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The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2023, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.The latest data shows growth beat out the federal agency's own forecast of 2.5 per cent for the quarter.A preliminary estimate suggests the economy grew by 0.2 per cent in April, after remaining flat in March.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will overhaul packaging labels for the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B, that women can take after having sex to prevent a pregnancy.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP WASHINGTON  The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will overhaul packaging labels for the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B, that women can take after having sex to prevent a pregnancy.

In this aerial photo released Monday by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Mauna Loa volcano is seen erupting from vents on the Northeast Rift Zone on the Big Island of Hawaii.U.S. Geological Survey via AP Smoke filled the Hawaiian night sky on Sunday, glowing a bright red  signaling the eruption of the world's largest active volcano.

Rouge National Urban Park seems increasingly to be a place where people rid themselves of unwanted dogs, cats and other animals.Parks Canada staff say one dog's remains were found, along with a mat, food and other personal effects on Nov. 10 near Lower Reesor Pond, north of the Toronto Zoo in Scarborough.

The children's Pillowfort weighted blanket is shown in unicorn pink.The item and its variations is being recalled at Target stores after two girls died from asphyxiation after becoming trapped under one.U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commssion More than 200,000 weighted blankets are being recalled by the Target department chain after reports of two young girls suffocating underneath one, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.

Four years ago, having successfully skirted the issue for years, the U.S. Supreme Court finally weighed in on the issue of the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission's very handy in-house judicial system.In Lucia v. SEC, the court ruled 7-2 that the Lucia in questionan investment adviser the SEC believed had a habit of stretching the truth a bit about how thoroughly back-tested his strategies werehad a bone to pick with the agency, since the administrative law judge who found against him hadn't been appointed by the Commission itself but by its staff, and was therefore improperly appointed.

Vaccine maker Moderna has forked over $400 million to the National Institutes of Health for using a molecular stabilizing technique borrowed from government and academic researchers in its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine-which the company made roughly $36 billion selling amid the deadly pandemic, according to The New York Times.

NASA has been asked to do a lot of things in the 64 years it's been a federal agency, and on the whole, it's delivered the goods.Beat the Soviet Union to the moon?Check.Build a fleet of reusable space shuttles?Check.Oversee a 15-nation collaboration that built a football-field sized International Space Station?

The unraveling of Siskiyou County's Belcampo Meat Co., a once-adored supplier of sustainable beef and meats, continues.Now, it's come to light that the company that came under fire for mislabeling and falsely sourcing its products last year is reportedly being investigated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).