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Crown asks for parents to spend eight years in prison for horrific death of toddler

Crown asks for parents to spend eight years in prison for horrific death of toddler

CALGARY — A Crown prosecutor is calling for a Calgary couple who killed their badly burned and emaciated toddler to be sentenced to eight years in prison.
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Highlights of Ontario's 2025 budget: U.S. tariff measures, boost for alcohol market

Highlights of Ontario's 2025 budget: U.S. tariff measures, boost for alcohol market

TORONTO — The Ontario government tabled a budget Thursday that focused on investments it says will protect Ontario workers in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. The province is projecting a deficit of $14.
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Ontario to spend hundreds of millions to boost alcohol sector

Ontario to spend hundreds of millions to boost alcohol sector

TORONTO — Ontario plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars boosting the province's alcohol sector, including programs to support grape farmers, wineries, distilleries and craft breweries.
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Walz contrasts Minnesota's bipartisan budget breakthrough with Washington's deep divisions

Walz contrasts Minnesota's bipartisan budget breakthrough with Washington's deep divisions

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature announced a hard-fought budget deal Thursday, contrasting the bipartisan cooperation that produced the agreement with the deep divisions that have tied Washington in knots.
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Police charge man with murder after 4 people are found dead in central Georgia home

PERRY, Ga. (AP) — Police in central Georgia arrested a man Thursday on murder charges in the killings of three adults and a 2-year-old child found dead in a mobile home last month.
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An American basketball player arrested in Indonesia for alleged drug smuggling

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday.
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Mourners from all corners of Uruguay bid farewell to iconic former President José Mujica

Mourners from all corners of Uruguay bid farewell to iconic former President José Mujica

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay's capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a former guerrilla who became a pioneering leader and icon of the Latin American left, remembered
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Gov. Ivey signs a bill regulating the sale of hemp products

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed legislation putting new regulations on gummies, drinks and other products containing cannabinoids from hemp, a legal variety of the marijuana plant.
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José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89

José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Former Uruguayan President José Mujica , a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died. He was 89.
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Wisconsin father charged in school shooting is latest parent accused in gun violence

Wisconsin father charged in school shooting is latest parent accused in gun violence

A Wisconsin man charged with crimes for a school shooting committed by his daughter is the latest U.S. parent taken to court for violence caused by a child.
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