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What Canadians are saying as they mark Remembrance Day across the country

What Canadians are saying as they mark Remembrance Day across the country

Canadians filled cenotaph and memorial sites across the country to mark Remembrance Day and pay tribute to soldiers who served Canada, both in active combat and peacekeeping or crisis management roles.
Nonprofits making progress in tackling homelessness among veterans, but challenges remain

Nonprofits making progress in tackling homelessness among veterans, but challenges remain

ATLANTA (AP) — Along a busy Atlanta residential road, a 68-year-old Vietnam War-era Army veteran has found what he calls a "match made in heaven.” Harold Tilson Jr.
Jim Biden's last name has helped open doors. It also has made him a target of House Republicans

Jim Biden's last name has helped open doors. It also has made him a target of House Republicans

ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — When a health care startup dreamed of building a network of rural hospitals several years ago, it turned to Jim Biden.
Sen. Manchin is the last in a line of formidable West Virginia Democrats who promoted coal interests

Sen. Manchin is the last in a line of formidable West Virginia Democrats who promoted coal interests

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Joe Manchin’s impending departure from the U.S. Senate marks the end of an era for West Virginia's conservative Democrats, who for decades held outsize influence in Washington.
Newly empowered Virginia Democrats nominate the state's first Black House speaker, Don Scott

Newly empowered Virginia Democrats nominate the state's first Black House speaker, Don Scott

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's state House will soon have its first Black speaker in its more than 400-year history after the chamber's incoming Democratic majority on Saturday chose Del. Don Scott to serve in the post.
Danica Roem breaks through in Virginia Senate by focusing on road rage and not only anti-trans hate

Danica Roem breaks through in Virginia Senate by focusing on road rage and not only anti-trans hate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lonely, poor and quite lost, Danica Roem thought she had nothing going for her back in 2016 except toned calves from toting kabobs up the stairs of apartments in Arlington, Virginia, in her dead-end food delivery job.
Constitutional challenge to Georgia voting machines set for trial early next year

Constitutional challenge to Georgia voting machines set for trial early next year

ATLANTA (AP) — The question of whether Georgia's electronic voting system has major cybersecurity flaws that amount to a violation of voters' constitutional rights to cast their votes and have those votes accurately counted is set to be decided at tr
'Support students': Some teachers say they won't follow Saskatchewan's pronoun law

'Support students': Some teachers say they won't follow Saskatchewan's pronoun law

REGINA — Alex Schmidt says she knows she may face consequences for not following the province's pronoun law, but it's a risk she's willing to take.
China ambassador seeks 'rational' relations, trade boost by 'reserving differences'

China ambassador seeks 'rational' relations, trade boost by 'reserving differences'

OTTAWA — China's ambassador to Canada says Ottawa's allegations of foreign interference in Canadian elections are hurting economic ties — but he insists his country isn't punishing Canada.

Vivek Ramaswamy's approach in business and politics is the same: Confidence, no matter the scenario

ATLANTA (AP) — A political novice and one of the world’s wealthiest millennials, Vivek Ramaswamy has waged a whirlwind presidential campaign mirroring his meteoric rise as a biotech entrepreneur.
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