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Children as young as 7 work fields at U.S. tobacco farms under dangerous...
RICHMOND, Va. — You may have to be at least 18 to buy cigarettes in the U.S., but children as young as 7 are working long hours in fields harvesting nicotine- and pesticide-laced tobacco leaves under...
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Group pushes U.S. government, companies to change laws allowing child labour...
RICHMOND, Va. — An international rights group is pushing the U.S. government and the tobacco industry to take further steps to protect children working on tobacco farms. A report released Wednesday by...
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Apple and Google declare cease-fire in legal war
By Joel Rosenblatt, Susan Decker, Brian Womack and Adam Satariano Apple Inc. and Google Inc. have declared a cease-fire in their intellectual-property wars. The two Silicon Valley technology giants...
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Russian tycoon ordered to pay $4.5 billion to ex-wife in what would be most...
By John Heilprin GENEVA — A Swiss court has ordered a Russian billionaire to pay more than $4.5 billion US to his ex-wife in what could become the biggest divorce settlement in history. In papers...
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Isidro Garcia: doting father or alleged abusive rapist who kidnapped a...
By Amy Taxin SANTA ANA, Calif. — Neighbours say Isidro Garcia is a doting father, loyal husband and good provider for his family. That doesn’t mean he’s not all the things prosecutors say he is: an...
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Debate continues on gay movement’s place in U.S. history books (with video)
NEW YORK — The U.S. National Park Service will begin marking places of significance to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, a cabinet secretary announced Friday at the scene...
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Two 12-year-old girls charged in Slender Man stabbing come from good...
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Neighbours of two U.S. girls accused of stabbing a friend nearly to death say they’re struggling to reconcile the allegations with what they know about the 12-year-olds and their...
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12-year-old Wisconsin girl who was stabbed 19 times released from hospital,...
WAUKESHA, Wis. — A 12-year-old girl who police say was stabbed repeatedly by two classmates trying to curry favour with a fictional horror character has been released from hospital, the victim’s...
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New atlas documents Inuit trail network, bolsters Arctic sovereignty case
The Canadian Arctic is often called the trackless tundra. New research proves it is anything but. Fraser Taylor of Carleton University is a co-author of a new atlas that documents hundreds of...
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Publication ban in child porn case thwarts efforts to combat bullying: family
HALIFAX — Her story has become widely known and her case linked to efforts to combat the pernicious effects of cyberbullying. The young woman’s name is a touchstone for governments and other families...
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Washington Redskins stripped of trademark protection due to ‘disparaging’ name
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Patent Office ruled Wednesday that the Washington Redskins nickname is “disparaging of Native Americans” and that the team’s federal trademarks for the name must be cancelled. The...
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Obama quietly extends administration’s advocacy to transgender rights
By Lisa Leff SAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama, who established his bona fides as a gay and lesbian rights champion when he endorsed same-sex marriage, has steadily extended his administration’s...
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RCMP in Alberta seize stun guns disguised as iPhones
HINTON, Alta. — RCMP in an Alberta foothills community are advising the public to be aware that some smartphones may have more zaps than apps. Mounties from the Hinton detachment say they have seized...
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Blatchford: Two years for sex assault on teen in chains an indictment of...
In the ancient, demeaning language of sexual assault, they are asking for it — only in this instance, “they” are the judges and lawyers who run the Canadian criminal justice system, and “it” is another...
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Supreme Court ruling a legal and economic earthquake
The Supreme Court’s Tsilhqot’in decision, as everyone instantly recognized, is a legal earthquake. Though in some ways a summation of the court’s previous rulings, it is the first to confer aboriginal...
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How a presidential power-play helped undo U.S. segregation 50 years ago
By Alexander Panetta WASHINGTON — The landmark American anti-segregation law adopted 50 years ago owes its existence to a presidential tour de force of flattery, fear and federal pork. The U.S. Civil...
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Canada deports 20 members of Hungarian human-trafficking syndicate
HAMILTON, Ont. — Twenty members of a Hungarian human-trafficking ring that brought people from eastern Europe with promises of a better life in Canada have been deported, Public Safety Minister Steven...
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he doesn’t have useful information for...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not intend to testify in the trial of suspended senator Mike Duffy because he doesn’t have any useful information to offer, his office said Tuesday. RCMP laid 31...
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Dallas Mavericks’ Raymond Felton receives fine, community service after...
NEW YORK — Dallas Mavericks point guard Raymond Felton pleaded guilty Wednesday in a New York gun case, taking a plea deal that involved admitting a felony but spares him jail. Felton pleaded guilty to...
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Commonwealth Games weightlifter faces trial in Glasgow over alleged sexual...
GLASGOW — A weightlifter from Papua New Guinea who competed at the Commonwealth Games faces trial over an alleged sexual assault at a Glasgow supermarket. The Glasgow Sheriff Court says Toua Udia...
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