Police: Republican’s tour of Capitol complex not suspicious
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have determined there was nothing suspicious about a tour of two Capitol office buildings that a House Republican gave to about 15 people the day before Jan. 6, 2021, when rioting supporters of then-President Donald Trump
Police face growing questions, calls for investigation into false Parliament bomb tip
OTTAWA — Police are facing mounting questions about the origin of a false bomb tip that led to the arrest of two Sikh rally organizers near Parliament Hill on Saturday, with some calling for an investigation into those who alerted
Documents rediscovered: Sojourner Truth’s fight to save son
In 1828, years before she took the name Sojourner Truth, a Black woman who had escaped slavery with her infant daughter won a court fight in New York’s Hudson Valley to bring her son, Peter, home from Alabama.
China says Bloomberg news assistant in Beijing released
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese news assistant in Beijing for Bloomberg News has been released on bail, the American financial news service reported Tuesday, citing the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Leader of New Brunswick NDP resigning after eight months on the job amid infighting
FREDERICTON — The leader of the New Brunswick NDP says he is resigning just eight months after he was acclaimed to the job. Mackenzie Thomason says his resignation will take effect June 28. Thomason, who faces an automatic review of his leadership
Albanian attorneys on strike to protest court reduction plan
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian attorneys on Tuesday boycotted all the court procedures to protest a new reorganization plan that cuts the number of courts almost by half.
N.S. shooting inquiry: Half of RCMP 911 call takers and dispatchers off work
HALIFAX — Half the number of 911 call takers and dispatchers who responded to emergency calls during the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting are still on the job, say the supervisors for the province's RCMP operational communications centre. Before the two-...
Abortion foes, accustomed to small wins, ready for a big one
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For tens of millions of Americans who see abortion as wrong, it’s gone this way for a half-century: One woman swayed to reconsider as dozens of others follow through. One clinic’s doors closed only to see
Poland to increase medical, infrastructure security
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With a war raging across Poland's eastern border, the right-wing government is introducing a law to increase medical and infrastructure security in emergency situations.
Abortion foes, accustomed to small wins, ready for a big one
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The first of them arrived outside the clinic past 4 a.m., before a steady rain fell and a scalding sun rose, and all along, they had prayed for a moment like this.