Laxalt hints at legal fights ahead of 2022 US Senate race

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — More than 14 months before the midterm elections, the Republican frontrunner in Nevada's U.S. Senate race is raising fears of voter fraud and talking about preemptively mounting legal challenges — a sign that the election

UK carrier commander: Japan visit underscores partnership

TOKYO (AP) — The commander of the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth said Tuesday that the first port call in Japan by his strike group underscores Britain's aim to increase its presence in the Indo-Pacific region and its commitment

Former Liberal MP Kent Hehr running to be Calgary’s next mayor

CALGARY — Former member of Parliament Kent Hehr is throwing his hat in the ring to become Calgary's new mayor.  Hehr has become the 28th candidate seeking to replace longtime Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who announced earlier this year he did not

After decades in eye of storms, weather service head retires

Louis Uccellini has watched dangerous storms brew — one notable political one and many meteorological ones — and survived. Now after eight years leading the National Weather Service, he’s retiring.

Child porn purveyor to get 21-27 years under new plea deal

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A man whom U.S. authorities have described as the world’s largest purveyor of child pornography would be sentenced to 21 to 27 years in prison under the terms of a new plea deal.

B.C.’s top doctor says vaccine card could help move beyond COVID-19 disruption

VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier says the province's vaccination card will keep the province's economy running after an "unacceptable surge" in cases, mostly among those who are unvaccinated. John Horgan said Tuesday that restaurants, theatres an...

Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders announced Tuesday that they activated “crisis standards of care” allowing health care rationing for the state's northern hospitals because there are more coronavirus patients than the institutions can han...

Pope, patriarch and Canterbury abbot issue climate appeal

ROME (AP) — The world’s top Christian leaders — Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians — on Tuesday issued a joint appeal for delegates at the upcoming U.N. climate summit to “listen to

Judge tosses death sentence in Dru Sjodin slaying

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted in the 2003 slaying of a North Dakota college student, saying new evidence shows that the medical examiner was “guessing” on the stand

Young Sikhs still struggle with post-Sept. 11 discrimination

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Sikh entrepreneur Balbir Singh Sodhi was killed at his Arizona gas station four days after the Sept. 11 attacks by a man who declared he was “going to go out and shoot some towel-heads” and mistook