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'What the hell have you done with the tomorrows we gave you?'
Six days before D-Day, Max Meisels and his fellow Jewish soldiers got an order from their commanding officer. "If the Germans catch you, you're dead," the officer told them. "You have 1...
May 28, 2019
Supreme Court rejects appeal over transgender bathrooms
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will not take up a challenge to a Pennsylvania school district's policy allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their sexual...
May 28, 2019
Many happy returns for Federer at 1st French Open since 2015
PARIS - Roger Federer entered a refurbished Court Philippe Chatrier for his first French Open match since 2015, greeted by the sun peeking through the clouds and the full-throated support of spectator...
May 28, 2019
B.C. government to require use of biosimilar drugs
VICTORIA - British Columbia is the first province in Canada to require some patients to switch to biosimilar drugs, or medications that are nearly identical to those they're taking but are cheaper. He...
May 28, 2019 Image Credit: Rob Tek
Supreme Court upholds Indiana abortion law on fetal remains
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is upholding an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains. But the justices are staying out of the deba...
May 28, 2019
Canada to align itself 'very much' with Americans on ratifying new NAFTA: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remaining mum on the ratification timeline for the new North American free-trade agreement but he says Canada will be aligning itself "very much" with the pac...
May 28, 2019
Canada to align itself 'very much' with Americans on ratifying new NAFTA: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remaining mum on the ratification timeline for the new North American free-trade agreement but he says Canada will be aligning itself "very much" with the pac...
May 28, 2019
Magnitude 8 earthquake strikes Amazon jungle in Peru
LIMA, Peru - A powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Peru early Sunday, collapsing buildings and knocking out power to some areas but causing only one reported...
May 28, 2019
German police: "Guardian angel" pigeon protected speeder
BERLIN - Police in western Germany say divine intervention saved a speeding driver from getting a ticket, after a pigeon photobombed a traffic enforcement camera at just the right moment. Perhaps insp...
May 28, 2019
Balsillie decries toxic, unchecked technology at big data committee
OTTAWA - A Canadian high-tech pioneer says a "toxic" social media business model is a threat to democracy. Jim Balsillie, the retired chief executive of Research In Motion, which invented the Bl...
May 28, 2019
