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Jury awards more than $70M to woman in baby powder lawsuit
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman more than…
At Afghanistan’s brick kilns, debt can last generations
KABUL – Every day that Dil Agha works at his backbreaking job at a brick…
Downpour kills 12 as rain batters cities across Egypt
CAIRO – Egypt’s health ministry says 12 people have died and dozens were injured as…
Singer Kehlani dropped from Cornell concert for ‘antisemitic’ sentiments
Cornell University has canceled a performance by R&B star Kehlani after complaints to the Ivy…
‘SNL’ to close out its 50th season with Scarlett Johansson and Bad Bunny
NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” will close out its epic 50th season with…
Users mourn as Twitter kills quirky, beloved Vine video app
NEW YORK – You can watch any video for six seconds, played on an infinite…
Puerto Rico: 1st baby born with microcephaly due to Zika
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico on Friday reported its first case of a…
Education gap divides white voters
DODGE CITY, Kan. – At 18, Mike Smith chose trucking over college. Hauling cattle feed…
Does baby powder cause cancer? Another jury says yes.
TRENTON, N.J. – For the third time, Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a…
Another indigenous girl commits suicide on northern Saskatchewan reserve
LOON LAKE, Sask. – Another indigenous girl has committed suicide in northern Saskatchewan — the…
Director Nadia Ross wins $100,000 Siminovitch Prize for theatre
OTTAWA – Director Nadia Ross of the Outaouais/Ottawa region has won this year’s $100,000 Siminovitch…
Expand supervised sites beyond overseeing only injection drugs, advocates say
VANCOUVER – Harm reduction advocates are calling on the government of British Columbia to expand…
Moments to remember – or try to forget – from Campaign 2016
WASHINGTON – Every presidential race has its big moments. This one, more than most. A…
Election year fatigue? Blame it in part on the race of 1840
NEW YORK – Presidential elections are a foundation of American democracy dating back to George…
Five deaths at Winnipeg Remand Centre a ‘huge flag:’ John Howard Society
WINNIPEG – The deaths this year of five people in custody at the Winnipeg Remand…
Vietnam reports 1st microcephaly birth likely linked to Zika
HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam has reported its first case of microcephaly likely linked to the…
Policy Prescriptions: Trump and Clinton on immigration
WASHINGTON – There is no doubt the two presidential candidates have dramatically different approaches on…
Asian-American voters, once Republican, are turning Democrat
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – At a shopping plaza in the Washington suburbs, the flag of…
New reports emerge of army attacks on Myanmar’s Rohingya
YANGON, Myanmar – Just five months after her party took power, Myanmar’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning…
Trailblazing talent agent Norman Brokaw dies at age 89
LOS ANGELES – Norman R. Brokaw, a trailblazing talent agent who represented Marilyn Monroe, Elvis…
Focus on innovation, not more cash, to improve health care in Canada: doctor
VANCOUVER – Squabbling by provinces in the run-up to a new health accord points to…
Saskatchewan NDP calls for action after another aboriginal girl kills herself
LA RONGE, Sask. – There is more heartbreak in northern Saskatchewan where another indigenous girl…
Vancouver’s health authority applies for two new supervised-injection sites
Vancouver’s health authority has applied for two new supervised-injection sites to combat a drug overdose…
Policy Prescriptions: Clinton and Trump on drug addiction
CONCORD, N.H. – Hillary Clinton calls the scourge of heroin and opioid addiction a “quiet…