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Nebraska trans health bill advances, despite filibuster vow
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Legislature voted Thursday to advance a contentious bill that seeks to ban gender-affirming care for minors, despite threats from two lawmakers that they would filibu...
Mar 23, 2023

Feds: Woman charged in Wyoming clinic fire opposes abortion
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A woman accused of setting fire last year to a Wyoming abortion clinic that was under construction told investigators that she opposes abortion and was experiencing anxiety and n...
Mar 23, 2023

EU leaders endorse joint ammo purchases for Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union leaders have endorsed a plan for sending Ukraine 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition within the next 12 months to help the country counter Russia's invasion forces....
Mar 23, 2023

Trudeau mulls response to 'appalling and abhorrent' Uganda LGBTQ death-penalty bill
OTTAWA, Kan. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on Uganda to repeal legislation the East African country passed this week to bring in a death penalty targeting members of the LGBTQ community. ...
Mar 23, 2023

Sex assault victim of ex-PQ legislator Harold LeBel wants her identity made public
RIMOUSKI, Que. - The victim in the sexual assault case involving ex-Parti Qubcois member Harold LeBel has asked a judge to lift a publication ban on her identity. The woman asked Quebec Superior Court...
Mar 23, 2023

AP source: Trump grand jury hearing other matters Thursday
NEW YORK (AP) - The Manhattan grand jury investigating Donald Trump over hush money payments planned to hear testimony on other matters Thursday, seemingly further delaying a vote on whether or not to...
Mar 23, 2023

Canadian rowers square off in latest edition of historic Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race
Canadian Alexander Bebb knows what awaits Sunday when he lines up for Oxford against Cambridge in the 168th edition of the men's Boat Race. Pain. "It's almost a war of attrition," said the 25-year-old...
Mar 23, 2023

Canada's Einarson drops 6-5 decision to Japan at women's world curling championship
SANDVIKEN, Sweden - Canada's Kerri Einarson dropped a 6-5 decision to Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa at the women's world curling championship on Thursday. The Manitoba-based team of Einarson, Val Sweeting,...
Mar 23, 2023

Pope Francis' tour came with a minimum $55-milliion price tag for Ottawa
A family member of residential school survivors says the minimum $55-million price tag for Pope' visit to Canada last year feels like another slap in the face for Indigenous people. "Think of all the ...
Mar 23, 2023

Border officers seize $3.6 million worth of drugs at Coutts
COUTTS, AB - Law enforcement officials say they have made one of the largest drug seizures in recent years at an international border crossing in southern Alberta.According to a news release from the ...
Mar 23, 2023