B.C. Premier John Horgan recovering well after biopsy surgery, office says
VICTORIA — The premier's office in British Columbia says John Horgan is recovering well after undergoing biopsy surgery for a growth in his throat. It says in a statement that Friday's surgery was successful and Horgan is in good spirits. The statement...
Vaccine mandates compared to Holocaust in Kansas hearing
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader on Friday compared President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews, and a top Republican lawmaker seemed to agree with the comparison.
High court adds climate change, immigration cases to docket
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the objections of the Biden administration, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider a climate change case that could limit the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The court also said ...
Chinese firm to pay $91M over dangerous dehumidifiers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Chinese company that sold millions of faulty dehumidifiers to U.S. customers will pay $91 million for failing to tell regulators that the devices could overheat and could catch fire, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Anti-Trump group takes credit for Virginia tiki torch stunt
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The anti-Donald Trump group The Lincoln Project took credit Friday for five people appearing with tiki torches at a Charlottesville campaign stop by Virginia's GOP candidate for governor, a stunt recalling white supremacists who des...
Former Idaho lawmaker’s rape case moves forward in court
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A magistrate judge says there is enough evidence for a rape case against a former state lawmaker to move forward in court.
Federal vaccine card allowing B.C. residents to travel is now available
VICTORIA — British Columbia residents can now access the federal government's proof-of-vaccination record allowing for travel within Canada and internationally. The provincial government says residents can now access the federal COVID-19 proof-of-vacc...
Lawyer: SEC should go to Sen. Burr first in stock sale probe
NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for Sen. Richard Burr’s brother-in-law told a judge Friday that U.S. regulators should question the senator before quizzing his client in a probe of whether insider trading resulted from secrets about the pandemic's true
Maine voters torn by Hydro-Québec plan as referendum set for Tuesday
FORKS, MAINE — A major Hydro-Québec electricity export project is tearing apart the citizens of Maine, who will vote on its future in a referendum on Tuesday. In communities near the 233-kilometre route of the Appalachian-Maine interconnection line, t...
Lawmaker doc fined for videoconferencing from operating room
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state lawmaker who is a plastic surgeon has been fined $15,000 and reprimanded for twice participating in legislative meetings via videoconference from an operating room during surgery.