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Scientific adviser resigns from Health Canada, calls for overhaul of pesticide rules
OTTAWA - An independent scientific adviser has resigned from a Health Canada committee on pesticide management over concerns about a lack of transparency and scientific oversight. Dr. Bruce Lanphear, ...
Jul 17, 2023
Dozens of followers of Pakistan's Imran Khan quit his party and launch their own ahead of elections
ISLAMABAD (AP) - In a major blow to Pakistan's former prime minister and top opposition leader Imran Khan, dozens of his followers quit his party on Monday to launch their own ahead of parliamentary e...
Jul 17, 2023
After heat wave, wildfires force thousands to flee seaside resorts outside Greek capital
LOUTRAKI, Greece (AP) - Wildfires outside Athens forced thousands to flee seaside resorts, closed highways and gutted vacation homes Monday, as high winds pushed flames through hillside scrub and pine...
Jul 17, 2023
Turning Point Action's student activists were torn between Trump and DeSantis last year. Not anymore
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action's annual summit, many were torn, wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Flo...
Jul 17, 2023
Sports apparel giant Nike permanently ends partnership with Hockey Canada
Sports apparel giant Nike has permanently ended its sponsor partnership with Hockey Canada. Nike was one of several major partners that paused its sponsorship deal with Canada's governing hockey body ...
Jul 17, 2023
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper tests positive for COVID-19 and will work remotely
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said he'll keep to a lower public profile this week after testing positive for COVID-19 on Monday. In a tweet, the Democratic governor described the...
Jul 17, 2023
Watchdog calls for House committee to uninvite RFK Jr. after his comments are blasted as antisemitic
NEW YORK (AP) - A Democratic watchdog group has called for a U.S. House committee to rescind an invitation to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the Democratic presidential candidate was filmed falsely sugge...
Jul 17, 2023
Endangered North Atlantic right whale spotted entangled in Gulf of St. Lawrence
FREDERICTON - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says a North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear has been seen in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off New Brunswick. The department says the entangled ani...
Jul 17, 2023
Lawler returns to Blue Bombers, eligible to play following time on suspended list
WINNIPEG - Kenny Lawler is returning to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and is eligible to play again. The team had placed the six-foot-two, 199-pound wide receiver on the suspended list June 1. He is set t...
Jul 17, 2023
Mother says man who shot four in 31st mass killing this year needed mental help for nearly a decade
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - The 40-year-old man who shot four people in the country's 31st mass killing this year needed mental help for nearly a decade but his family and officials couldn't force him to get ...
Jul 17, 2023