Category Archives: Science
Accounts deceivable: Email scam costliest type of cybercrime
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — It's a crime that siphons untold billions from the economy — but many people have never heard of it. Business Email Compromise
‘Everybody’s responsibility:’ Surging number of deadly overdoses in Manitoba
WINNIPEG — The number of people who died from drug overdoses surpassed 400 in Manitoba last year and there are renewed calls for more to be done to curb the deadly trend that has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Preliminary data
Accounts deceivable: Email scam costliest type of cybercrime
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A shopping spree in Beverly Hills, a luxury vacation in Mexico, a bank account that jumped from $299.77 to $1.4 million overnight. From
Decade after hepatitis outbreak, medical registry might end
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The medical technician who drew blood from New Hampshire Rep. Peter Schmidt after he broke his leg in February was registered with the state, thanks to a 2014 law enacted after a traveling medical technician infected
MacKay recalls the French, German NATO ‘no’ to Ukraine that Zelenskyy denounced
OTTAWA — Peter MacKay says he was chilled by a memory from his time as Canada's defence minister as he absorbed the recent images of Volodymyr Zelenskyy walking through the corpse-laden streets of Bucha. Last weekend, the stricken and angry Ukrainian
Shanghai hospital pays the price for China’s COVID response
BEIJING (AP) — A series of deaths at a hospital for elderly patients in Shanghai is underscoring the dangerous consequences of China's stubborn pursuit of a zero-COVID approach amid an escalating outbreak in the city of 26 million people.
Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks new abortion law
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a new state law that would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allow the law to be enforced through lawsuits.
Maryland Gov. Hogan vetoes bill to expand abortion access
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed a measure Friday that would expand access to abortion in the state by ending a restriction that only physicians can provide them and requiring most insurance plans to cover abortion care
Kentucky governor vetoes proposed 15-week abortion ban
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a Republican-priority measure on Friday that would ban abortions in Kentucky after 15 weeks of pregnancy and regulate the dispensing of abortion pills.
Canada’s premiers disappointed in lack of federal funds for struggling health systems
OTTAWA — Canada's premiers say they're disappointed the federal government didn't put forward a sustainable plan to financially shore up the country's ailing health systems in its newly tabled budget. Premiers have been calling for the health minister...
