Category Archives: Science
Permanent daylight time shift remains on hold as clocks set to move ahead Sunday
VICTORIA — There is public support for a switch to permanent daylight time in British Columbia and Ontario, which have passed laws to allow the change, but the potential costs and risks of going it alone are holding up the
Facing Purdue owners brings pain, closure for opioid victims
NEW YORK (AP) — Kara Trainor composed herself, looked into a camera and began to speak to the drugmakers she holds responsible for two decades of suffering that has extended from her to a son born dependent on opioids.
Liberal US cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Makeshift shelters abut busy roadways, tent cities line sidewalks, tarps cover broken-down cars, and sleeping bags are tucked in storefront doorways. The reality of the homelessness crisis in Oregon's largest city can’t be denied....
Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum
Facing Purdue owners brings pain, closure for opioid victims
NEW YORK (AP) — Kara Trainor composed herself, looked into a camera and began to speak to the drugmakers she holds responsible for two decades of suffering that has extended from her to a son born dependent on opioids.
Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest to sue San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime plans to sue the city, her attorney said Thursday.
US reverses course, allows Ukrainian family to seek asylum
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — U.S. authorities allowed a Ukrainian woman and her three children to seek asylum Thursday, a reversal from a day earlier when she was denied entry under the Biden administration's sweeping restrictions for seeking humanitarian pr...
Kentucky House panel advances medical marijuana bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Medical marijuana advocates in Kentucky cleared an initial hurdle Thursday when a House committee advanced a bill to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes.
‘Tsunami is here’: Saskatchewan seeing a decline in active family doctors
REGINA — For nearly 10 years, Dr. Tomi Mitchell has operated a family clinic, but she says she's now at a breaking point. Within 90 days, she will be closing the Pasqua South Medical Centre in Regina to focus more on
GOP lawmakers in Kentucky advance 15-week abortion ban
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republican lawmakers on Thursday advanced a proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy as the legislature considers enacting tougher restrictions on the procedure amid a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on a...
