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    The Canadian Press

    Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California's growing budget deficit

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday to propose painful spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners and low-income parents seeking child care in a state often lauded for having the world's fifth-largest economy. Officially, Newsom said the state's deficit is $27.6 billion. But really, it's closer to $45 billion when including previous spending reductions that Newsom and the state Legisl

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    The Canadian Press

    WABC Radio suspends Rudy Giuliani for flouting ban on discussing discredited election claims

    NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani responded Friday to a report he's been suspended from WABC Radio — and had his daily show canceled — over his violation of a ban on discussing discredited 2020 election claims, saying the station's ban is overly broad and “a clear violation of free speech.” Giuliani issued a statement saying he had heard of WABC Radio owner John Catsimatidis' decision through “a leak” to The New York Times. Giuliani “left me no option,” Catsimatidis told the Times, saying that the f

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    The Canadian Press

    James Simons, mathematician, philanthropist and hedge fund founder, has died

    James “Jim” Simons, a renowned mathematician and pioneering investor who built a fortune on Wall Street and then became one of the nation's biggest philanthropists, has died at age 86. The charitable foundation that Simons co-founded with his wife, Marilyn, announced that Simons died Friday in New York. No cause of death was given. “Jim was an exceptional leader who did transformative work in mathematics and developed a world-leading investment company,” Simons Foundation President David Spergel

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    The Canadian Press

    A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline

    TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. An Ascension spokesperson said it detected “unusual activity” Wednesday on its computer network systems. Officials refused to say whether the non-profit Catholic health system, based in St. Louis, was the victim of a ransomware attack or whether it had