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Opponents of telescope development in Hawaii urge UN to hold Canada accountable
OTTAWA - Canada is under fire for its support of a controversial telescope slated for development on Hawai'i Island, the largest island in the state, over allegations the project violates Indigenous r...
Jul 18, 2023
A look at how the desert city of Phoenix copes with summer heat
PHOENIX (AP) - This summer's punishing heat wave has baked much of the U.S. in sweat-soaked misery. Records are falling as temperatures soar, and millions of people are left clamoring for relief. The ...
Jul 18, 2023
Canadian arrested by U.K. police at on suspicion of membership in terrorism group
OTTAWA, Ill. - British police have arrested a Canadian man on suspicion of being a member of a terrorism group. The Metropolitan Police in London, England say counterterrorism detectives arrested a 28...
Jul 18, 2023
Tamara Lich case not a trial of the 'Freedom Convoy,' says defence lawyer
OTTAWA - The lawyer for "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich is warning the court that the upcoming trial on her criminal charges should not put the entire convoy on trial. Lich was a figurehead of ...
Jul 18, 2023
Wisconsin's top elections official met with FBI in 2020 election probe focusing on Trump
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's top elections administrator on Tuesday became the latest official in a battleground state to say they have been interviewed by federal investigators as part of the spe...
Jul 18, 2023
Ex-Ajax and Manchester United goalie Van der Sar leaves intensive care after bleed around his brain
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Former Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been released from an intensive care unit in a Dutch hospital and hopes to return home next week as he recovers from a bleed around...
Jul 18, 2023
Ex-Ajax and Manchester United goalie Van der Sar leaves intensive care after bleed around his brain
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Former Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been released from an intensive care unit in a Dutch hospital and hopes to return home next week as he recovers from a bleed around...
Jul 18, 2023
In Ukraine, a family's ordeal to identify and honor a veteran killed in Bucha ends after 16 months
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) - The Ukrainian veteran's gravestone carries his photograph and birthday, but the date Roman Shadlovskyi died is a broad estimate: March 2022, the month Russian forces brutally kil...
Jul 18, 2023
Boy who died from asthma amid wildfire smoke is 'face of climate crisis,' doctor says
VANCOUVER - The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment says a nine-year-old B.C. boy who died from asthma exacerbated by wildfire smoke is the face of the climate crisis in Canada. The...
Jul 18, 2023
Drones, ATVs hamper B.C.'s wildfire fighting efforts during record-breaking season
Firefighters battling hundreds of blazes in British Columbia say they've been facing more than the usual obstacles, blaming members of the public for interfering with operations. The BC Wildfire Servi...
Jul 18, 2023
