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Report: Man loses testicle after clubbing by Paris police

Report: Man loses testicle after clubbing by Paris police

PARIS (AP) — Doctors amputated the testicle of a young man who got clubbed in the groin by a police officer during a huge Paris demonstration and who plans to file a lawsuit, daily French newspaper Liberation quoted him as saying in an article publis
Ontario pediatric hospitals ask for help to deal with backlog of 12,000 surgeries

Ontario pediatric hospitals ask for help to deal with backlog of 12,000 surgeries

Nearly 12,000 children are on a wait list for surgeries across Ontario, a situation officials at four major pediatric hospitals say is part of a much bigger problem they need help from the province to solve.
Sanders' Latinx ban wades into community's generational rift

Sanders' Latinx ban wades into community's generational rift

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — One of Sarah Huckabee Sanders' first acts as Arkansas governor was to ban most state agencies from using the gender-neutral term Latinx, tapping into a debate that's divided Hispanics along generational lines.
Lawmakers seek to bar insurrectionists from holding office

Lawmakers seek to bar insurrectionists from holding office

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to send a message two years after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol: Those who engage in an attempted overthrow of the government shouldn’t be allowed to run it.
Hockey brawls to debt limit: Emmer wrangles House GOP votes

Hockey brawls to debt limit: Emmer wrangles House GOP votes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The way Republican Rep. Tom Emmer tells it, the lousiest job he ever had — he has a saltier way of describing it — was running the House Republican campaign committee.
State lawmakers propose power grid protections after attacks

State lawmakers propose power grid protections after attacks

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When gunshots at two electrical substations cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes for several days in early December, Republican state Rep.
Federal cabinet set for three-day retreat in Hamilton ahead of Parliament's return

Federal cabinet set for three-day retreat in Hamilton ahead of Parliament's return

OTTAWA — The ongoing affordability crunch and the threat of a looming recession will be front and centre as the federal Liberal cabinet holds a post-holiday cabinet retreat this week.
US ambassador heading to Africa as part of Biden's big push

US ambassador heading to Africa as part of Biden's big push

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, is the second Cabinet member heading to Africa as part of President Joe Biden’s big push to engage with the world’s second-largest continent. The U.S.
Slovak vote on early election not binding due to low turnout

Slovak vote on early election not binding due to low turnout

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A nationwide referendum in Slovakia on amending the country’s constitution to make possible an early election has failed to produce a legally binding result because the turnout was too low.
EXPLAINER: Tensions high over isolated Azerbaijan region

EXPLAINER: Tensions high over isolated Azerbaijan region

MOSCOW (AP) — Two years after Azerbaijan and Armenia ended a war that killed about 6,800 soldiers and displaced around 90,000 civilians, tensions between the countries are again high in a dispute over a six-kilometer (nearly four-mile) road known as