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First carbon offset market coming to help big industry cut emissions at a lower cost
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is creating Canada's first carbon offset market to help big industry in its quest to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon offset credits will be cre...
Jun 08, 2022

Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 17, injures 50
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more, including some critically, authorities said. The report said ...
Jun 08, 2022

Civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton is still 'fearless'
ATLANTA (AP) - A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped sustain the civil rights movement in the 1960s says she's deeply saddened by the hate crimes seeking to terrorize people across ...
Jun 07, 2022

Congresswoman, billionaire to faceoff in LA mayor's race
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso breezed past a large field of rivals looking to be the next mayor of Los Angeles and advanced Tuesday to a runo...
Jun 07, 2022

San Francisco ousts liberal DA Chesa Boudin in heated recall
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco on Tuesday has voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety...
Jun 07, 2022

Lightning beat Rangers 4-1 to even East final
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Nikita Kucherov scored on a breakaway and Andrei Vasilevskiy had 33 saves Tuesday night, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning shut down the New York Rangers 4-1 and even the NHL's Easter...
Jun 07, 2022

Manoah, Blue Jays shut down Royals 7-0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Alek Manoah scattered six hits in six scoreless innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 7-0 Tuesday night. Alejandro Kirk had four hits and scored a run f...
Jun 07, 2022

Mendicino ‘misunderstood’ in saying police asked for Emergencies Act: deputy minister
OTTAWA - A senior official in the department of public safety says the minister has been "misunderstood" in saying police asked the federal government to use the Emergencies Act in February. Deputy mi...
Jun 07, 2022

Iowa Democrat Franken will face Grassley in Senate race
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Democrat Mike Franken, a retired Navy admiral, will face Republican Chuck Grassley in the race for an Iowa U.S. Senate seat, winning his party nomination Tuesday over two compe...
Jun 07, 2022

Mark Ronchetti wins GOP primary for New Mexico governor
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Mark Ronchetti has won the Republican primary for governor to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The former television meteorologist on Tuesday defeated ...
Jun 07, 2022