Category Archives: Politics
Hawaii says water in Pearl Harbor homes is safe to drink
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Department of Health said Friday that the tap water in all residential areas served by the Navy's Pearl Harbor water system is safe to drink, more than three months after a petroleum leak from a
Cowboys for Trump co-founder charged with campaign violation
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico elected official was charged Friday with a misdemeanor campaign finance violation for refusing to register his political group Cowboys for Trump, the state's attorney general announced.
US Marine aircraft goes missing in Norway training exercise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Norwegian authorities were searching Friday for a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft that went missing during a training exercise. Norway's military said in a statement
Tucson to name music hall for native daughter Linda Ronstadt
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The Tucson Music Hall will be renamed in honor of Linda Ronstadt, a southern Arizona native who went on to become a Grammy-winning superstar, Mayor Regina Romero announced Friday.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Illegal $30K donation plot outlined at congressman’s trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A close friend and supporter of a Nebraska congressman told a federal jury Friday that he acted as a middleman in a plot that funneled $30,000 from a Nigerian-born billionaire to the Republican lawmaker’s reelection
East Timor vote highlights young nation’s political impasse
DILI, East Timor (AP) — Vote counting was underway in East Timor's presidential elections Saturday with two former fighters for independence — one current and one former president — considered to be the front-runners, each accusing the other of causing...
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs suspends leader after staffer makes formal complaint
WINNIPEG — A prominent First Nations chief in Manitoba has been suspended while the organization he represents investigates a complaint. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says in a statement that a senior staff member has filed a formal complaint agains...
B.C. wildfire service to increase prevention work from backyards to forests: official
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The director of provincial operations for British Columbia's wildfire service says the province needs a "holistic," large-scale program to reduce wildfire risk, starting in backyards, moving to communities then extending to forested la...
Draghi leads push for common EU response to energy crisis
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi hosted leaders from three fellow Mediterranean countries Friday to push for an urgent, common European response to the energy crisis, which has been worsened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is threatening th...
