Increased water pumping worries Line 3 pipeline opponents
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Opponents of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline project are worried about the potential impact of the company's plan to temporarily pump as much as 10 times more groundwater out of the construction
Wing of Miami-area condo collapses; many feared dead
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A wing of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed with a roar in a town outside Miami early Thursday, killing at least one person and trapping residents in rubble and twisted metal. Rescuers pulled dozens of
Report says fatal Flight 752 crash not planned, but places blame squarely on Iran
OTTAWA — Iran did not plan last year's deadly downing of a passenger jet in advance, but a series of failures by the regime's civil and military authorities set the stage for the shoot-down of PS752 minutes after it took
New York court suspends Rudy Giuliani’s law license
NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York on Thursday because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race.
Luxembourg’s leader fears for minors over Hungary LGBT law
BRUSSELS (AP) — Xavier Bettel is a jaunty, sharply-dressed man with a keen sense of humor who leads one of Europe's smallest but richest countries. But on Thursday, Luxembourg’s first openly gay prime minister looked deflated and disappointed.
House GOP leader to meet with officer hurt in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the attack will meet with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday, according to two people
Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — On oil well pads carved from the wheat fields around Lake Sakakawea, hundreds of pump jacks slowly bob to extract 100 million barrels of crude annually from a reservation shared by three Native American tribes.
Nova Scotia Tory member dropped from caucus by leader for supporting border shutdown
HALIFAX — A prominent member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative party has been dropped from the caucus after she posted an angry video on Facebook supporting a protest that closed the border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Party Leader
Vatican moves to tamp down spat with Italy over LGBT rights
MILAN (AP) — The Vatican’s Secretary of State attempted to tamp down controversy Thursday over a Vatican diplomatic communication to
Quebec reports 96 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths as hospitalizations drop under 150
MONTREAL — The number of COVID-19 patients in Quebec hospitals has fallen below 150 for the first time since mid-September. The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations declined by 18 from Wednesday's report and now stands at 143, while th...