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Ice sculptors say they're not worried about losing their craft to climate change

Ice sculptors say they're not worried about losing their craft to climate change

OTTAWA — As part of an annual festival celebrating winter, Ottawa's Sparks Street has been lined in recent weeks with ice sculptures depicting everything from animals and flowers to a Tim Hortons cup.
School boards urge Ontario to lift moratorium on closures

School boards urge Ontario to lift moratorium on closures

TORONTO — Ontario's public school boards are calling on the province to lift a moratorium on school closures and to finally complete a review – started six years ago – of how those closure decisions get made.
Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

Israel's outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict

GIVAT HAREL, West Bank (AP) — One day in the fall of 1998, Shivi Drori, a young farmer fresh out of the Israeli army, brought three trailers to a rugged hilltop deep in the occupied West Bank and began to plant raspberries.
Japanese Americans won redress, fight for Black reparations

Japanese Americans won redress, fight for Black reparations

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Miya Iwataki and other Japanese Americans fought in the 1980s for the U.S. government to apologize to the families it imprisoned during World War II, Black politicians and civil rights leaders were integral to the movement.
Texans who have run for president over the last 7 decades

Texans who have run for president over the last 7 decades

No current or former Texas politician has announced a campaign for the 2024 presidential race.
Tired of Texans running for president? 2024 may be reprieve

Tired of Texans running for president? 2024 may be reprieve

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — It’s early yet, but next year’s presidential race may feature something the political world hasn't seen in the last 50 years: no Texans.
North Korea says it fired cruise missiles as rivals trained

North Korea says it fired cruise missiles as rivals trained

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it test-fired long-range cruise missiles off its eastern coast a day earlier, adding to a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations as its rivals step up military training.
Australia quietly expels major Russian spy ring, report says

Australia quietly expels major Russian spy ring, report says

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has quietly expelled a large Russian spy ring whose members were posing as diplomats, a newspaper reported Friday after Australia's main security agency revealed a major counterespionage success.
2 Pakistanis leave Guantanamo after 20 years without charges

2 Pakistanis leave Guantanamo after 20 years without charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials returned two Pakistani brothers to their home country Thursday after holding them two decades without charges at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.
California AG opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office

California AG opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California attorney general on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, one of the largest law enforcement agencies in Southern California, after deaths in county jails hit a two-