Police: Shooter kills 2 then self at Florida supermarket

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A shooting inside a Florida supermarket Thursday left three people dead, including the shooter, authorities said.

Quebec’s new language bill creates ‘charter-free zone,’ Anglo rights group warns

MONTREAL — Quebec's new French-language bill represents a significant overhaul of the province's legal order and could significantly impact minority rights, an organization representing Quebec's English community warned on Thursday. Marlene Jennings, p...

Message in a jacket: Jill Biden offers ‘love’ during UK trip

CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — Jill Biden is sending a sartorial message of “love” as she accompanies her husband President Joe Biden overseas.

Woman wanted by Vatican asks Italian government to intervene

ROME (AP) — Lawyers for an Italian intelligence analyst wanted by the Vatican on embezzlement-related charges have asked Italy's government to press papal prosecutors to decide whether to put her on trial or archive the case.

Turkish parliament to probe mucilage threatening Marmara Sea

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament agreed on Thursday to set up an all-party committee to investigate a slimy, floating mass of yellowish-white sea mucilage that is threatening marine life in the Sea of Marmara.

Rep. Omar says she wasn’t equating US, Israel and terrorists

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar tried edging away Thursday from a bitter fight with Jewish Democratic lawmakers who'd accused her of likening the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and Afghanistan's Taliban, saying her remarks were “in no way equating

Florida bans ‘critical race theory’ from its classrooms

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's state Board of Education banned “critical race theory” from public school classrooms Thursday, adopting new rules it said would shield schoolchildren from curricula that could “distort historical events.”

Arizona refurbishes gas chamber in push to resume executions

PHOENIX (AP) — As it aims to resume executions after a seven-year hiatus, Arizona has refurbished its gas chamber, where the nation's last lethal-gas execution was carried out more than two decades ago before the United States rejected the brutal

Wray: FBI frowns on ransomware payments despite recent trend

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI's director told lawmakers Thursday that the bureau discourages ransomware payments to hacking groups even as major companies in the past month have participated in multimillion-dollar transactions aimed at getting their system...

Quebec’s anti-corruption unit issues apology to member of legislature for 2017 arrest

Quebec's anti-corruption unit has apologized to Guy Ouellette, an Independent member of the legislature, for arresting him in October 2017 for allegedly leaking sensitive documents about an investigation to the media. The former Liberal member was neve...