Alaska Senate votes for bigger dividend during budget debate
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Senate passed a state spending package Tuesday that includes dividends of about $4,200 to residents this year plus “energy relief” checks of $1,300.
GOP fears far-right candidate will be PA governor nominee
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With six days until Pennsylvania's primary, Republicans are openly worrying that a leading candidate in the crowded GOP field for governor is unelectable in the fall general election and will fumble away an opportunity for the
Lawyer wants 3 US presidents to rescue ex-Honduran president
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández is hoping three American presidents can rescue him from U.S. criminal charges alleging he accepted millions of dollars from drug traffickers funneling drugs to the United States, his lawy...
Candidate entry suggests South Dakota AG won’t seek 2nd term
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A top aide to Republican South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced Tuesday he is seeking the GOP nomination for state attorney general, suggesting that Ravnsborg won’t seek another term as he faces an impeachment
Fraser pressed on why Immigration has not approved 2,900 Afghans who helped Canada
OTTAWA — NDP caucus chair Jenny Kwan says she is seeking urgent answers about what has happened to the applications of 2,900 Afghans who helped the Canadian military. Kwan is demanding Immigration Minister Sean Fraser explain why the Afghans, whose cre...
Pandemic gets tougher to track as COVID testing plunges
Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted across the globe, making it much tougher for scientists to track the course of the pandemic and spot new, worrisome viral mutants as they emerge and spread.
Advocates push for release of women’s prison abuse victims
WASHINGTON (AP) — A national criminal justice advocacy group is pushing the Justice Department to support the release of women who were sexually abused by staff at a federal women’s prison in California.
Bloc Québécois wants to end daily prayer in House, but Trudeau says not a priority
OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois wants the "Almighty God" out of the House of Commons. The party tabled a motion Tuesday to change a standing order requiring that a prayer be read before each daily sitting of the House. In its
EXPLAINER: What caused Sri Lanka’s economic collapse?
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The South Asian nation of Sri Lanka is experiencing an unprecedented economic collapse that has pushed the government into a deep crisis. The island is struggling to import basic necessities for its 22 million people
Assata Shakur accomplice gets parole in trooper’s 1973 death
A split New Jersey Supreme Court granted parole Tuesday to a former militant convicted in the 1973 death of a New Jersey state trooper, in a case that has resonated for decades and been a thorny issue in U.S.-Cuba relations.
