Category Archives: Politics
Missouri lawmakers adopt US House districts with GOP edge
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Finally breaking an impasse, the Missouri Legislature gave final approval Thursday to new congressional districts that are expected to continue Republicans' electoral edge in a former swing state that has trended increasingly...
Yukon expands second COVID-19 booster shot to residents 50 and older
WHITEHORSE — Yukon is making fourth doses of the COVID-19 vaccine available for residents aged 50 and older. The territorial government says six months must have passed since the recipient's third shot in order to receive the second booster dose. It sa...
N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after the country acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak for the first
Experts: Arizona executioners took too long to insert IV
PHOENIX (AP) — The first execution in Arizona in nearly eight years was carried out more smoothly than the state’s last use of the death penalty, when a condemned prisoner who was given 15 doses of a two-drug combination gasped
Results May 18: Balloting complete in membership review of Alberta Premier Kenney
EDMONTON, United Kingdom — Volunteers began checking voter identification Thursday in a mail-in leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and, if so inclined, the public could watch a livestream of the work on the United Conservative Party webs...
Inflation forces increase in California minimum wage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Soaring inflation will trigger an automatic increase in California's minimum wage next year, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday. The minimum wage will
Inflation triggers California minimum wage increase in 2023
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday, an increase triggered by soaring inflation that will benefit about 3 million workers.
Peterborough police investigating after protesters hurl insults at NDP’s Singh
OTTAWA — Police are investigating after a video circulated on social media showed people hurling verbal abuse at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a protest in Peterborough, Ont., this week. The federal NDP leader had dropped by the campaign office for
US reckoning with role in Native American boarding schools
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Deb Haaland is pushing the U.S. government to reckon with its role in Native American boarding schools like no other Cabinet secretary could — backed by personal experience, a struggle with losing her own Native language
Fate unsure: Cannabis legalization bill goes to Delaware gov
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware's state Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a bill legalizing possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults for recreational use.
