Prosecutors seek 35-year sentence for gang member in killing
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Maryland are seeking a 35-year prison sentence for a gang member who pleaded guilty to participating in the killing of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed and cut more than 100 times
Pakistan: 5 suspected militants killed in raid on hideout
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Security forces shot five suspected militants to death Monday during a raid on their hideout near Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta, a spokesman for a counter-terrorism department said.
Germany easing restrictions on travel from UK, Portugal
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is easing strict restrictions on travel from Britain, Portugal and some other countries that were imposed because of the rise of the more contagious delta virus variant.
Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin says he was convicted for drunk driving in 2003
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin says he was convicted of drunk driving in 2003 and was cleared of a second drunk-driving charge in 2005. The 38-year-old premier made the announcement today, as speculation increases that an election call is
Toppled queen statues being assessed; federal Conservatives want them restored
WINNIPEG — The fate of two toppled statues on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature remains unclear. The statues of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria were brought down with ropes on Canada Day by demonstrators who were protesting the deaths of
Lawyers win mandatory bar dues battles in Texas, Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Attorneys who don't want to belong to, or pay dues to, their state bar associations in Texas and Louisiana have won important battles at a federal appeals court in New Orleans.
Ottawa spent nearly $20 million on COVID-19 tracking app — with inconclusive results
MONTREAL — The federal government spent $20 million on a smartphone application designed to alert users to possible COVID-19 exposures, and new data obtained by The Canadian Press shows the results didn't live up to expectations. Ottawa's COVID Alert ...
Mastermind in 2016 killing of Honduran activist convicted
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Honduran man was convicted of homicide Monday in the 2016 killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender.
Mayor: Crews did everything possible to find missing pets
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rescue teams combed through closets, looked under beds and even used drones with thermal imaging as they looked for pets that might have been left in the ruins of Champlain Towers South before a decision
City council votes to repeal masking bylaw ahead of this week’s Calgary Stampede
CALGARY — City council in Calgary has voted to repeal its masking bylaw, days before the start of the Stampede. Last week, the provincial government lifted most of its COVID-19 public health restrictions but Calgary left its masking bylaw in place