N.L. lifts controversial COVID-19 travel ban nearly 14 months after it began
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Staff at the airport in St. John's are getting ready for more flights and an influx of passengers as Newfoundland and Labrador's controversial pandemic travel ban is finally set to lift. Thursday will be the first day
Amazon asks for FTC head to step aside from antitrust probes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon is asking that the new head of the Federal Trade Commission step aside from antitrust investigations into the e-commerce giant, contending that her past public criticism of the company’s market power makes it impossible for her...
Key part of US residency program for investors set to expire
WASHINGTON (AP) — A program that has allowed wealthy foreign investors to obtain U.S. residency, and has long been the subject of complaints that it amounts to the wholesale selling of American citizenship, may be coming to a sputtering end.
AP Explains: NYC election blunder spurs confusion
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City election officials created doubt about the integrity of the city's mayoral primary Tuesday when a failure to clear old data from a computer system led to inaccurate vote tallies in the closely watched
Yukon asks for federal help as territory battles widespread transmission of COVID-19
WHITEHORSE — Yukon's chief public health officer paused and fought back tears as he urged residents to follow COVID-19 public health orders to help fight widespread community transmission that has pushed hospitals to their limits. Dr. Brendan Hanley sa...
GOP embraces Trump during visit to Texas, border wall
PHARR, Texas (AP) — Republican lawmakers traveled to Texas to cheer former President Donald Trump as he paid a visit to the southern border Wednesday and hammered the Biden administration for its immigration policies amid a decades-high spike in border...
9 mutilated bodies found on Mexican road near U.S. border
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican soldiers have found the bullet-ridden, mutilated corpses of nine men on a highway that runs next to the U.S. border. The killings were the latest in a series of massacres and drug cartel battles
$40 billion pledged at Paris conference for gender equality
PARIS (AP) — World leaders, philanthropists and organizations have pledged at least $40 billion at an international conference in Paris to boost gender equality, as women and girls worldwide have been deeply affected by the consequences of the pandemic...
Fists, sticks in battle over Mexico’s faded old ruling party
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Internal disputes descended into a battle with sticks and fists between members of Mexico’s former ruling party, which governed the country with an iron hand for seven decades before losing the presidency in 2000.
Census on track for August data release after court ruling
The U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that it's on schedule to deliver the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts by mid-August after federal judges rejected a challenge that could have delayed the data release even further....