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SAN FRANCISCO - With pot now legal in California, prosecutors in San Francisco and San Diego are moving to erase thousands of marijuana convictions en masse, a step that could prove life-changing for ...

CONCORD, N.H. - State regulators unanimously rejected an application for a hydropower project that would have provided clean energy to Massachusetts but was seen as an eyesore by critics who feared it...

There have been three new influenza-related deaths in the AHS Central Zone for the week ending February 1. That brings this flu season’s total to 11 for Central Zone. There were two other deaths...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia’s police watchdog has cleared officers of wrongdoing after a man suspected of fatally shooting a constable was injured during his arrest. Const. John Davidson...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Feb. 1 --- REGINA MP ACCUSED OF HARASSMENT: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has ordered an investigation of Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir, without waiting for an actua...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Ballet dancers took to the streets of Argentina’s capital Thursday, blocking traffic but causing onlookers to break into cheers and applause as they performed pirouette...

MONTREAL - The head of Canada’s largest dairy processor is criticizing the federal government’s stance on dairy quotas in the latest version of the Trans Pacific Partnership. Canada was ov...

SYDNEY, N.S. - The mayor of Nova Scotia’s second largest municipality has come out as gay, saying he decided to speak publicly after someone threatened to expose his personal life. Cecil Clarke,...

WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J. - When a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan woke up groggy from recent dental surgery, she had one big fear: “Did I miss the Super Bowl?!?” Haley Parks’ father poste...

Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan was named the Eastern Conference player of the month for January, the NBA announced Thursday. It’s the third time in nine seasons that DeRozan has earned play...