Oregon school board adopts stricter political symbols ban
NEWBERG, Ore (AP) — An Oregon school board that acted last month to ban educators from displaying Black Lives Matter and gay pride symbols has broadened the policy to prohibit district employees from displaying all types of political symbols.
Slovenia police use water cannons at anti-COVID pass protest
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police fired tear gas and water cannons in Slovenia's capital at thousands of protesters who oppose tough anti-coronavirus measures in the small European nation.
Nova Scotia moves into final stage of reopening next week, imposes vaccine mandates
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will move into the final phase of its reopening plan on Monday with what officials say is a cautious approach involving vaccine mandates for public sector employees such as health workers and teachers. Vaccination against COVID-1...
Liberals, NDP, Bloc say MPs should be vaccinated to be in Parliament, not Tories
OTTAWA — All federal parties except the Conservatives say they believe Members of Parliament should be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering the House of Commons when it resumes in the fall. They are split, however, on whether Parliament s...
Michigan bills would give sex abuse victims more time to sue
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State lawmakers are poised to consider bipartisan bills aimed at helping potentially thousands of sex abuse victims sue for damages, including those molested by a University of Michigan sports physician.
Broken US prison security cameras targeted in senators’ bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Failing security cameras in federal prisons have allowed inmates to escape undetected and were at the center of the investigation when wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself behind bars in 2019. Now, lawmakers want to force ...
N.S. health officials draw lessons from COVID-19 outbreak in Mennonite community
HALIFAX — Philip Dueck says he's seen COVID-19 cases hit nearly every home in his small town as an outbreak of the disease rolled through the isolated northern Nova Scotia community. “There's the odd (household) that's missed, but pretty much every
Dutch political leaders meet amid stalled coalition talks
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch political party leaders met Wednesday to force a breakthrough in deadlocked negotiations to form a new ruling coalition — efforts that came more than six months after a general election left a deeply divided
UK: Soldiers to start driving fuel tankers in coming days
LONDON (AP) — The British government's reserve tanker fleet was deployed Wednesday to help deliver gasoline to empty pumps across the U.K., and military drivers will begin operating fuel tankers in the coming days to ease the country's fuel-supply cris...
Biden’s plan: ‘Too big to fail’ can be too big to describe
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s plan for a massive expansion of social programs is being framed by supporters as such a high-stakes endeavor that it’s “too big to fail.” It also may be too big to describe.