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AP Exclusive: Washington psychiatric hospital called 'hell'
SEATTLE - Behind tall brick walls and secure windows, hundreds of patients at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital live in conditions that fail U.S. health and safety standards, while...
Jul 6, 2018
Toxic tanneries forced to move pollute new Bangladesh site
SAVAR, Bangladesh - Bangladesh tanneries prepping leather for shoes, belts, wallets and purses are dumping toxic chemicals into a river at a new industrial complex more than a year after the governmen...
Jul 6, 2018
Hurricane Beryl forms in Atlantic, heads for east Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Atlantic season’s first hurricane, Beryl, formed Friday and headed for a weekend push into the eastern Caribbean, threatening islands still struggling to recover from...
Jul 6, 2018
Ex-athletes say Ohio State doc groped, ogled men for years
COLUMBUS, Ohio - On paper, Richard Strauss was a well-regarded Ohio State University physician who examined young athletes for decades as a team doctor and sports-medicine researcher. Some former athl...
Jul 6, 2018
History-making 1986 team frustrated Canada hasn't returned to World Cup
VANCOUVER - Canadian head coach Tony Waiters knew what he wanted when he prepared his team for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. The players would be fit and well organized. The team would be difficult to...
Jul 6, 2018
Robert Lepage says decision to cancel SLAV show a blow to artistic freedom
MONTREAL - Quebec stage director Robert Lepage broke his silence Friday on the abrupt cancellation of his controversial SLAV show, calling it a direct attack on artistic freedom. The Montreal Internat...
Jul 6, 2018
Victims of Humboldt Broncos crash may soon get interim payments
SASKATOON - The victims of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus crash may soon get interim payments from a fundraising campaign that has collected $15.2 million. The non-profit group that administers ...
Jul 6, 2018
Alberta fentanyl deaths continue to rise, but at slower rate
EDMONTON – New figures suggest that fentanyl deaths are continuing to rise in Alberta this year but at a slower rate. Health officials say there were 228 overdose deaths from Jan. 1 through to e...
Jul 6, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.0 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrado...
Jul 6, 2018
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.0 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howe...
Jul 6, 2018