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US sanctions Russia, Iran entities for detaining Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned Russia's Federal Security Service and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization for wrongfully detaining Amer...
Apr 27, 2023
Jerry Springer dead at 79
CHICAGO, ILL - An internationally-famous television host has passed away.Jerry Springer died Thursday, April 27, 2023, at his home in suburban Chicago, Illinois at age 79.Few details on the cause of d...
Apr 27, 2023
Washington state shields people seeking abortion, trans care
SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state enacted legal protections Thursday for people who travel there seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment, becoming the latest Democrat-led stat...
Apr 27, 2023
Pertussis outbreak now zone-wide in AHS South Zone
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An outbreak of Pertussis (whooping cough) in the Alberta Health Services' (AHS) South Zone now has 146 identified cases.This represents an increase from 126 as of April 20, 2023. AHS ...
Apr 27, 2023
Foreign-interference office coming 'soon' but not yet ready to launch: Mendicino
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month's federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegat...
Apr 27, 2023
Hot spell hikes risks of flooding, avalanches and fire across British Columbia
VANCOUVER - As British Columbia heads into its first warm spell of the year, forecasters are warning the heat could raise avalanche and flood risks, while the danger of wildfires has already nudged up...
Apr 27, 2023
Police say director of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren't given
MONTREAL - The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal is facing fraud charges after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided. Quebec anti...
Apr 27, 2023
Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's...
Apr 27, 2023
Canada's Rebecca Marino loses to Belgium's Elise Mertens at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canada's Rebecca Marino is out of the Madrid Open in the Round of 64 after losing Thursday in straight sets to Elise Mertens of Belgium, 6-3, 6-1. Marino, of Vancouver, had five double faults...
Apr 27, 2023
Federal public service strike enters ninth day, no sign of back-to-work legislation
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is showing no hints it will end the strike of its largest public sector union by legislating 155,000 federal civil servants back to work. The workers with the Public Se...
Apr 27, 2023