Utah’s GOP-led death penalty repeal measure falls vote short
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A push to repeal the death penalty in Utah has been narrowly rejected, but an emotional hearing this week laid bare divisions among conservatives that have taken shape in Republican-led statehouses.
US approves new headlights that won’t blind oncoming drivers
DETROIT (AP) — Anyone who has ever been temporarily blinded by high-beam headlights from an oncoming car will be happy to hear this. U.S. highway safety regulators
Alaska tribal court jurisdiction would expand under US bill
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A provision of a U.S. Senate bill would expand tribal court jurisdiction for up to 30 Alaska tribes as part of a pilot program aimed at addressing high rates of violence.
Ethiopia lifts state of emergency early, citing easing war
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Lawmakers in Ethiopia voted Tuesday to end the country's three-month state of emergency early as mediation efforts to end a deadly war in the north continue in the Horn of Africa nation.
One more COVID-19-related death, hospitalizations on decline in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — There are 101 people in New Brunswick's hospitals as a result of COVID-19 — a drop of 11 from Monday. Eleven people are in intensive care and seven people are on ventilators. Health officials are reporting one more COVID-19-related
Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against New York Times
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to
Dutch govt phases out virus restrictions as cases drop
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government announced Tuesday that it will scrap virtually all its remaining coronavirus restrictions by the end of the month as infection rates begin to decline and pressure on health care services eases.
Commissioner says Fredericton COVID-19 protest included racist symbolism and imagery
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's commissioner on systemic racism is calling the so-called "Freedom Convoy" protest that began Friday in Fredericton a cover for a movement that is anti-government, anti-pluralist and right-wing. Manju Varma issued a stateme...
Russia sends warplanes to Syria for huge naval drills in Med
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Tuesday deployed long-range nuclear-capable bombers and fighter jets carrying state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to its air base in Syria for massive naval drills in the region amid soaring tensions with the West...
Utah senator drops opposition, internment camp bill advances
DENVER (AP) — A proposal to create a national historic site at a former World War II Japanese American internment camp in rural Colorado has passed the U.S. Senate after Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee dropped his objections to adding
