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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature voted Thursday to bolster eviction protections for renters and close a loophole in an existing law that has allowed landlords to circumvent the state’s rent cap.

The psychedelic drug MDMA can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported in a new study published Thursday. The company sponsoring the research said it plans later this year to seek U.S.

Eight children who were severely ill from E. coli infections have been discharged from hospital even as the number of cases related to an outbreak at several Calgary daycares continued to rise.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Families and a pediatrician are challenging North Dakota's law criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors , the latest lawsuit in many states with similar bans.

MONTREAL — A group of Indigenous women were in Quebec Superior Court on Thursday trying to stop drilling and excavation at the former site of a hospital where they say unmarked graves may be located, and where McGill University is expanding its downt

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Abortion providers urged South Carolina’s highest court on Thursday to lengthen the narrow window when a pregnancy can be legally terminated under the state’s strict new ban.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area businessman who bribed the head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board was sentenced Thursday to more than two years in federal prison.

Tired of its sports drink business weighing on its books, Canopy Growth Corp. is making moves to shed the division. The Smiths Falls, Ont.

WINNIPEG — The economy and health care continued to dominate the Manitoba election campaign Thursday, with the Progressive Conservatives promising another tax break and the New Democrats promising to reopen a closed health facility.