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Toronto hospital to open permanent supportive housing apartments for homeless people

Toronto hospital to open permanent supportive housing apartments for homeless people

TORONTO — A new housing project for those who live on the streets and frequently end up in the emergency room is set to welcome its first residents in Toronto this month, supported by one of the largest hospital networks in Canada.
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How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life and what the graphic is missing

How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life and what the graphic is missing

Ever since the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump has professed a unique fondness for a bar chart he credits for saving his life.
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Republican Liz Cheney to join Kamala Harris at Wisconsin campaign stop

Republican Liz Cheney to join Kamala Harris at Wisconsin campaign stop

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former congresswoman Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Thursday aimed at reaching out to moderate voters and rattling the GOP nomi
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'It will take time': Wab Kinew reflects on first year as Manitoba premier

'It will take time': Wab Kinew reflects on first year as Manitoba premier

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew continues to enjoy a honeymoon with voters one year after his NDP government was elected, but there are challenges ahead in fulfilling promises to improve health care and balance the budget.
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Cundill History Prize finalists include books on early North America, post-WWII Japan

Cundill History Prize finalists include books on early North America, post-WWII Japan

Books about the civilizations of pre-colonial Indigenous North America, the early Black civil rights movement and post-Second World War Japan are finalists for the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize.
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More Ontario school boards in deficit, using reserves: ministry documents

More Ontario school boards in deficit, using reserves: ministry documents

TORONTO — An increasing number of Ontario school boards are reporting deficits and are using or even depleting their reserves, according to internal Ministry of Education briefing documents.
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Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters to be sentenced for voting data scheme

Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters to be sentenced for voting data scheme

A former Colorado county clerk and one-time hero to election conspiracists is set to be sentenced Thursday for leading a data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that voting fraud altered the result of the 2020 presidential race.
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How Black leaders in New York are grappling with Eric Adams and representation

How Black leaders in New York are grappling with Eric Adams and representation

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t a shock to many Black New Yorkers that Mayor Eric Adams has surrounded himself with African American civil rights leaders, clergy and grassroots activists since his indictment last week on federal bribery charges.
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How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life - and what the chart is missing

How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life - and what the chart is missing

Ever since the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump has professed a unique fondness for a bar chart he credits for saving his life.
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Haunted by 2016, some Michigan Democrats worry that Harris remains ill-defined in swing state

Haunted by 2016, some Michigan Democrats worry that Harris remains ill-defined in swing state

EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) — Bill Clinton stood with Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell outside a suburban Detroit grocery store two days before the 2016 election when it was clear to both that Hillary Clinton would lose the state.
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