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The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite
The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of ...
Retired detective found dead in hoarding conditions in Connecticut, months after she went missing
Bridgeport police said Notarangelo worked there from 1985 to 1996. She was promoted to detective in 1992 and to sergeant a ...
As Canada's only 'sugar tax' ends, a study suggests it may have been effective
The tax in Newfoundland and Labrador added 20 cents per litre to sweetened drinks. This includes fruit-flavoured juices, pop and energy drinks. It did not apply to diet drinks, chocolate milk or ...
Nigerian president orders crackdown on gangs after 150 killed in conflict-hit north
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed security agencies to hunt down the perpetrators of a weekend attack that killed at least 150 people in the country’s northcentral, as he faces ...
Three-year-old Quebec girl missing since Sunday found alive by police in Ontario
MONTREAL — A three-year-old Montreal girl who was reported missing on Sunday has been found alive by police in Ontario.
Nova Scotia woman who killed daughter granted day passes from prison, but not parole
TRURO — A Nova Scotia woman who murdered her 12-year-old daughter in 2008 has been granted unescorted day passes from prison for 60 days. But the Parole Board of Canada has denied Penny Boudreau’s ...
ER data in Winnipeg shows longer waits, higher walkouts for Black and Indigenous patients
Black and Indigenous patients in Winnipeg are waiting significantly longer in emergency rooms. According to preliminary ...
New Windsor Park Fire-Paramedic Station officially commissioned
The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service’s newly built Station 9 in Windsor Park was officially commissioned Wednesday, marking a ...
The Latest: Jury finds Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder in death of police boyfriend
A jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, but guilty of a lesser charge of drunk driving.
Jury reaches verdict in Karen Read murder trial over death of Boston police boyfriend
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the murder trial of Karen Read reached a verdict Wednesday in a divisive case about the death of a Boston police officer that lawyers have presented as either a tragic ...
Funeral standoff halts repatriation of former Zambian president's body
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — The family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu delayed the repatriation of his body from South Africa for a second time Wednesday in a feud with the country’s current leader ...
Heat dome will blanket much of the US, with worrisome temperatures in Midwest
Some parts of the U.S., such as Phoenix, Arizona, are famously hot without the mugginess. Phoenix and nearby desert regions experience this so-called “dry heat” due to being located far away from ...