RCMP cleared border blockades without Emergencies Act powers, committee hears
OTTAWA — Extraordinary powers granted to police under the Emergencies Act weren't used to clear protest blockades at Canada's border crossings, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said Tuesday. Lucki testified virtually at a House of Commons committee made ...
Judge won’t make Sen. Warren retract letter about COVID book
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle has declined to order Sen. Elizabeth Warren to retract statements she made criticizing a book that promotes misinformation about COVID-19 and suggesting that companies that sold it might face liability.
Rev. Barber: Conviction after NC protest ‘badge of honor’
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A civil rights leader said Tuesday that he won't stop raising his voice for the poor, uninsured and downtrodden, although his trespassing conviction for a demonstration five years ago at North Carolina's Legislative Building was al...
Alberta government alters bereavement leave legislation amid abortion debate
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is amending its bereavement bill following criticism that it allowed leave for stillbirths and miscarriages but was silent on abortions. Labour Minister Kaycee Madu introduced an amendment Tuesday to a bill that, if p...
California lawmaker reveals abortion as more women speak out
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California legislator who is the wife of state Attorney General Rob Bonta disclosed Tuesday that she had an abortion as a 21-year old.
Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state Constitution provision allowing non-unanimous jury convictions was racially motivated — and whether the now-banned policy must be applied retroactively.
Anti-abortion Senate Democrat backs abortion rights bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, one of the last lawmakers on Capitol Hill calling himself a “pro-life Democrat,” said Tuesday he would support a bill to write abortion rights into federal law following the Supreme Court’s leaked
Haitian gang leader charged in kidnapping of US missionaries
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged the leader of a notoriously violent Haitian gang in connection with the kidnapping of 16 Americans last year, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Naval Special Warfare sailor dies after training incident
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Naval Special Warfare sailor died Monday from injuries received late last week during a training exercise at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia, the Navy said Tuesday.
Byelection in northern Manitoba to fill seat held by politician who died in crash
WINNIPEG — Voters in a northern Manitoba constituency are to go to the polls in a provincial byelection on June 7. The seat of Thompson includes the city of the same name and several other communities stretching to Hudson Bay and
