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As Baltimore struggles, latest scandal sucks away attention
Baltimore already faced daunting challenges: soaring violent crime, a thriving drug economy and poverty so intense that some derelict neighbourhoods look like they were hit by a plague. Now, Mayor Cat...
Apr 04, 2019
Flint water crisis takes centre stage in new play
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A new play at the University of Michigan tells the story of the Flint water crisis through the voices of residents, activists, scientists and politicians. Jose? Casas interviewed mo...
Apr 04, 2019
Oklahoma drops some claims against opioid manufacturers
OKLAHOMA CITY - A week after reaching a $270 million settlement with the maker of OxyContin, Oklahoma's attorney general Thursday dismissed some claims against other drugmakers in a lawsuit alleging t...
Apr 04, 2019
Man suspected of shooting Nipsey Hussle charged with murder
LOS ANGELES - The man suspected of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle has been charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder. Los Angeles County prosecutors filed the charges against 29-year-old Er...
Apr 04, 2019
Cougar attacks seven-year-old boy in B.C., mother pries its jaw open
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The father of a seven-year-old boy who was attacked by a cougar in a small lakeside community on Vancouver Island is crediting his wife's quick actions for their son's survi...
Apr 04, 2019
Quebec minister says police could intervene if people disobey religious symbols law
MONTREAL - The Quebec government scrambled Tuesday to explain how its proposed secularism law would be enforced as a growing number of organizations said they are prepared to disob...
Apr 04, 2019
B.C. introduces law to prevent money laundering, tax evasion in real estate
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at preventing tax evasion and money laundering by shining a spotlight on anonymous real estate ...
Apr 04, 2019
Ex-hostage Boyle was angry, bossy after release, witnesses tell court
OTTAWA - Witnesses appearing at Joshua Boyle's assault trial Thursday describe the former Afghanistan hostage as angry and domineering in the days following his release from captivity. Boyle and ...
Apr 04, 2019
Liberals' mortgage plan to have tiny effect on housing prices: CMHC
OTTAWA - Canada's housing agency says new spending measures aimed at helping first-time buyers afford homes won't push prices up more than a few tenths of a percentage point. A report T...
Apr 04, 2019
Indigenous woman alleges coerced sterilization in Saskatchewan in December
OTTAWA - The Saskatchewan Health Authority is investigating a new complaint from an Indigenous woman who alleges she was coerced into sterilization after giving birth less than four mon...
Apr 04, 2019
