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States sue TikTok, claiming its platform is addictive and harms the mental health of children
More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids.
Oct 8, 2024 10:41 AM
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Ontario lowers mammogram self-referral age to 40 from 50, bookings can now be made
TORONTO — Women in their 40s can book a mammogram in Ontario without needing a doctor's referral as of Tuesday.
Oct 8, 2024 9:30 AM
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Courts keep weighing in on abortion. Next month's elections could mean even bigger changes
Two court rulings Monday bolstered abortion opponents, with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Texas could ban emergency abortions if they violate state law and Georgia's top court allowing enforcement of the abortion ban in that state.
Oct 8, 2024 9:17 AM
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Last-minute tentative deal reached before health-care strike deadline in Manitoba
WINNIPEG — A tentative agreement was reached in the early morning hours Tuesday to avert a strike by 25,000 health-care support workers in Manitoba. The workers were set to walk off the job at 6 a.m.
Oct 8, 2024 9:00 AM
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Fast-rising cholera cases across war-torn Sudan alarm the UN
CAIRO (AP) — Cholera cases in war-torn Sudan increased by nearly 40% in less than two weeks, according to the latest figures, alarming the U.N.
Oct 8, 2024 7:44 AM
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With police at school, Vancouver Jewish community marks Oct. 7 with sadness, unease
VANCOUVER — Allie Saks had just dropped off two children at the Talmud Torah School on Oak Street in Vancouver, under the watch of multiple police wearing bulletproof vests, and at least one police dog. She broke down in tears.
Oct 7, 2024 8:44 PM
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Supreme Court declines Biden's appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, the Supreme Court said Monday.
Oct 7, 2024 5:17 PM
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Rustad's Nuremberg, Nazi comparisons to COVID-19 measures 'regrettable,' says Eby
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — British Columbia's election campaign was dragged far off course Monday as the two main party leaders were forced to comment about comparisons of the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals to COVID-19 pandemic health measures.
Oct 7, 2024 3:11 PM
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A peek inside human brain shows a way it cleans out waste
WASHINGTON (AP) — A unique peek inside the human brain may help explain how it clears away waste like the kind that can build up and lead to Alzheimer’s disease. Brain cells use a lot of nutrients which means they make a lot of waste.
Oct 7, 2024 2:58 PM
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Don't expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says
NEW YORK (AP) — Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study.
Oct 7, 2024 2:01 PM
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