Nepalese Gurkhas end hunger strike over UK military pensions
LONDON (AP) — A 13-day hunger strike by former Nepalese Gurkha soldiers came to an end Thursday after the British government agreed to enter talks with the Nepalese Embassy over equal pensions for veterans.
COVID-19 case counts continue upward trend in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — New Brunswick is reporting 23 new COVID-19 cases across three health zones today. Deputy chief medical officer Dr. Cristin Muecke says in a news release 19 of the 23 cases involve people who aren't fully vaccinated. Sixteen new cases are
Officers seize 70 traps in N.S. after First Nation expands self-regulated fishery
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. — The federal Fisheries Department says its officers have seized 70 lobster traps in an area of southwestern Nova Scotia where fishers from the Sipekne’katik First Nation have been operating a self-regulated fishery. The news comes ...
Hundreds gather for funeral of slain Chicago police officer
CHICAGO (AP) — Scores of police officers stood to attention as the casket containing the body of a Chicago police officer fatally shot this month was carried into a South Side church for her funeral Thursday morning.
Doug Ford’s Tories apologize for fundraising letter resembling invoice
TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives are apologizing for sending a letter to supporters that asked for donations on a form that resembled an invoice. The party says in a statement this morning that the correspondence was sent to a "limited gr...
8th-graders lead effort to pardon wrongly convicted ‘witch’
BOSTON (AP) — More than three centuries after a Massachusetts woman was wrongly convicted of witchcraft and sentenced to death, she's finally on the verge of being exonerated — thanks to a curious eighth-grade civics class.
Booming Colo. town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — "Go West, young man,'' Horace Greeley famously urged. The problem for the northern Colorado town that bears
Hezbollah says Iranian fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon soon
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said Thursday that an Iranian fuel tanker will sail toward Lebanon “within hours,” warning Israel and the United States not to intercept it.
Appeals court upholds Texas law to ban abortion procedure
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies has been upheld by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.
Government shelling of north Syria kills 5, mostly children
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces shelled a village in the country's rebel-held northwest on Thursday, killing five people, most of them children, opposition activists said.