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Some separatist-minded Catalans urge civil disobedience
BARCELONA, Spain – As the last customers finished their drinks at sidewalk cafes one warm…
Immigrants fear loss of humanitarian program under Trump
LOS ANGELES – Iris Acosta has spent the last two decades enrolled in an immigration…
Families sue after two men commit suicide at Hamilton hospitals
HAMILTON – Family members of two men who killed themselves while allegedly under supervision at…
Pelosi endorses Feinstein in California Senate race
WASHINGTON – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Monday, calling her…
Rebel GOP members win deal on property taxes as plan shifts
WASHINGTON – House Republicans from high-tax states who threatened to sink President Donald Trump and…
Doctor says Canadian-led heart valve surgery details will ‘blow people’s minds’
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver cardiologist has presented details of a revolutionary heart valve surgery to…
Tribes in Columbia River Gorge hit by White House decision
SALEM, Ore. – The Trump administration is neglecting the U.S. government’s obligation to build new…
Oklahoma health chief resigns over fiscal mismanagement
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s state health commissioner resigned on Monday after the health board of…
Greece finally growing, but taxes crushing new businesses
ATHENS, Greece – If Greek business needed a role model, Stathis Stasinopoulos would make an…
US wages and benefits grew 0.7 per cent in third quarter
WASHINGTON – U.S. workers’ wages and benefits grew faster in the third quarter, adding to…
Egyptians use social media to mock government’s youth event
CAIRO – Egyptians are using the social media hashtag of an international youth conference organized…
The Latest: No usable veins found in Ohio killer’s exam
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Latest on an ill death row inmate fighting his November execution…
Doctor approves of ill inmate sitting up during execution
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Allowing a condemned killer with health problems to partially sit up during…
New Brunswick introduces exotic animal legislation after boys’ deaths
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick is introducing new legislation to regulate exotic animals, four years after…
Dems ask for EPA info after scientists kept from speaking
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Several Democratic members of Congress are asking the head of the U.S.…
Poll: White millennials split on whether Trump is racist
WASHINGTON – White millennials are divided on whether they think President Donald Trump is racist,…
Prisons failing mentally ill, especially women, federal ombudsman says
OTTAWA – Canada’s prison service must find alternatives to locking up inmates, especially women, with…
Suit seeks release of immigrant girl detained after surgery
HOUSTON – The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government Tuesday to demand that…
Trump admin to defend Cuba embargo at UN, reversing Obama
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will defend America’s decades-old economic embargo on Cuba in a…
Industry group warns Ottawa that excessive cuts to drug prices could be harmful
OTTAWA – Canada’s drug developers recognize that pharmaceutical prices need to come down but they…
Ontario woman plans to sue Weinstein over alleged sex assaults
TORONTO – An Ontario actress plans to launch a civil suit against Harvey Weinstein, alleging…
House GOP leaders delay tax plan release amid changes
WASHINGTON – House Republicans, straining to make last-minute changes to their far-reaching tax proposal, on…
A look at attacks where vehicles have been used as weapons
The attack on a bike path in New York City, which killed eight and injured…
Ratko Mladic’s lawyers seek postponement of trial judgment
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Lawyers for former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic have…