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Bill Blair says he oversaw culture change at Toronto police, not everyone agrees
OTTAWA — As he settles in to the corner office in Ottawa's National Defence headquarters, Bill Blair is feeling pretty comfortable in his new role.
Aug 5, 2023 4:00 AM
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B.C. port workers ratify deal, ending long labour dispute
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's port workers have voted almost 75 per cent in favour of accepting a contract offer, ending weeks of turbulent job action that stopped billions of dollars' worth of goods from being shipped.
Aug 4, 2023 11:11 PM
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Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers' attention, and they have a lot of questions
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they're often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector.
Aug 4, 2023 10:19 PM
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Cost of federal census recounts push growing towns to do it themselves
Officials in the city of Lebanon worried that the amount of state money distributed from Tennessee agencies based on 2020 census figures wasn’t keeping pace with their explosive growth. So they reached out to the U.S.
Aug 4, 2023 10:14 PM
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Trump and allies boost calls for Justice Dept. takeover in new attack on democratic institutions
In the two-and-a-half years since the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S.
Aug 4, 2023 10:07 PM
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Russia's war with Ukraine has generated its own fog, and mis- and disinformation are everywhere
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — On the battlefields of Ukraine, the fog of war plagues soldiers. And far from the fighting, a related and just as disorienting miasma afflicts those who seek to understand what's happening in the vast war.
Aug 4, 2023 10:05 PM
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Trump was told not to talk to witnesses in 2020 election conspiracy case. That could be a challenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a routine part of a federal court hearing: The defendant was told not to discuss the case with any witnesses without lawyers present. But there's nothing routine about this case.
Aug 4, 2023 8:34 PM
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Trump boasts at Alabama fundraiser that he needs 'one more indictment to close out this election'
MONTGOMERY, Ala.
Aug 4, 2023 8:05 PM
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Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Charles J. Ogletree Jr.
Aug 4, 2023 6:15 PM
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Guatemala-based group extends hand on First Nations' residential school searches
OTTAWA — A Guatemala-based forensic anthropology organization is extending its hand to Indigenous Peoples in Canada looking to potentially recover remains of children on the grounds of former residential schools.
Aug 4, 2023 5:15 PM
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