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Feds warn 2023 on track to be the worst fire season ever seen in Canada

Feds warn 2023 on track to be the worst fire season ever seen in Canada

Canada's emergency preparedness minister says images of wildfires burning across the country are some of the most severe ever witnessed in Canada and the current forecast for the next few months indicates the potential for continued higher-than-norma
Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says

Too many people in NYC are stopped, searched and frisked illegally, federal monitor says

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk" as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of color and running afoul of the law, a court-appointed federal monitor reported Monday.
Hoskin wins another 4-year term as chief of Cherokee Nation, country's most populous tribe

Hoskin wins another 4-year term as chief of Cherokee Nation, country's most populous tribe

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Cherokee Nation’s Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. won reelection to another four-year term as leader of the nation’s most populous tribe, according to results certified Monday by the tribe's Election Commission.
Trump's lawyers say defamation claim by NY writer must fail because jury agreed he never raped her

Trump's lawyers say defamation claim by NY writer must fail because jury agreed he never raped her

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York writer who won a $5 million jury verdict against ex-President Donald Trump can’t win a pending defamation lawsuit against him because the jury agreed with Trump that he never raped her, his lawyers told a judge Monday.
Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims

Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's attorney general announced Monday she has begun investigating the board of directors of Fox Corp.
Louisiana Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender youths

Louisiana Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender youths

BATON ROUGE, La.
Biden praises Denmark for 'standing up' for Ukraine in war with Russia

Biden praises Denmark for 'standing up' for Ukraine in war with Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden thanked Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Monday for Denmark's role in a Western alliance “standing up" for Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia’s 15-month-old invasion.
B.C. officials push back against safe supply critics and their 'polarizing rhetoric'

B.C. officials push back against safe supply critics and their 'polarizing rhetoric'

VICTORIA — British Columbia officials have sought to rebut claims that drugs prescribed through the province's safe supply program aimed at curbing overdoses are being re-sold to young people, helping fuel the deadly drug toxicity crisis. B.C.
California officials: Florida picked up asylum-seekers on Texas border and flew them to Sacramento

California officials: Florida picked up asylum-seekers on Texas border and flew them to Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
'We need wetlands': Saskatchewan environmental groups concerned over drainage plan

'We need wetlands': Saskatchewan environmental groups concerned over drainage plan

REGINA — Clint Blyth continues to see his stream banks erode each year. The southeastern Saskatchewan rancher says the degradation is caused by those upstream who illegally drain water, as every year huge gushes take chunks out of the banks.