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Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion rights ballot petition

Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion rights ballot petition

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
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Weight-loss drug Saxenda effective for kids as young as 6, study shows

Weight-loss drug Saxenda effective for kids as young as 6, study shows

A drug approved to treat obesity in adults and teens is safe and effective for use in kids as young as 6 when combined with diet and exercise, a small new study shows.
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Kentucky attorney general offers prevention plan to combat drug abuse scourge

Kentucky attorney general offers prevention plan to combat drug abuse scourge

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman unveiled plans Tuesday to create a statewide drug prevention program, saying the youth-focused initiative would fill a hole in the Bluegrass State's fight against an addiction epidemic that has claimed thousa
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Florida law enforcers are investigating the state's abortion ballot initiative. Here's what to know

Florida law enforcers are investigating the state's abortion ballot initiative. Here's what to know

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — State police in Florida are showing up at the homes of voters who signed a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the ballot in November as part of a state probe into alleged petition fraud. Republican Gov.
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Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri's November ballot, court rules

Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri's November ballot, court rules

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.
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Family of murdered Quebec police sergeant pleased with coroner's investigation

Family of murdered Quebec police sergeant pleased with coroner's investigation

MONTREAL — The family of a Quebec provincial police sergeant who was stabbed to death by a mentally ill man who wasn't taking his medication says it welcomes the coroner's report into her brutal murder.
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In 2020, New Brunswick police fatally shot two Indigenous people, prompting protests

In 2020, New Brunswick police fatally shot two Indigenous people, prompting protests

The recent fatal shooting of an Indigenous man by a New Brunswick Mountie offers a chilling reminder of two separate incidents in 2020 when police officers in the province fatally shot Indigenous people in distress.
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A residential care worker gets prison in Maine for assaults on a disabled man

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A residential care center employee in Maine is going to prison after pleading guilty to what prosecutors described as “grotesque and pervasive” assaults on a disabled man.
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Woman, 33, found with multiple gunshot wounds in Mississauga

Woman, 33, found with multiple gunshot wounds in Mississauga

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Peel Region police are investigating after a woman was left in life-threatening condition following a shooting in Mississauga, Ont.
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King Charles III to visit Australia and Samoa in a test of stamina after cancer diagnosis

King Charles III to visit Australia and Samoa in a test of stamina after cancer diagnosis

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has announced plans to visit Australia and Samoa next month on a trip that will span a dozen time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment. The Oct.
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