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Planned Parenthood wins suit to block Mississippi law
JACKSON, Miss. – A federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law that banned the state’s…
Japan overwork deaths among young show lessons unlearned
TOKYO – Matsuri Takahashi’s dream career at Japan’s top ad agency, Dentsu, ended with her…
You can leave your hat on: Scholar says Puritans were sexy
BOSTON – “Fifty Shades of Grey,” Puritan edition? The famously strait-laced 17th-century sectarians who helped…
Tom Hanks sees US election warning in thriller ‘Inferno’
LONDON – Embedded within the manic action of “Inferno,” the latest big-screen adaptation of a…
Honour House to expand programming for veterans, first responders with PTSD
A program offering mental health treatment and a refuge for military personnel, veterans and first…
Raising a vegan baby: Parents say abuse cases give a bad rap
PHILADELPHIA – There’s a right way and a wrong way to raise a baby on…
Dion leads UN effort to ramp up pressure on Russia, Syria over Aleppo
OTTAWA – Canada and Russia traded barbs at the United Nations on Thursday as Foreign…
IMF warns of slow growth in Central Asia, Caucasus
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund warned Friday of weak growth prospects in Central Asia…
Winnipeg police investigate whether young child suffered fentanyl overdose
WINNIPEG – Police in Winnipeg are investigating whether a young child suffered a possible fentanyl…
Nova Scotia sees sharp spike in opioid overdose deaths: 70 in eight months
HALIFAX – Seventy people died of opioid overdoses in Nova Scotia in the first eight…
Mother of boy who died from wrong medication calls for better reporting of pharmacy errors
TORONTO – An Ontario mother is calling for better tracking of errors made by pharmacies…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
B.C. man who killed ‘defenceless’ fiancee handed 12-year prison sentence
KELOWNA, B.C. – A man who admitted to stabbing his fiancee 26 times after she…
Ex-NSA worker accused of stealing secrets to stay in custody
BALTIMORE – A former National Security Agency contractor accused in a massive theft of classified…
WHY IT MATTERS: Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – THE ISSUE: No one likes an even number on a court that makes…
WHY IT MATTERS: Abortion
NEW YORK – THE ISSUE: Persistent Republican-led efforts to restrict access to abortion and to…
WHY IT MATTERS: Debt
WASHINGTON – THE ISSUE: The federal government is borrowing about 1 out of 7 dollars…
WHY IT MATTERS: The Role of Government
WASHINGTON – THE ISSUE: It’s the Goldilocks conundrum of American politics: Is the federal government…
WHY IT MATTERS: Beneath the fury, issues that matter
WASHINGTON – This is a presidential campaign about trust, temperament, honesty, judgment, character, personality and,…
WHY IT MATTERS: Beneath the fury, issues that matter
WASHINGTON – This is a presidential campaign about trust, temperament, honesty, judgment, character, personality and,…
Get used to ‘job churn,’ Morneau tells Liberal meeting
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canadians should get used to so-called…
Riders do annual roundup of Utah bison herd
SALT LAKE CITY – Riders on horseback are nudging bison on Utah’s Antelope Island in…
Nobel academy member calls Bob Dylan’s silence ‘arrogant’
COPENHAGEN – A member of the Swedish Academy that awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in…
Former Habs coach and Senator Jacques Demers hospitalized: Office confirms
OTTAWA – Senator and former Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers has been hospitalized, but his…