Olympic swimmer who stormed Capitol pleads guilty to felony
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and faces 21 to 27 months in prison.
Tribe: Navajo voting rights advocate Agnes Laughter has died
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Agnes Laughter, a Navajo weaver who successfully challenged the constitutionality of Arizona’s in-person voting procedures and restrictive identity requirements for Native Americans, has died, tribal officials said.
After knife attack, New Zealand criminalizes terror plotting
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand politicians on Thursday passed a law that makes plotting a terrorist attack a crime, fixing a legal loophole that was exposed earlier this month by a violent knife attack.
Senate parliamentarian deals fresh immigration blow to Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate parliamentarian told Democrats on Wednesday that their newest proposal for helping millions of immigrants stay in the U.S. permanently could not be included in their $3.5 trillion social and environment bill, the party's la...
Losing can ‘get frustrating’ says liberal Justice Sotomayor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acknowledging the limits of her own influence on the law as a member of the Supreme Court's liberal minority, Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday encouraged citizens to work to change laws they may disagree with, like a
Truth and Reconciliation Day personal for new Governor General Mary May Simon
OTTAWA — Governor General Mary May Simon had some very personal reflections Wednesday on the eve of Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As the daughter of a white father and Inuk mother, May Simon said in a statement
Old-growth logging protesters dig in as company appeals court’s injunction denial
VICTORIA — All sides in the old-growth logging dispute dug in deeper Wednesday after a British Columbia Supreme Court judge refused to extend an injunction against protest blockades on southern Vancouver Island. Forest company Teal Cedar Products Ltd. ...
Egypt leader, Biden adviser hold talks on regional tensions
CAIRO (AP) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser held talks Wednesday with Egypt’s president that focused on regional tensions and the ties between Washington and its Mideast ally, the Egyptian leader’s office said.
Rapid test program is for businesses, Ontario says, after parent groups place orders
TORONTO — Ontario is keeping a free rapid COVID-19 testing program limited to businesses after parents across the province tried using it for their school-aged kids. A spokeswoman for Health Minister Christine Elliott said the program was designed to ...
Lawyer: New York governor uses God unfairly in vaccine fight
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has encouraged religious-minded people to get a COVID-19 vaccine by saying it is God's will that they get inoculated.