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Meta hits back in fight with FTC over VR company acquisition

Meta hits back in fight with FTC over VR company acquisition

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators and Facebook parent Meta are battling over Meta’s proposed acquisition of virtual-reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural.

1st guilty pleas entered in large federal food program fraud

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The first batch of guilty pleas involving about 50 people charged in a large-scale scheme to defraud a federal meals program in Minnesota were entered Thursday in a Minneapolis courtroom.
Drought prompts request for Metro Vancouver residents to take shorter showers

Drought prompts request for Metro Vancouver residents to take shorter showers

VANCOUVER — Water use in Metro Vancouver is much higher, while reservoir levels are lower than normal, prompting the regional district to ask millions of residents and businesses to conserve.
Feds don't know how many employees speak an Indigenous language at work

Feds don't know how many employees speak an Indigenous language at work

OTTAWA — The federal government says it doesn't know how many of its employees are expected to speak an Indigenous language as part of their job, as it faces calls to expand compensation to those who do.
Quality of life concerns weigh heavily on rail contract vote

Quality of life concerns weigh heavily on rail contract vote

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The lack of some benefits most American workers can readily count on, like paid sick leave and regularly scheduled weekends, is driving some railroad workers to veto contracts that include hefty raises and $5,000 bonuses.
Beshear seeks details on marijuana possession convictions

Beshear seeks details on marijuana possession convictions

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov.
Climate change fears high across Canada but vary by region, new poll suggests

Climate change fears high across Canada but vary by region, new poll suggests

OTTAWA — Most Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it is caused by humans, but the regional differences in how people responded to that question show the political battles over the environment are still going strong, a new poll sugg
High court rejects Trump plea to step into Mar-a-Lago case

High court rejects Trump plea to step into Mar-a-Lago case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s plea to step into the legal fight over the FBI search of his Florida estate . The justices did not otherwise comment in turning away Trump’s emergency appeal.
B.C. care aides, lab assistants, health facility cleaners reach new labour deal

B.C. care aides, lab assistants, health facility cleaners reach new labour deal

VICTORIA — Unions representing care aides, lab assistants and cleaning staff have reached a new labour agreement with health employers in B.C. The B.C.

IRS wants millions to claim child tax credit, stimulus funds

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 9 million people and families who did not receive their advance child tax credit checks, stimulus payments and other tax rebates will soon get a letter from the IRS to claim their money.
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