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Deadly school bus crash in Ohio yields safety, training guidance - but no seat belt mandate

Deadly school bus crash in Ohio yields safety, training guidance - but no seat belt mandate

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a deadly school bus crash last summer, a task force convened by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recommended Wednesday more training, driver benefits and safety features — but not a seat belt mandate.
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Live updates | South Africa alleges Israel is ignoring court ruling as more are killed in north Gaza

Live updates | South Africa alleges Israel is ignoring court ruling as more are killed in north Gaza

South Africa’s foreign minister alleged Israel is ignoring the ruling by the United Nations’ top court last week, which ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza.
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Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes in schools

Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes in schools

Premier Danielle Smith has announced a raft of changes affecting transgender Albertans, including requiring parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
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EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as US undergoes overdose epidemic

EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as US undergoes overdose epidemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — The e-commerce giant eBay will pay $59 million in a settlement with the Justice Department over thousands of pill press machines sold on the platform, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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A list of Alberta's new policies on gender and sexuality

A list of Alberta's new policies on gender and sexuality

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has posted a video to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, announcing several new policies and guidelines dealing with gender and sexuality.
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Dentists, hygienists still in the dark on details of federal dental-care plan

Dentists, hygienists still in the dark on details of federal dental-care plan

OTTAWA — With just months to go before patients can start making appointments, dentists, hygienists and other dental-care providers are still waiting for crucial details about how the federal government's new dental-care plan will work and how much t
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Mississippi eyes quicker Medicaid coverage in pregnancy to try to reduce deaths of moms and babies

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could allow Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the nation's worst rate of infant mortality .
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New Brunswick's only private abortion provider announces it is closing its doors

New Brunswick's only private abortion provider announces it is closing its doors

FREDERICTON — A private abortion clinic in Fredericton says it has finally shut its doors, citing a steep rent increase and a lack of funding from the provincial government. A notice on Clinic 554's website says abortion care ended as of Wednesday.
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'Completely overwhelmed': Family doctors in Alberta take concerns to social media

'Completely overwhelmed': Family doctors in Alberta take concerns to social media

CALGARY — One family doctor in Calgary says she doesn't know how much longer she can continue to care for her 1,500 patients.
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Ending drug decriminalization won't save lives, B.C. minister says on anniversary

Ending drug decriminalization won't save lives, B.C. minister says on anniversary

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside says ending the province's three-year drug decriminalization project won't save "a single life," as the experiment comes under political pressure and the overdose
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