Some California mountain residents could be snowed in a week
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some residents stranded in Southern California mountain communities by a huge snowfall could be stuck for another week, an official said Friday....
The implications of Walgreens’ decision on abortion pills
Walgreens says it will not start selling an abortion pill in 20 states that had warned of legal consequences if it did so. The drugstore chain’s...
‘Every number is good’: Analytics helping speed up baseball
Robot umpires. A strike zone that looks more like a stop sign than a rectangle. Allowing the batter to take off for first base on any...
N.S. RCMP arrest suspect after car shot, triggering emergency alert
LONDONDERRY, N.S. – RCMP in Nova Scotia say they have arrested a man who allegedly shot at a car in Central Onslow early Friday. The shooting...
Records show suspect in TV attack had many juvenile arrests
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A 19-year-old suspect charged in last week’s fatal shootings of a TV reporter, a 9-year-old girl and a woman was arrested at...
UEFA punishes 11 European soccer clubs for overdue debts
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA punished 11 clubs on Friday, including one in Slovenia where its president Aleksander Čeferin was once a board member, for breaking...
Mexico hopes to avoid sanctions on vaquita’s near extinction
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is seeking to avoid potential trade sanctions this week for failing to stop the near-extinction of the vaquita, the world’s smallest...
Vancouver dumps ‘living wage’ policy, effectively cutting wage for lowest-paid staff
VANCOUVER – Nearly six years after Vancouver became the largest city in Canada to commit to a living wage, councillors voted to end the initiative. In...
Serbia’s LGBTQ groups rally after spate of attacks on gays
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s beleaguered LGBTQ activists on Friday rallied to demand state action following a spate of violence against gays, including a stabbing that...
In ‘The Quiet Girl,’ a history making film for Ireland
Irish filmmaker Colm Bairéad discovered Claire Keegan’s novella “Foster” a little later than most. The “long short story,” as Keegan likes to call it, is told...