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Elections, films help effort to ban gay conversion therapy
NEW YORK - Activists urging more states to ban gay conversion therapy for minors are expecting major gains in 2019, thanks to midterm election results and the buzz generated by two well-reviewed films...
Dec 29, 2018
Leafs Andersen "day to day" with groin injury, Kaskisuo recalled from AHL
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen will sit out Saturday’s home game against the New York Islanders because of a groin injury. The team said Saturday morning that Andersen is liste...
Dec 29, 2018
Job cuts ahead: Layoff protection for Manitoba's civil servants about to end
WINNIPEG - More public-sector job cuts appear to be coming in Manitoba and a long-standing ban on civil service layoffs is about to expire. Premier Brian Pallister, in his third year of a promise to e...
Dec 29, 2018
Boy whose Yemeni mom fought US travel ban to see him dies
LODI, Calif. - The father of a 2-year-old boy who was separated from his Yemeni mother until she successfully fought the Trump administration’s travel ban to see him in the United States laid hi...
Dec 29, 2018
Chinese court orders new trial for Canadian in drug case
BEIJING - A Canadian man convicted of drug trafficking in China faces the possibility of more serious charges after a court ordered a new trial amid tensions over Canada’s arrest of a Chinese te...
Dec 29, 2018
Vegas Golden Knights prospect Cody Glass making plays for Canadian junior team
VANCOUVER - Cody Glass has a specific role on Canada’s junior hockey team - and it’s one he embraces. “I know I’m a play maker,” said the 19-year-old centre, who’s ...
Dec 29, 2018
Shutdown to close DC museums; some basic services provided
WASHINGTON - Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation’s capital will close starting midweek if the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on. So will the Na...
Dec 29, 2018
Short on solutions, long on blame in 2nd shutdown weekend
WASHINGTON - Cooped up in the White House after cancelling a vacation to his private Florida club, President Donald Trump fired Twitter barbs at Democrats on Saturday as talks to end a weeklong partia...
Dec 29, 2018
Trump EPA orders rollback of Obama mercury regulations
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has targeted an Obama-era regulation credited with helping dramatically reduce toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, saying the benefits to human ...
Dec 29, 2018
Anak Krakatau volcano now a quarter of its pre-eruption size
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Scientists say Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island, which erupted and collapsed a week ago triggering a deadly tsunami, is now only about a quarter of its pre-eruption ...
Dec 29, 2018