AP source: US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person
North Carolina city commits $2.1M for reparations
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina city has committed $2.1 million toward funding reparations, an initiative it began last summer when it joined a number of U.S. cities which have voted to address their histories of racism and discrimination.
Governor signs bill to protect Alaska Native cemetery
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has signed legislation aimed at protecting the graves of Unangax people sent to internment camps in southeast Alaska during World War II.
Settlement reached on residential school ‘day scholars’ class-action lawsuit
OTTAWA — Diena Jules was just seven years old when she was forced to attend the Kamloops Residential School, but she was considered one of the lucky ones because she got to go home every night. She doesn't remember feeling so
Settlement reached on residential school ‘day scholars’ class-action lawsuit
OTTAWA — A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against the federal government involving hundreds of First Nations people left out of residential-school compensation. The lawsuit was brought by Indigenous students known as “day scholar...
AP Exclusive: State bar investigating Texas attorney general
DALLAS (AP) — The Texas bar association is investigating whether state Attorney General Ken Paxton's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud amounted to professional misconduct.
Nova Scotia premier says he’s comfortable with cautious timeline for reopening plan
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin says he's comfortable sticking to a minimum of two weeks between phases of his government's five-step reopening plan, despite pressure from business and tourism groups. The business and tourism sectors have bee...
Federal probe: Protest not broken up due to Trump photo op
WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal government investigation has determined that the decision to forcibly clear racial justice protesters from an area in front of the White House last summer was not influenced by then-President Donald Trump's plan to stage a...
Man sentenced to death for murder of Nebraska store clerk
WILBER, Neb. (AP) — A man was sentenced to death Wednesday for killing and dismembering a Nebraska hardware store clerk who refused to commit to his lifestyle of group sex and fraud.
Citing role in ‘genocidal policies,’ history professors reach out to First Nations
FREDERICTON — History professors at the University of New Brunswick are offering their research skills to Indigenous people looking for information about ancestors or seeking land claims, saying First Nations remain under threat from Canada's "imperial...