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Chicago teachers reach contract deal for the first time in more than a decade without a strike

Chicago teachers reach contract deal for the first time in more than a decade without a strike

CHICAGO (AP) — For the first time in over a decade, Chicago’s public school teachers have a new contract without a strike or threat of a walkout. The four-year agreement includes pay hikes, hiring more teachers and class size limits.
Manitoba premier says Winnipeg property to be expropriated, turned into park

Manitoba premier says Winnipeg property to be expropriated, turned into park

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is planning to expropriate a private property in south Winnipeg that has seen clashes between its owner and area residents.
Soaring power rates forcing N.B. to consider 'all options' for future of utility

Soaring power rates forcing N.B. to consider 'all options' for future of utility

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt announced on Monday a comprehensive review of the province’s debt-laden electric utility.
Fire set at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's home is the latest in a string of political violence

Fire set at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's home is the latest in a string of political violence

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro angrily called for an end to rising political violence just hours after a man broke into the governor’s mansion and set it on fire, forcing Shapiro and his family to flee into the night.
The Latest: El Salvador’s president says he won’t release Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US

The Latest: El Salvador’s president says he won’t release Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US

President Donald Trump ’s top advisers and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador , said Monday that they had no basis for the small Central American nation to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month.
These abortion abolitionists want women who get abortion to face criminal charges

These abortion abolitionists want women who get abortion to face criminal charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Kristan Hawkins, president of the national anti-abortion group Students for Life, tours college campuses, she has grown accustomed to counterprotests from abortion rights activists.
Trump wants Congress to end daylight saving time

Trump wants Congress to end daylight saving time

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday urged Congress to “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day” in his latest dig at the semiannual changing of clocks .
Jury selected for Sarah Palin's libel suit against The New York Times

Jury selected for Sarah Palin's libel suit against The New York Times

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury was selected Monday to hear a retrial of Sarah Palin’s claims that The New York Times libeled her in an editorial eight years ago.
Poilievre promises tougher ethics rules, takes aim at Carney's assets

Poilievre promises tougher ethics rules, takes aim at Carney's assets

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials — and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney.
Some top tech leaders have embraced Trump. That's created a political divide in Silicon Valley

Some top tech leaders have embraced Trump. That's created a political divide in Silicon Valley

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Like many in the tech industry, Jeremy Lyons used to think of himself as a relatively apolitical guy.