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Albertans can start pre-ordering paid COVID-19 shots after June policy shift

Albertans can start pre-ordering paid COVID-19 shots after June policy shift

EDMONTON — Albertans can begin pre-ordering COVID-19 shots for the fall after a recent policy shift requiring most people to pay for their vaccination, but the provincial government still doesn't know how much.
Pete Carroll, Aaron Rodgers head a list of familiar faces in new places this NFL season

Pete Carroll, Aaron Rodgers head a list of familiar faces in new places this NFL season

Aaron Rodgers joined Pittsburgh. Davante Adams went to Hollywood. Cooper Kupp is in Seattle. Russell Wilson’s latest stop is the Big Apple.
Montreal public health asking ER doctors to report all heat-related deaths

Montreal public health asking ER doctors to report all heat-related deaths

MONTREAL — Montreal's public health department is asking emergency room doctors to report all deaths suspected of being related to the ongoing heat wave.
Ousted FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad is returning to the agency

Ousted FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad is returning to the agency

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration official is getting his job back as the agency's top vaccine regulator, less than two weeks after he was pressured to step down at the urging of biotech executives, patient groups and conservative alli
Why more women are switching to reusable menstrual products

Why more women are switching to reusable menstrual products

It was six months ago that Selin Celikoyar bought her last tampon and switched to a reusable menstrual disc. "I had already been wary of tampons from an environmental perspective and also from a biological perspective.
Netanyahu defends new military offensive in Gaza and says it will be wider than announced

Netanyahu defends new military offensive in Gaza and says it will be wider than announced

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that's more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that Israel “has no choice
Mental health clinics in violence-prone South Sudan are rare and endangered

Mental health clinics in violence-prone South Sudan are rare and endangered

MUNDRI, South Sudan (AP) — Joy Falatiya said her husband kicked her and five children out of their home in March 2024 and that she fell apart after that.
Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies

Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies

More than 70 million Americans sweated through the muggiest first two months of summer on record as climate change has noticeably dialed up the Eastern United States' humidity in recent decades, an Associated Press data analysis shows.
What to know about how Trump's judicial picks could reshape abortion rights for decades

What to know about how Trump's judicial picks could reshape abortion rights for decades

CHICAGO (AP) — A review by The Associated Press shows that several of President Donald Trump's nominees to the federal courts have revealed anti-abortion views, been associated with anti-abortion groups or defended abortion restrictions.
Trump has said abortion is a state issue. His judicial picks could shape it nationally for decades

Trump has said abortion is a state issue. His judicial picks could shape it nationally for decades

CHICAGO (AP) — One called abortion a “barbaric practice.” Another referred to himself as a “zealot” for the anti-abortion movement.
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