Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope Francis seeking apology for residential schools
OTTAWA — Indigenous leaders will visit the Vatican later this year to press for a papal apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said Indigenous leaders will visit the Vatican between De...
Does Breyer follow big term with retirement, or hang around?
WASHINGTON (AP) — After writing two of the Supreme Court’s biggest decisions this year, Stephen Breyer could say he’s come to a fitting end of nearly 27 years as a justice and announce his retirement.
Ukrainian parliament approves key judicial reform bill
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a much-anticipated judicial reform, a move long sought by the West. The
Man sentenced to 30 years for killing Navajo police officer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man who shot and killed a tribal police officer in a remote corner of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.
NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal stepping down to join SEC
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, the nation's first Sikh state attorney general, is resigning to join the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency and Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday.
Ottawa to close about 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries to conserve stocks
VANCOUVER — The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the "verge of collapse." The Fisheries Department said in a news ...
Solicitor: More time needed to probe Black man’s jail death
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina prosecutor investigating the January jail death of a mentally ill Black man said Tuesday that she needs more time to decide whether to press criminal charges in the case.
Mural depicting Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, others defaced
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A mural in Kentucky that depicts Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and other Black people recently killed by law enforcement has been defaced, officials said.
Spain reopens talks with Catalan separatists after pardons
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s prime minister met Tuesday with the chief of Catalonia for the first time since his government pardoned nine separatist leaders of the affluent region’s separatist movement in an attempt to further mend relations between...
Asian shares advance despite weaker factory data, outbreaks
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday despite new data showing factory activity slowed this month as virus outbreaks disrupted shipping at some Chinese ports.