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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after undergoing treatment in Montreal for prostate cancer. A statement from his daughter says the family expects him to be “back to normal in the coming weeks.”  Mulroney forged closer ties with the U.S. via a sweeping free trade agreement. He pushed the

BOSTON (AP) — The FBI said participants in a Department of Defense training exercise at a Boston hotel entered the wrong room Tuesday and mistakenly detained a hotel guest instead of the individual assigned the role of the person to be detained. The incident occurred about 10 p.m. with the Boston Division of the FBI

By MICHAEL BLOOD, LISA MASCARO and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has welcomed Taiwan’s president in a rare high-level meeting on U.S. soil. The face-to-face session with President Tsai Ing-wen risks anger from China. More than a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers joined Republican McCarthy for the

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants. That’s an update to standards imposed more than a decade ago. The proposal would lower emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants that can harm brain development

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn drug dealer pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena’s plea to a charge of conspiring to distribute drugs was entered in Manhattan federal court. Sentencing was set by U.S. District Judge Ronnie

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has undergone questioning about diamond jewelry gifts when he was in power, as part of an investigation into whether he engaged in any irregularities in bringing the items into Brazil. After Bolsonaro left the Federal Police headquarters in Brazil’s capital Wednesday,

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is being sought for war crimes for deporting children from Ukraine, told a U.N. meeting Wednesday that the children were taken for their safety and Moscow is coordinating with international organizations to return them to their families. Ambassadors from

By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A children’s book illustrator from Alaska known for drawing mother-baby animal pairs like sea otters and wolves was dropped by his publisher this week after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children. Mitchell Thomas Watley, 47, will have a preliminary hearing April

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills banning gender-affirming care for minors, making those states the latest to restrict transgender health care as Republican-led legislatures continue to curb LGBTQ+ rights this year. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation Wednesday that will