2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (236+ words) Elevate your local knowledge The quintessential American toy started in 1902 as just clothing scraps and sawdust stitched together by Morris and Rose Michtom, Jewish candy store owners in Brooklyn. "Nothing says childhood better than a teddy bear," says Michael Kimmel,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (201+ words) OTTAWA " The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case. Monday's decision comes after chiefs across the country twice voted…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (685+ words) MONTREAL " Thousands of students gathered in downtown Montreal on Tuesday for a pro-Palestinian demonstration marking the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel. The students set off smoke bombs and burned an Israeli flag on the campus of…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (356+ words) The notice to shelters from the U. S. Health and Human Services Department's Administration for Families and Children did not indicate any consequences for children who decline the offer. It asked shelter directors to acknowledge the offer within four hours. ICE said…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (350+ words) The complaint filed in federal court in Oregon says the department is attempting to force the states to "rewrite sexual health curricula to erase entire categories of students" and describes the action as "the latest attempt from the current administration…...