Category Archives: Politics
EXPLAINER: Russia is not a ‘most favored nation.’ What now?
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress voting to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and ban the importation of its oil, President Joe Biden's action to tighten the U.S. squeeze on Russia's economy now can intensify.
Cherry Blossom Festival marks DC’s pandemic comeback
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Cherry Blossom Festival is returning with all its pageantry, hailed as Washington's unofficial re-emergence from two years of pandemic limits and closures.
Cyberspace making Canadian secrets more vulnerable, spy service official warns
OTTAWA — A senior official at Canada's spy service says the expansion of cyberspace is making it easier for foreign adversaries to pilfer secrets. Cherie Henderson, an interim assistant director with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, tells a ...
Saskatchewan assured sanctions on Russian oligarch won’t affect Evraz workers: Moe
REGINA — Premier Scott Moe says he's in contact with the federal government to make sure Canada's sanctions on a Russian oligarch will not affect workers at a steel mill in Saskatchewan. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has put sanctions on Roman
Man behind 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia came from dysfunctional family: uncle
HALIFAX — A close relative of the man who disguised himself as a Mountie and fatally shot 22 people in Nova Scotia says the killer was a lifelong scammer and opportunist raised in a deeply dysfunctional family, newly released documents
After student’s death, lawmakers vote to study sports safety
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut legislative committee has approved a bill calling for a study of youth sports safety including the use of hockey neck guards, in response to the death of a 10th grade hockey player.
Legislative fix could let UC Berkeley admit more students
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers have agreed to legislation that could let the University of California, Berkeley accept thousands more students this fall after a judicial freeze on enrollment in a dispute with residents over growth.
Judge: Trump delays on rape accuser’s claims in ‘bad faith’
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal moves aimed at delaying a rape accuser’s defamation claims from reaching trial are in bad faith and, so far, succeeding, a judge said in a decision released Friday as he rejected
Congress votes to renew landmark domestic violence law
Congress has renewed a 1990s-era law that extends protections to victims of domestic and sexual violence, updating the landmark Violence Against Women Act nearly three years after partisan disagreements caused it to lapse.
EPA plan would limit downwind pollution from power plants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a plan that would restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution they can’t control.
