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US approves 3 types of genetically engineered potatoes
BOISE, Idaho – U.S. officials say three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the…
Murphy Oil fined $172,500 for pipeline spill that went undetected for 45 days
CALGARY – Murphy Oil has been fined $172,500 after the Alberta Energy Regulator concluded the…
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
App Store Official Charts for the week ending February 26, 2017: Top Paid iPhone Apps:…
Film academy apologizes for Oscars best picture gaffe
LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is apologizing to the…
Mumps outbreak prompts alert, call to make sure vaccinations up to date
REGINA – A mumps outbreak in Manitoba has reached the highest number of cases in…
The Latest: Ryan downplays divisions over new health law
WASHINGTON – The Latest on Congress (all times local): 3:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is…
Floral Diplomacy: life as a White House floral designer
Laura Dowling’s new photo book, “Floral Diplomacy at the White House” (Stichtung Kunstboek), gives a…
Doctors and dietitians tackle rise of nutrition myths in cancer treatment
TORONTO – When Miguel Roger began chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia last summer, he didn’t…
B.C. auditor general questions government’s surplus calculations
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general is raising questions about the way the provincial government…
White Helmet rescue worker killed in Syria’s Homs
BEIRUT – The Syrian search-and-rescue group featured in an Oscar-winning documentary announced that one of…
Trump’s budget entails steep cuts for diplomacy, foreign aid
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is proposing a 37 per cent cut to diplomacy and…
Trump orders review of Obama rule protecting small streams
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating a review of an…
Criticism remains as town gives early OK for Muslim cemetery
DALLAS – An Islamic association has again received permission from a North Texas town to…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts an immigration report
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday night about military cost-savings and corporate job expansion…
Conservatives rebel on health care, Trump backs key elements
WASHINGTON – Republicans confronted a conservative rebellion in their own party Tuesday over their long-promised…
War between promoters triggered police crackdown on amateur combat: promoter
MONTREAL – A tit-for-tat battle among promoters has triggered a Montreal police crackdown on all…
‘With the help of Justin Trudeau’: Canadian PM gets a shout-out in Trump speech
WASHINGTON – The prime minister of Canada received a surprise shout-out during Donald Trump’s first…
Suspects charged with murder in airport nerve agent attack
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Appearing calm and solemn, two young women accused of smearing VX…
Those with blurry close-up vision get some new help
WASHINGTON – Squinting while texting? Always losing your reading glasses? An eye implant that takes…
Democrats exercise the art of dissent in subtle ways
WASHINGTON – They didn’t heckle. There were no in-your-face pink “pussyhats.” There were just a…
UN suspends services in volatile Palestinian camp in Lebanon
BEIRUT – The U.N. says it has suspended services this week in a conflict-torn Palestinian…
Canadian pastor imprisoned in North Korea meets Swedish ambassador
TOKYO – A Canadian pastor serving a life sentence in North Korea has been allowed…
US consumer spending up slightly, inflation at 4-year high
WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer spending rose at only a sluggish pace in January, even as…
Lady Gaga to headline Coachella in place of Beyonce
INDIO, Calif. – Attention, Little Monsters: Lady Gaga is coming to Coachella. The diva announced…