Heather Stefanson: Facts about Manitoba’s new premier, Tory leader
WINNIPEG — Heather Stefanson is a veteran member of the Manitoba legislature and has been a cabinet minister for five years. Progressive Conservative party members have voted for her as their new leader and the province's next premier. Born: May 11,
Manitoba Tories choose Heather Stefanson as new leader, next premier
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives chose Heather Stefanson as their new leader and the province's next premier on Saturday, although her opponent was not ready to concede the close race. Stefanson, the province's former health mi...
2 women running for governor, history in post-Cuomo New York
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just a boys’ club anymore. Months after getting its first female governor, New York now
G-20 endorses global corporate minimum tax at Rome summit
ROME (AP) — Leaders of the world's biggest economies on Saturday endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations, a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting the edge of fiscal paradises amid skyrocketing profits of some multinational bus...
G-20 opens with call for more vaccines for poor countries
ROME (AP) — Italy's Premier Mario Draghi made a sharp call to pick up the pace in getting vaccines to poor countries as he opened a conference of the world's powerhouse economies, calling the gaping global COVID-19 vaccine gap “morally
UK, France urged to cool down escalating fishing spat
PARIS (AP) — Britain and France faced calls Saturday to sort out their post-Brexit spat over fishing rights in the English Channel, which threatens to escalate within days into a damaging French blockade of British boats and trucks.
Ex-NC Gov. McCrory eyes political comeback with Senate bid
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — In the rankings of political upsets from November 2016, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's defeat was a distant second. Still, when the Republican best known for signing the transgender bathroom bill narrowly lost at the
Power line campaign is most expensive in Maine history
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Mainers have weighed in on a number of high-profile ballot questions — casinos, universal health care, marijuana legalization, assisted suicide, abortion and same-sex marriage, to name a few.
Trump wants call logs, aide’s notes hidden from Jan. 6 panel
Former President Donald Trump is trying to block documents including call logs, drafts of remarks and speeches and handwritten notes from his chief of staff relating to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection from being released to the committee investigating ...
As COVID cases rise, some activists fearful of climate talks
LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Lavetanalagi Seru has been watching COVID-19 case numbers rise in the U.K. ahead of the U.N. climate conference beginning Sunday, and it scares him — even though he’s been vaccinated and is only 29.