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Report: Lead levels higher in Flint kids after water switch
DETROIT – Flint children under the age of 6 had significantly higher blood-lead levels after…
Major battle over oil terminal unfolds in Pacific Northwest
SEATTLE – Two companies proposing to build what would be the nation’s largest oil-by-rail marine…
Program lets Boston commuters drive some, cycle the rest
BOSTON – Traffic is crawling bumper to bumper on Soldiers Field Road, a major artery…
Game Boy Disease? There’s a cure for that with wearable technology: doctor
VANCOUVER – When patients visit Dr. Vahid Sahiholnasab for a routine check-up, he often asks…
Tulane: Med student shot, wounded in Haiti armed robbery
NEW ORLEANS – A medical student from Tulane who was in Haiti as part of…
Three Amigos to preach North American co-operation against Brexit backdrop
North American leaders meeting in Ottawa this week are being confronted with the seismic economic…
Canadian academic jailed in Iran for dabbling in feminism, security: family
MONTREAL – A Montreal-based university professor being held in an Iranian jail is being investigated…
Four stories in the news today, June 27
Four stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: ——— MEXICAN PRESIDENT IN CANADA…
Duterte ready to clash with Catholic church on birth control
DAVAO, Philippines – The Philippine president-elect said Monday he would aggressively promote artificial birth control…
Report links 6.5 million deaths worldwide to air pollution
STOCKHOLM – Each year about 6.5 million deaths worldwide are linked to air pollution, a…
Allina Health offers new contract proposal to union nurses
MINNEAPOLIS – Allina Health says it’s offering a new contract proposal to its union nurses…
Two-thirds say Obama tried to make race relations better
WASHINGTON – Almost eight years after electing a black president, vast majorities of blacks and…
High court overturns former Virginia governor’s conviction
WASHINGTON – A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday threw out the bribery conviction of former…
Calgary group pushing for new NHL, CFL facilities pitch council on moving ahead
CALGARY – The group that wants to build a new NHL arena and CFL stadium…
Texas illegally curbs abortion clinics, Supreme Court rules
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court issued its strongest defence of abortion rights in a quarter-century…
Veteran: Therapy wrongly denied because she is HIV-positive
HARRISBURG, Pa. – An Iraq War veteran claims in a federal lawsuit that she was…
Getting overdose antidote with painkillers may cut ER visits
WASHINGTON – Overdoses don’t happen just to heroin addicts — patients who legally use strong…
Austin Clarke remembered for breaking barriers for black writers
TORONTO – Austin (Tom) Clarke is being remembered as a pioneering black Canadian writer who…
Mirvish musical ‘Kinky Boots’ among winners at Dora Mavor Moore Awards
TORONTO – The Toronto production of “Kinky Boots” was among the big winners at the…
Supreme Court ruling imperils abortion laws in many states
NEW YORK – By striking down tough abortion restrictions in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court…
Bronze medallist Valois-Fortier to lead Canada’s Olympic judo team
MONTREAL – Olympic bronze medallist Antoine Valois-Fortier will lead Canada’s judo team at the 2016…
Prince Harry takes up Diana’s fight against AIDS
LONDON – Prince Harry is set to follow his mother’s example and use part of…
FDA approves first pill to treat all forms of hepatitis C
WASHINGTON – Federal health officials have approved the first pill to treat all major forms…
Florida confirms birth defects after mom gets Zika abroad
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida confirmed its first Zika-related case of microcephaly, in a child whose…