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An Indian family froze to death crossing the Canada-US border, a perilous trip becoming more common
On the last night of their lives, Jagdish Patel, his wife and their two young children tried to slip into the U.S.…
Georgia school shifting online after infections reported
A Georgia high school plans to start the week with all classes shifting online after nine students and staff tested positive for the coronavirus as the school …
US kids, parents perform DIY tests for coronavirus science
Six thousand U.S. parents and kids are doing DIY nasal swabs twice a week to answer some of the most vexing mysteries about the coronavirus
Trump defers payroll tax, allows some unemployment pay
President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to revive an expired unemployment benefit and defer some payroll taxes, contending he is taking action after…
Trump signs $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks
President Donald Trump has signed legislation that will devote nearly $3 billion annually to conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of natio…
US officials seek limits on "habitat" for imperiled species
The Trump administration is proposing to define what land and water can be declared as “habitat” for imperiled plants and animals _ potentially excluding areas…
Canada high court dismisses Indigenous appeal of pipeline
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an from British Columbia First Nations against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that would nearly triple the flo…
Seattle police forcibly clear 'lawless' protest zone
Police on Wednesday forcibly cleared out Seattle’s “occupied” protest zone after about two weeks in a situation that had attracted the complaints of local busi…
Seattle cops dismantle 'occupied' zone
Police in Seattle have cleared out protesters and torn down their camping sites in the city's so-called occupied protest zone after the mayor ordered it cleared
Background checks, a metric for gun sales, hit all-time high
Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm have been conducted in June
Demonstrators resist as crews arrive at Seattle protest zone
Crews arrived with heavy equipment at an occupied protest zone in Seattle, ready to dismantle barriers set up by demonstrators, but the work was halted when so…
COVID-19 is growing in Spokane, and Inslee says wear masks
The rate of people being hospitalized for COVID-19 in Spokane has doubled in the past week, and the state’s second-largest city is “”on the edge of a cliff
Trump administration takes Keystone dispute to Supreme Court
The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a permit program that allows new oil and gas pipelines to cross waterways with little review
Judge: U.S. must release $679M in tribal virus relief funds
A federal judge says the U.S. Treasury Department must release $679 million in coronavirus relief to tribes that it intended to withhold over a court challenge
Canada, U.S. and Mexico extend border restrictions to July 21
The U.S., Canada and Mexico have agreed to extend their agreements to keep their shared borders closed to non-essential travel to July 21 during the coronaviru…
Canada and the U.S. working on extending border closure
A Canadian government official says Canada and the U.S. are working on an agreement to extend closing their border to nonessential travel during the coronaviru…