After coronavirus pause, Davos to host world’s elites again
GENEVA (AP) — After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers of the annual Davos conference will host the high-profile gathering of elites in the Swiss Alps in-person again in January.
Fed reviews ethics policies after prolific trading uncovered
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is reviewing the ethics policies that govern the financial holdings and activities of its senior officials in the wake of recent disclosures that two regional Fed presidents engaged in extensive trading last year. ...
Polis, 1st openly gay governor elected, marries in Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado's Jared Polis, who became the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected governor in 2018, has married his longtime partner and first gentleman Marlon Reis, a writer and animal welfare advocate.
Budget bill reopens moderate vs. progressive divide for Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — One side is energized by the prospect of the greatest expansion of government support since the New Deal nearly a century ago. The other is fearful about dramatically expanding Washington's reach at an enormous cost.
Macron, Merkel meet in Paris on world’s crises, EU issues
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris Thursday to discuss international crises and European issues, days before elections that will determine who succeeds her after 16 years in office.
Nova Scotia registers $341.6-million deficit for last year, driven by COVID-19 costs
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's deficit for the 2020-21 fiscal year is $341.6 million — a figure the province's finance minister says won't affect the new Tory government's election promise to spend significantly on health care. Allan MacMaster closed the book...
Quebec health minister stays firm on goal to vaccinate health workers by Oct. 15
Quebec's health minister says the province's health-care workers will have to have both doses of COVID-19 vaccine by mid-October or risk being suspended. Christian Dubé says he remains firm on his goal of ensuring the 20,000 workers in the network who
Idaho rations health care statewide as COVID surge drags on
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders on Thursday expanded health care rationing statewide amid a massive increase in the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization.
Fulton board gets new chair as Georgia reviews its elections
ATLANTA (AP) — Commissioners in Fulton County have picked a former Atlanta City Council president to lead their election board as a state panel reviews how elections are conducted in Georgia's most populous county.
Tommy Thompson has surgery after water-skiing accident
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tommy Thompson, the longest-serving governor in Wisconsin history and current interim president of the University of Wisconsin System, had surgery Thursday following a water-skiing accident.