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Correction: Exploited in Paradise story
HONOLULU - In a story Aug. 1 about a Native Hawaiian fisherman’s lawsuit seeking to stop Hawaii officials from issuing commercial fishing licenses to those who aren’t legally admitted into...
Aug 01, 2017
GOP shows signs of reaching out to Democrats on health care
WASHINGTON - Republicans showed signs Tuesday of reaching out to Democrats for a joint if modest effort to buttress health insurance markets, four days after the GOP effort to unilaterally uproot and ...
Aug 01, 2017
Apple's next big leap might be into augmented reality
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple’s iPhone may be ready for its next big act - as a springboard into “augmented reality,” a technology that projects life-like images into real-world settings vie...
Aug 01, 2017
Maintaining cultural exemption a priority for Quebec as NAFTA talks loom
MONTREAL - Although culture isn’t on the table as the NAFTA talks loom, Quebec’s economy minister and the province’s chief negotiator sounded out industry stakeholders Tuesday to ens...
Aug 01, 2017
Met Museum of Art turns ancient vase over to prosecutors
NEW YORK - An ancient vase that for years was housed in the elegant galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking up space in a much different place - a prosecutor’s office. The vase, kn...
Aug 01, 2017
Suspect in killing of Navajo girl pleads guilty to murder
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A man charged with murder, sexual assault and other counts in the death of an 11-year-old girl on the largest American Indian reservation changed his pleas to guilty Tuesday in a c...
Aug 01, 2017
Woman who left child in desert to die gets 20-year sentence
PHOENIX - An Arizona woman who put her 17-month-old daughter in a stroller, pushed her into the desert and left her to die on the nation’s largest American Indian reservation has been sentenced ...
Aug 01, 2017
Senate confirms Christopher Wray, Trump's choice for FBI
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly confirmed Christopher Wray to lead the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was abruptly fired by President Donald Trump amid the investigation into Russia...
Aug 01, 2017
The difficult tenure of women politicians in Canada: 'I became a target'
Joanne Bernard recalls the shock she felt when she left Nova Scotia’s non-profit sector to work in provincial politics, and suddenly became the target of the worst kind of online vitriol, includ...
Aug 01, 2017
Over 300 buildings gone as B.C. wildfires expected to grow amid smoky conditions
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Wildfires have destroyed more than 300 buildings across British Columbia as smoke creates visibility problems for crews expecting to fight more fires in the coming days, officials say...
Aug 01, 2017