Government’s changing vape strategy shifts focus away from cigarettes, advocates fear
OTTAWA — In the eight years or so since he opened his first vape shop in Ottawa, Ron Couchman said a great sense of community has been lost. A former cigarette smoker himself, Couchman said he remembers when his store operated
Students protest, discontent grows over China’s COVID policy
BEIJING (AP) — Administrators at an elite Beijing university have backed down from plans to further tighten pandemic restrictions on students as part of China’s “zero-COVID” strategy after a weekend protest at the school, according to students Tuesday....
Suspects accused of damaging and stealing political campaign signs
Two men face mischief and theft charges in connection with the theft and damage of political signs in Brampton. Peel Regional Police say on the evening of May 10, they received reports of two suspects tampering with political signage at a
Europe accused of ‘double standard’ on Ukrainian refugees
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The quick acceptance of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's aggression puts a spotlight on Europe's “double standard” for migrants, standing against its nonwelcome for people fleeing violence in Africa, the Mideast and elsewhere, the head...
N. Korea’s Kim faces ‘huge dilemma’ on aid as virus surges
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — During more than a decade as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un has made “self-reliance” his governing lynchpin, shunning international help and striving instead for domestic strategies to fix his battered economy.
A guide to the May 17 primary election in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Candidates in Kentucky's May 17 primary are hoping for the chance to earn their party’s nominations in federal, state and local races.
Candidate who survived shooting wins Louisville mayor nod
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Businessman Craig Greenberg won the Democratic primary for mayor of Kentucky's largest city, months after surviving a shooting attempt at his campaign office.
New US hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money
THOMASVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A whole town celebrated in 2020 when, early in the coronavirus pandemic, Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened, offering state-of-the-art medicine that was previously unavailable in a poor, isolated part of Alabama. The ti...
5-term Idaho attorney general in tough GOP primary battle
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s five-term Republican attorney general has handled his duties in the deeply conservative state for 20 years with a strategy he describes as calling legal “balls and strikes.” He's facing two challengers who see a more
Idaho Gov. Little turns back Trump-backed challenger
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday won the GOP gubernatorial primary, beating a Trump-backed challenger who had repeatedly criticized the incumbent for not being conservative enough.