Haaland: Petito case a reminder of missing Native Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking in personal terms, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said extensive news media coverage of the disappearance and death of 22-year-old Gabby Petito while on a cross-country trip should be a reminder of hundreds of Native American...
Ontario legislature to require proof of COVID vaccination or negative test to enter
TORONTO — People will need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative rapid test result to enter Ontario's legislature next month. House Speaker Ted Arnott announced the policy in a Thursday memo to legislators and others who work at
Families sharply rebuke private Montreal care home where 47 died in COVID-19 1st wave
MONTREAL — Family members who lost loved ones at a Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the pandemic's first wave told a coroner's inquest Thursday that caring for society's most vulnerable should not be a for-profit exercise. Thurs...
Candidates clash in last TV debate before German election
BERLIN (AP) — The three candidates hoping to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor, and the four leaders of the other parties currently in parliament, clashed Thursday over a variety of topics in the last televised debate before Sunday's election....
US court order to house LA Skid Row homeless overturned
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge’s sweeping order requiring the city and county of Los Angeles to quickly shelter all homeless people living on downtown’s Skid Row was overturned Thursday by an appeals court that called it an abuse
4th Wisconsin voter out of 3 million charged with fraud
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A fourth Wisconsin voter out of roughly 3 million who cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election was charged with election fraud on Thursday by a Republican prosecutor who is running for attorney general.
Sad reality: Alberta top doc says COVID deaths keeping hospitals from being overrun
EDMONTON — The head of Alberta's health system says the COVID-19 hospital crisis has become so dire, a key reason the system hasn't collapsed is because patients are dying. "Each day we see a new high (total of critically ill patients),"
ACLU, voter groups sue in Ohio over new legislative maps
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lawsuit filed Thursday challenges Ohio's newly drawn state legislative districts as giving an extreme and unfair advantage to the Republican Party, which controls the state's new redistricting commission.
Azerbaijan files case alleging ‘ethnic cleansing’ by Armenia
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Azerbaijan on Thursday filed a case at the United Nations' top court accusing neighboring Armenia of a “policy of ethnic cleansing” targeting Azerbaijanis.
Nova Scotia premier pledges to expand virtual health-care network across the province
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is expanding its online virtual health-care program to ensure all Nova Scotians have access to primary care. Premier Tim Houston made the announcement Thursday, saying the program — called VirtualCareNS — has been o...