State GOP lawmakers try to limit teaching about race, racism
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Teachers and professors in Idaho will be prevented from “indoctrinating” students on race. Oklahoma teachers will be prohibited from saying certain people are inherently racist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously. T...
Standoff south of St. Louis leaves man dead, officer wounded
CEDAR HILL, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area man was shot to death and an officer was wounded in what authorities said was an hourslong standoff between the man and a sheriff's department tactical team investigating a potential homicide.
As South Carolina execution looms, firing squad debated
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It's been more than a decade since Randy Gardner's brother was the last U.S. inmate executed by firing squad, years the Utah man says have been filled with nightmares about what he describes as his brother's
London teenager charged in shooting of BLM activist
LONDON (AP) — A teenager from south London appeared in court Saturday on charges that he was involved in the shooting of a prominent member of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Defense for some Capitol rioters: election misinformation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Falsehoods about the election helped bring insurrectionists to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and now some who are facing criminal charges for their actions during the riot hope their gullibility might save them or at least
Health Canada extends expiry for some Ontario AstraZeneca doses by one month
TORONTO — Ontario received permission from Health Canada to extend the expiry of some doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Saturday, saving thousands of shots from potentially going to waste. A spokeswoman for Health Minister Christine Elliott sa...
Since the nose doesn’t know pot is now legal, K-9s retire
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Asking dogs to follow their noses won't work anymore in states that have legalized marijuana. As Virginia
Arnold Chacon to serve as U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Canada
OTTAWA — The U.S. State Department says Arnold Chacon has been named to serve as chargé d’affaires to Canada at the American embassy.The announcement came Friday in a release issued by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.The United States has
P.E.I. senator looks to amend budget bill to deal with issue of EI zones on island
OTTAWA — A senator from Prince Edward Island is pushing for a change to the government's sweeping budget bill that she says would entrench an unfair situation on the island that the Trudeau Liberals have long promised to address. Deep in
P.E.I. senator looks to amend budget bill to deal with issue of EI zones on island
OTTAWA — A senator from Prince Edward Island is pushing for a change to the government's sweeping budget bill that she says would entrench an unfair situation on the island that the Trudeau Liberals have long promised to address. Deep in