – A panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers voted against approving a…
The Latest: Foxconn says Wisconsin first investment of many
MADISON, Wis. – The Latest on electronics giant Foxconn’s plans to build manufacturing facilities in…
Trump’s order: Bar all transgender troops from US military
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump abruptly declared a ban Wednesday on transgender troops serving anywhere…
GOP senators blink on a big chance to repeal ‘Obamacare’
WASHINGTON – After seven years of emphatic campaign promises, Senate Republicans demonstrated they didn’t have…
The Latest; Governors urge bipartisan work on healthcare
WASHINGTON – The Latest on the effort by congressional Republicans to pass a health care…
LGBT outrage over Trump ban on transgender military service
NEW YORK – Most LGBT-rights activists never believed Donald Trump’s campaign promises to be their…
Alaska senator unfazed by Trump tweet
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Twitter admonishment from President Donald Trump didn’t seem to faze U.S.…
Trump’s military transgender ban prompts LGBT outrage
NEW YORK – Most LGBT-rights activists never believed Donald Trump’s campaign promises to be their…
San Francisco inches closer to adopting drug policy with abstinence as its primary goal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reeling from drug overdose deaths and scenes of people smoking fentanyl…
AP Interview: Yemen factions said to have pledged easing aid
AMMAN, Jordan – Warring sides in Yemen’s civil war promised visiting U.N. agency chiefs to…
New Brunswick pay-for-plasma clinic opens, aims for 1,000 weekly donors
MONCTON, N.B. – The head of a company that pays people to donate blood plasma…
Nova Scotia surplus rises to $149 million, but tax revenue lower than expected
HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government closed the books on the 2016-17 fiscal year Thursday,…
GOP’s repeal of insurance mandate could backfire
WASHINGTON – Getting rid of the Affordable Care Act’s highly unpopular penalty for not having…
In US first, scientists edit genes of human embryos
For the first time in the United States, scientists have edited the genes of human…
Third supervised injection site to open in Vancouver during opioid crisis
VANCOUVER – Drug users in Vancouver now have the option of using a third federally…
Gas storage deemed safe after blowout but challenge looms
LOS ANGELES – The fight over reopening a massive gas storage facility that has been…
‘Welcome home,’ B.C. mayor says to thousands of returning wildfire evacuees
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Thousands of people who rushed out of their homes as a…
Dutch fund for women’s sexual health tops $300 million
BRUSSELS – The Dutch government says a campaign to raise funds for access to birth…
Allman’s final music ‘obvious farewell’ but full of life
DETROIT – Only a tight circle of family and friends knew Gregg Allman had been…
McCain returns to Arizona for cancer treatment
WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain, recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, is…
Commuter train crashes in Barcelona; 53 are hospitalized
BARCELONA, Spain – A Spanish commuter train crashed into a buffer early Friday at a…
New Brunswick committee on recreational marijuana finding no consensus: chairman
FREDERICTON – A committee of the New Brunswick legislature studying marijuana legalization wrapped up a…
Fumes force Austin police to pull Ford Explorers off patrol
AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Police Department on Friday pulled nearly 400 Ford Explorer SUVs…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week.…