‘Some crumbs’: Critics urge rejection of $641M Flint deal
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge listened Tuesday to Flint residents who were victims of the city's lead-contaminated water, a step in determining whether she should sign off on a $641 million deal that would settle claims against the state
Attorney Lee Merritt joins race for Texas attorney general
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who has represented the families of Black people killed by police, joined a crowded 2022 race for Texas attorney general Tuesday against embattled Republican incumbent Ken Paxton.
Activists sue federal agency over voting system guidelines
Key elements of the first federal technology standards for voting equipment in 15 years should be scrapped because language that would have banned the devices from connecting to the internet was dropped after private meetings held with manufacturers, a...
More than 160 unmarked graves found at B.C. residential school site: First Nation
CHEMAINUS, B.C. — Canadians need to make sure they don't become hardened to news about unmarked graves at residential schools after what's believed to be another discovery of undocumented remains at a Vancouver Island site, an expert and former judge
Audit finds folds behind New Hampshire election miscount
Auditors concluded that miscounts in a New Hampshire election were primarily caused by the way ballots were folded, according to a report released Tuesday.
Manfred: A’s fate in Oakland to be decided in coming months
DENVER (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the fate of the Athletics in Oakland will be determined in the next few months.
Canada’s next governor general Mary Simon to be officially installed July 26
OTTAWA — Mary Simon will officially become Canada's governor general later this month. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Simon, an Inuk leader and former Canadian diplomat, as his choice to be the Queen's representative in Canada last week. Canadian ...
Russia-based ransomware gang offline but cause not clear
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Russia-based criminal syndicate behind a devastating series of recent ransomware attacks was offline on Tuesday, but cybersecurity experts said that it was premature to speculate why and that there was no indication of a law enfor...
US says order coming this week on border asylum restrictions
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue an order this week about how migrant children are treated under a public health order that has prevented people from seeking asylum at the nation's
Unable to leave Russia, director attends Cannes virtually
CANNES, France (AP) — Celebrated Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov is banned from leaving his home country, so he is attending the Cannes Film Festival virtually. Serebrennikov phoned into the red-carpet premiere of his film, “Petrov's Flu,” by Fa...