Facebook asks court to dismiss FTC antitrust complaint
Facebook is asking a federal court to dismiss a revised complaint against it by the Federal Trade Commission, arguing that the agency has not provided enough evidence to show that the company is a monopoly.
New California law aims to reduce deaths among Black moms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Black women in California are more likely to die within a year of pregnancy than women of other races, prompting a wave of policy changes this year in the nation's most populous state that culminated on
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren to resign as part of plea deal
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren agreed to resign shortly before her term ends as part of a deal to settle charges she violated campaign finance rules during her 2017 reelection campaign.
About 80 per cent of education workers have attested to full vaccination: minister
TORONTO — Ontario's education minister says about 80 per cent of school staff have attested to being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That is roughly the percentage of vaccination seen in the eligible population provincewide. The government has said ...
Idaho Lt. Gov. McGeachin’s contempt hearing set for Oct. 13
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is scheduled for a hearing next week on whether she should be held in contempt of court for failing to comply with a judge's order in a public records lawsuit.
Canada invokes pipeline treaty with U.S. in dispute over Line 5 pipeline
OTTAWA — Canada is formally invoking a 1977 pipeline treaty with the United States in a bid to prevent Michigan from turning off the taps to Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline. Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement Monday that
France, Spain press for changes as EU energy prices surge
BRUSSELS (AP) — France and Spain pressed Monday for changes to rules governing the European Union’s energy markets as prices for gas and electricity surge, ramping up already-high utility bills and tightening yet another notch the belts of people hit
Biden tells GOP to ‘get out of the way’ on debt limit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urged Republican senators to “get out of the way” and let Democrats suspend the nation’s debt limit, hoping to keep the U.S. government from bumping dangerously close to a credit default as
Southern Manitoba region putting pressure on intensive care units: top doctor
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's chief public health officer asked people Monday to follow public health orders as he warned that hospitals could soon be under more pressure from COVID-19. "We are in a trajectory right now that could take us to a
Son demands Iran free ailing father for urgent medical care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of an Iranian-American man who has been detained in Iran for more than five years called for his father's immediate release on Monday so that he can receive emergency and potentially life-saving surgery.