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Obama: GOP’s efforts to repeal health care ‘aggravating’
NEW YORK – Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday called repeated Republican efforts to repeal…
Florida suspends license of nursing home over Irma deaths
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Florida officials have suspended the license of a nursing home that had…
Superbug’s spread to Vietnam threatens malaria control
HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam’s main malaria treatment is failing at an alarming rate because of…
Sen. Graham presses for support for GOP health bill
WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday appealed for support from fellow senators for…
Alabama girl seeks to curb drinking straws, save sea turtles
DOTHAN, Ala. – Ten-year-old Janice Bailey holds tightly to the tiny turtle necklace dangling around…
Ontario ministry searches Volkswagen offices in emissions scandal investigation
The federal government should be moving ahead with action against Volkswagen in the wake of…
Yukon justice minister directs review of jail where mentally ill man segregated
WHITEHORSE – Yukon’s justice minister plans to direct an independent review of how the Whitehorse…
Jimmy Kimmel ramps up battle against GOP health care bill
LOS ANGELES – Jimmy Kimmel used his late-night platform to continue his assault on the…
PM speaks of Indigenous Peoples, climate, middle class at UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. – Following is a condensed version of the prepared text of Prime…
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Sept. 21 ——— TRUDEAU TELLS UNITED NATIONS OF…
Nova Scotia throne speech promises to address health care ‘challenges’
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s Liberal government delivered a throne speech Thursday that promised to address…
Chicago woman found dead in gym bathroom after 2 days
BURR RIDGE, Ill. – The son of a woman found dead in a suburban Chicago…
Wisconsin man charged with killing wife, blowing up home
MADISON, Wis. – A Wisconsin man accused of blowing up his home to cover up…
California hits Gatorade in court for “anti-water” videogame
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gatorade has agreed not to make disparaging comments about water as part…
GOP health bill offers provisions aimed at helping 2 states
WASHINGTON – Provisions shoehorned into the Republican health care bill dangle extra money for Alaska…
10 Things to Know for Friday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked…
Quebec suspect charged with murder in Amber Alert case out of coma: lawyer
MONTREAL – A man who fled authorities last week with his six-year-old boy and who…
Greece makes measles vaccination appeal amid European spike
ATHENS, Greece – Health authorities in Greece have issued a public appeal to participate in…
Man accused of disrupting flight found competent for trial
HONOLULU – A Turkish man accused of inflight behaviour that prompted bomb-threat procedures and U.S.…
Forest Service, Idaho work to boost logging on federal land
BOISE, Idaho – The U.S. Forest Service and Idaho have forged 10 agreements for logging…
N.S. government to make abortion pill available for free at pharmacies
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia is overhauling its abortion policies, making the abortion pill available at…
Algae on river flowing into Lake Erie prompts warning
TOLEDO, Ohio – Health officials in Ohio are telling children, pregnant women and people with…
Former leader of Muslim Brotherhood Mahdi Akef dies at 89
CAIRO – Former leader of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group Mahdi Akef, who had been…
The Latest: Emotional ad asks GOP senators to reject bill
PHOENIX – The Latest on the Republican health care bill (all times local): 12:45 p.m.…