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Oklahoma drops some claims against opioid manufacturers
OKLAHOMA CITY - A week after reaching a $270 million settlement with the maker of OxyContin, Oklahoma's attorney general Thursday dropped some claims against other drugmakers in a lawsuit alleging the...
Apr 06, 2019
Wild first period leads Mustangs to massive game five win
Game five of the SJHL semi-final between the Melfort Mustangs and Estevan Bruins lived up to the hype on Friday.At the Northern Lights Palace in Melfort, the Mustangs finally opened the scoring in the...
Apr 06, 2019 (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Ex-Auburn football coach Tuberville to run for Ala. Senate
LAS VEGAS - Former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville is joining the Republican race to win back the Alabama Senate seat from Democrat Doug Jones in 2020. Tuberville announced his candi...
Apr 06, 2019
Congress invokes powers to challenge Trump on war in Yemen
WASHINGTON - Rejecting a plank of President Donald Trump's foreign policy, the House on Thursday invoked never-before-used powers to demand that his administration withdraw support from the Saudi-led ...
Apr 06, 2019
Canadian Bar Association calls on Quebec to drop notwithstanding clause from Bill 21
MONTREAL - Quebec's decision to draft a bill that affects the rights of religious minorities but limits their ability to challenge the legislation suggests the Canadian court system is useless or...
Apr 06, 2019
Mormons ease opposition to same-sex couples and their kids
SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday repealed rules that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and that labeled same-sex couples as sinners eligible for e...
Apr 06, 2019
Flint water crisis takes centre stage in new play
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The Flint water crisis has been the subject of several documentaries and even a network drama, but now the issue is taking centre stage in a new play at the University of Michigan. ...
Apr 06, 2019
N.S. woman plans constitutional challenge of roadside cannabis test
HALIFAX - A lawyer for a Nova Scotia motorist whose licence was suspended after her saliva tested positive for cannabis says his firm will use the case to launch a consti...
Apr 06, 2019
Russell, Wallace score two tries apiece as Wolfpack defeat Sheffield Eagles
LONDON - Matty Russell and Blake Wallace scored two tries apiece as the Toronto Wolfpack remained on top of the second-tier Betfred Championship with a 40-10 rugby league win over the Sheffield E...
Apr 06, 2019
'Bit of a lark:' Canadian miner files claim on disputed Arctic island
A longtime mining geologist and developer has come up with his own solution to Canada's long-running Arctic sovereignty dispute with Denmark. John Robins has filed and been granted a mineral expl...
Apr 06, 2019