Category Archives: Politics
China faces multiple challenges amid ‘rising uncertainties’
BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese leader warned Friday of “rising uncertainties” and pledged tax cuts to shore up growth as the potential economic and geopolitical fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine loomed over an annual meeting of China's ceremonial...
Indicted Colorado elections clerk appears in court
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado county elections clerk who was jailed after being accused of plotting to breach voting system technology that is used across the U.S. made her first court appearance by video Thursday.
US reverses course, allows Ukrainian family to seek asylum
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — U.S. authorities allowed a Ukrainian woman and her three children to seek asylum Thursday, a reversal from a day earlier when she was denied entry under the Biden administration's sweeping restrictions for seeking humanitarian pr...
Kentucky House panel advances medical marijuana bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Medical marijuana advocates in Kentucky cleared an initial hurdle Thursday when a House committee advanced a bill to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes.
‘Tsunami is here’: Saskatchewan seeing a decline in active family doctors
REGINA — For nearly 10 years, Dr. Tomi Mitchell has operated a family clinic, but she says she's now at a breaking point. Within 90 days, she will be closing the Pasqua South Medical Centre in Regina to focus more on
GOP lawmakers in Kentucky advance 15-week abortion ban
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republican lawmakers on Thursday advanced a proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy as the legislature considers enacting tougher restrictions on the procedure amid a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on a...
Under the hood of $1.5T bill for Ukraine, pandemic, agencies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even for Congress, the $1.5 trillion price tag for its bipartisan package helping Ukraine and financing federal agencies for the last half of this year is a lot of money. And 2,741 pages is a long,
Canada sends Quebec man to United States to face ransomware charges
OTTAWA — A Quebec man has been extradited to the United States to face charges in Florida arising from alleged participation in an elaborate ransomware operation. Following a request from U.S. authorities, Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins was arrested in Ga...
NH lawmakers firmly reject seceding from United States
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House overwhelmingly rejected a proposal Thursday that called for the state to secede from the United States, although 13 lawmakers supported it.
Virginia lawmakers OK lifting ban on facial technology use
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Last year, Virginia lawmakers passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition technology, barring local police departments and campus police from purchasing or using the technology
