Wisconsin US Senate candidate charged with theft, fraud
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee City Council member Chantia Lewis, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, was charged Tuesday with a series of campaign finance violations for allegedly using donations and improper travel reimbursements on more than $21...
French doctors demand protection from death threats at work
PARIS (AP) — French doctors and scientists on Tuesday called on authorities to take action against the insults and threats— including death threats — that they have frequently received during the coronavirus pandemic.
Evacuees plead for action: ‘We are in some kind of jail’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americans trying to evacuate hundreds of Afghans and American citizens — including one Afghan who worked as a U.S. military translator and says he is anticipating his beheading by the Taliban — pleaded for action from
Alaska governor names new leader for transportation agency
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named a long-time state transportation department employee as his pick to lead the department.
Biden seeking additional funds for Ida relief and Afghans
The White House is asking Congress to approve an additional $24 billion in spending to handle the costs of Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters, as well as $6.4 billion for the resettlement of evacuees from Afghanistan to help with
White House taps populist message as Biden pushes $3.5T plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is preparing an urgent and populist message for selling President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion “build back better” agenda, even as House committee leaders begin churning out pieces of the forthcoming measure.
Health officials in New Brunswick report 54 new COVID-19 cases and another death
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 54 new cases of COVID-19 over the last four days and another death related to the illness. They say a person from the Moncton region in their 70s has died as
N.L. premier announces vaccine passport as cluster of new COVID-19 cases reported
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador will introduce a vaccination passport that will use a QR code to show a person's level of vaccination against COVID-19. Premier Andrew Furey made the announcement Tuesday as the province reported five new co...
UN nuke watchdog: Iran pressing on with uranium enrichment
VIENNA (AP) — Iran has continued to increase its stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be used to make nuclear weapons in contravention of a 2015 accord with world powers that was meant to contain Tehran's nuclear program, the
Hurricane Ida power outages, misery persist 9 days later
LaPLACE, La. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Louisiana, most of them outside New Orleans, still didn’t have power Tuesday and more than half of the gas stations in two major cities were without fuel nine