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Kim Jong Un shows off daughter, missiles at N. Korean parade

Kim Jong Un shows off daughter, missiles at N. Korean parade

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his young daughter took center stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation that she is being primed as a future leader of the isolated country as her father showed off his latest,
Australia rejects open-pit coal mine near Great Barrier Reef

Australia rejects open-pit coal mine near Great Barrier Reef

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia for the first time has rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law, with the government minister citing the open-pit mine's potential harm to the nearby Great Barrier Reef.
Police video from 'Cop City' operation doesn't show shooting

Police video from 'Cop City' operation doesn't show shooting

ATLANTA (AP) — Newly released Atlanta police body camera video shows officers clearing tents from the site of a planned public safety training center and then reacting after they heard the barrage of gunfire that left an environmental activist dead a
In GOP-held Florida, Biden vows no cuts to Social Security

In GOP-held Florida, Biden vows no cuts to Social Security

TAMPA, Florida (AP) — With an eye toward the 2024 campaign, President Joe Biden took direct aim at Republicans who have floated cuts to Social Security and Medicare — telling an audience in Florida on Thursday that he would create a “nightmare” for a

Montana lawmakers amend proposed transgender harassment bill

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers on Thursday amended a proposed bill that opponents criticized as letting students avoid punishment for intentionally misgendering or deadnaming their transgender peers.
GOP opens 'weaponization' probe with sweeping claims of bias

GOP opens 'weaponization' probe with sweeping claims of bias

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched the marquee investigation of their new majority Thursday with a brazen assertion that the federal government has been used against conservatives, drawing in current and former lawmakers to make a sprawling
Gap in services for Indigenous people in B.C. correctional centres: audit

Gap in services for Indigenous people in B.C. correctional centres: audit

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority must "do better," the auditor general said, after his office found it was not consistently providing services to Indigenous inmates with mental health and addictions diagnoses.
Alberta premier says landing missed on limp handshake with prime minister

Alberta premier says landing missed on limp handshake with prime minister

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, weighing in on a limp hand clasp with the prime minister that went viral, says she never expected she would have to shake hands with him at a media photo opportunity.
DA says libel case against N. Carolina Attorney General over

DA says libel case against N. Carolina Attorney General over

RALEIGH, N.C.
Sen. John Fetterman remains in hospital, undergoing tests

Sen. John Fetterman remains in hospital, undergoing tests

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen.