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Prosecutors now doubt imprisoned mother killed her children

Prosecutors now doubt imprisoned mother killed her children

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prosecutors acknowledged to a government inquiry Wednesday that new scientific and genetic evidence left reasonable doubt that an Australian mother deliberately killed her four children 20 years after she was convicted of d
Montana transgender lawmaker faces censure or expulsion

Montana transgender lawmaker faces censure or expulsion

HELENA, Mont.
UN warns of lab risk, more displacement amid Sudan conflict

UN warns of lab risk, more displacement amid Sudan conflict

GENEVA (AP) — U.N. officials said Tuesday that one side in the Sudan conflict has seized control of a national health lab in the capital of Khartoum that holds biological material, calling it an “extremely dangerous” development.
Yukon government starts funding 40 hours of paid sick leave

Yukon government starts funding 40 hours of paid sick leave

WHITEHORSE — Yukon is the first jurisdiction in Canada to provide government-funded paid sick leave with a program targeting workers who are most likely to suffer from taking unpaid time off, Premier Ranj Pillai says.
B.C. Appeal Court sides with mom in case involving access to parental medical records

B.C. Appeal Court sides with mom in case involving access to parental medical records

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has a year to fix its child protection laws after an Appeal Court panel found the legislation unreasonably gave social workers power to access parents' highly sensitive medical information. The B.C.
North Dakota's latest try at abortion ban could face lawsuit

North Dakota's latest try at abortion ban could face lawsuit

North Dakota has become the latest state to ban abortion in most cases — again. Gov.
New Washington gun law already faces federal court challenge

New Washington gun law already faces federal court challenge

OLYMPIA Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov.
Inquest hears Thunder Bay jail lacked adequate mental health services

Inquest hears Thunder Bay jail lacked adequate mental health services

TORONTO — Inmates at a Thunder Bay jail received inadequate mental health services, a psychiatrist who treated a renowned Indigenous artist who died at the facility told an inquest on Tuesday.
More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill becomes law

More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill becomes law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past year, the U.S.
WHO fires doctor after findings of sexual misconduct

WHO fires doctor after findings of sexual misconduct

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has fired one of its doctors who faced allegations, first reported by The Associated Press , that he had repeatedly engaged in sexual misconduct. The U.N.