New NC districts backed by judges; candidate filing resuming
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Candidate filing in North Carolina will resume Thursday as scheduled, as the state Supreme Court refused late Wednesday to delay the use of redistricting maps endorsed by trial judges earlier in the day.
Agency: Migrant fatally shot being detained after escape bid
PHOENIX (AP) — Customs and Border Protection officials say a migrant who died of gunshot wounds after a weekend encounter with a Border Patrol agent was shot while being detained following an escape attempt.
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — The number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in New Brunswick continues to drop. There are currently 74 people hospitalized — down four from Tuesday. That includes six patients in intensive care, a drop of two. According to provincia...
AP-NORC poll: Most in US oppose major role in Russia strife
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s little support among Americans for a major U.S. role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a new poll, even as President Joe Biden imposes new sanctions and threatens a stronger response that could provoke retaliation f...
Mohawk community in Quebec to vote on removing remains of allegedly abusive priest
MONTREAL — The First Nation of Kahnawake south of Montreal will vote next month in a referendum on whether the remains of a Jesuit priest alleged to have committed sexual abuse should be exhumed and removed from the community. Exhumation "was
US deepens sanctions on smuggling network for Yemen Houthis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States added to sanctions Wednesday against what it said were members of an illicit financing network for Yemen’s Houthi rebels, responding to the Iran-backed group's recent escalation of drone and missile attacks on its oi...
USPS gets final signoff to order new delivery vehicles
(AP) — The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles — and getting some of them on delivery routes next year — despite pushback from the Environmental Protection
City posts white desegregation story on Black History Month
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina city is apologizing for a social media post promoting Black History Month that focused on the white mayor's experience as a high schooler during desegregation.
Gangs control who eats at Mississippi jail, monitor says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Gangs inside a Mississippi jail often determine whether other inmates receive meals, a court-appointed monitor testified in a federal court hearing. Elizabeth Simpson
Officials report nearly 3 million Quebecers were hit by Omicron wave
MONTREAL — Health officials reported Wednesday that nearly three million Quebecers, including more than a third of all children, are believed to have been infected by COVID-19 since the beginning of the Omicron wave. Dr. Luc Boileau, the province's int...
