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DETROIT -- Britax Child Safety is recalling over 207,000 rear-facing infant car seats because part of a clip can break and cause a choking hazard. The recall affects B-Safe 35, B-Safe 35 Elite and BOB B-Safe 35 seats made from Nov. Source

MILWAUKEE — The confession of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” was improperly obtained and he should be re-tried or released from prison, a three-judge federal appeals panel ruled Thursday. Brendan Dassey was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 in photographer Teresa Halbach’s death on Halloween two years earlier. Source

CALGARY -- A judge has spared a woman who assaulted two orphaned nieces in her care from going to jail because of her mental state at the time. At a hearing Thursday, Justice Sandy Park gave the woman an 18-month suspended sentence and ordered that she report to a probation officer. Source

MILWAUKEE -- The confession of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" was improperly obtained and he should be re-tried or released from prison, a three-judge federal appeals panel ruled Thursday. Source

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- U.S. President Trump's putdown of wind energy at his Iowa rally was denounced Thursday across the state, which takes pride in its position as a national leader in wind generation. Trump was talking up his support for coal during his speech in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday night when he said: "I don't want to just hope the wind blows to light up your homes and your factories. Source

Ontario's chief coroner has asked York Regional Police to assist Thunder Bay officers in the investigations of the deaths of two indigenous teens. Thunder Bay's acting chief of police says questions remain about the deaths of 14-year-old Josiah Begg and 17-year-old Tammy Keeash. Source

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A parole hearing resumed Thursday for convicted killer Patricia Krenwinkel — a follower of cult leader Charles Manson — after officials investigated whether battered women’s syndrome affected her state of mind at the time of the murders nearly five decades ago. Source

WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government says it is considering bringing in extra propane storage units and converting some homes to electricity to help people in isolated Churchill get through next winter. The subarctic community on the shore of Hudson Bay lost its only land link to the outside world last month when rail service was cut off after flooding washed away a lot of rail bed along a 280-kilometre section of track leading to the town. Source

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on the assessment of 17 U.S. intelligence agencies that blame Russia for election meddling, questioning Thursday why the Obama administration didn't try to stop it. Source

Weeping as she was sentenced, a Calgary woman on Thursday was handed an 18-month suspended sentence for physically abusing two nieces orphaned by a car crash. The woman, 46, was given the sentence by Court of Queen's Bench Justice Sandy Park for spanking the young girls with a wooden spoon and electrical cords and stretching their mouths with her fingers. Source