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The Latest: Alaska marijuana testing labs being audited
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Latest on the Alaska Marijuana Control Board meeting (all times local):…
Aurora-CanniMed $1B cannabis deal puts pressure on competitors
Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s friendly billion-dollar deal to buy rival licensed producer CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. marks…
Scientists successfully clone monkeys; are humans up next?
NEW YORK – For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced…
Federal agency says Eastern puma extinct, drops protections
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Federal officials have declared the Eastern puma extinct, 80 years after…
As governor, Brownback moved Kansas to right on big issues
TOPEKA, Kan. – As governor, conservative Republican Sam Brownback moved Kansas hard to the right,…
RCMP members allege sexual abuse by doctor at Mounties’ health office
Halifax police say an investigation involving a doctor accused of sexually assaulting RCMP recruits and…
Review: Forward motion of ‘Maze Runner’ stalls in 3rd entry
NEW YORK – Moviegoers who come late to the “Maze Runner” franchise, which now numbers…
Groups call for shutdown of brutal Indonesia animal markets
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Campaigners are calling for the closure of Indonesian animal markets touted as…
Erupting Philippine volcano still swelling with magma below
LEGAZPI, Philippines – A volcano that’s been erupting for almost two weeks in the Philippines…
Getting influenza raises heart attack risk, especially in seniors: study
TORONTO – Having the flu significantly raises the risk of having a heart attack, especially…
Celebrities criticize Trump cuts to Palestinian refugees
JERUSALEM – Actors Hugh Grant and Viggo Mortensen are among more than 25 celebrities and…
Elton John says upcoming tour will be his last
NEW YORK – Elton John is retiring from the road after his upcoming three-year global…
Washington infighting breeds new independent US candidates
DENVER – In a Denver co-working space between a brewpub and a shop serving the…
Former Brazil President da Silva inspires cult-like loyalty
SAO PAULO – It was standing-room-only in the 1,000-seat auditorium in Sao Paulo and the…
Universities that won’t take funding from anti-smoking group
Public health schools at 17 universities in the U.S. and Canada say they won’t accept…
Rights group fears for detained Bahrain activist
BEIRUT – An imprisoned activist in Bahrain has been denied adequate medical care and is…
Next Kansas governor seeks to patch up legislator relations
TOPEKA, Kan. – Incoming Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer begins his tenure needing to mend relations…
Retired Indianapolis Archbishop Buechlein dies at 79
INDIANAPOLIS – Archbishop Daniel Buechlein, who led the Indianapolis Roman Catholic Archdiocese for 19 years…
Potholes ahead for Trump’s upcoming public works proposal
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will soon release its long-anticipated public works plan, trying to…
Report: Orthodontics professor disparaged resident doctors
HARTFORD, Conn. – A prominent, now-retired orthodontics professor at the University of Connecticut subjected Muslim…
Former RCMP doctor declines interview as sexual assault allegations reach 40
HALIFAX – A Halifax doctor accused of sexually assaulting RCMP members declined to speak publicly…
Prosecutors: Man who shot officer was ‘lying in wait’
PHILADELPHIA – A man accused of ambushing a Philadelphia police officer with a hail of…
Undeterred by failed appeal, Brazil’s da Silva vows to run
SAO PAULO – A day after a corruption conviction cast serious doubts on his future,…
Canadian arm of U.K. construction giant Carillion files for creditor protection
Carillion Canada has been granted protection from creditors by the Ontario Superior Court under the…