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Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems
WASHINGTON - A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a triumph on a bill that marshals the gov...
Mar 10, 2021
Hehr becomes Canada's new sport minister while his hometown mulls Olympic bid
CALGARY - An 18-year-old Kent Hehr was playing on a rotten hockey team in Saskatchewan when his hometown of Calgary was the host city of the 1988 Winter Olympics. Canada’s new minister of sport ...
Aug 29, 2017
UK lawmakers to companies: End sexist high-heel dress codes
LONDON - In a debate that has gone from office corridors to Britain’s Parliament, lawmakers put their foot down Monday and urged employers to stop making women wear high heels as part of corpora...
Mar 06, 2017
The Latest: EU offers to postpone Brexit until Oct. 31
BRUSSELS - The Latest on Britain's exit from the European Union (all times local): 12:40 a.m. Two European officials say EU leaders are offering to allow Britain to extend Brexit until Oct. 31 and are...
Apr 10, 2019
False vaccine claims spread online by bots, trolls: top public-health doc
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the fight against vaccine-related misinformation on social media is being further complicated by the emergence of online bots designed to sow mistrus...
Apr 26, 2019
Advocate says overdose crisis 'talked about' differently following results of survey
An overdose survey done by the Angus Reid Institute is shedding light on how Canadians are looking at our nation's "other epidemic."The survey, which was released Wednesday, said its finding...
Feb 25, 2021
AP-GfK Poll: Majority of Americans fear Trump presidency
NEW YORK - More than half the country fears a Trump presidency. And only about a third of Americans believe he is at least somewhat qualified to serve in the White House. In the final sprint to Electi...
Sep 23, 2016
Mississippi executes man who killed wife, terrorized family
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and terrorizing their family has become the first person executed in Mississippi since 2012. David Neal Cox received a let...
Nov 18, 2021
Pope canonizes John Henry Newman, 19th-century theologian
VATICAN CITY - With Prince Charles looking on, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman, praising the 19th-century Anglican convert who became an influential, unifying figure in bot...
Oct 15, 2019
Matters of politics, race accompany Red Sox to White House
WASHINGTON - For decades, championship teams have visited the White House in a moment of ritual and tradition. Athletic excellence is celebrated, lame jokes are told and the president is given yet ano...
May 09, 2019