Judge deals Texas narrow defeat over mail-in ballot limits
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday night handed Texas' elections overhaul a partial defeat days ahead of 2022's first primary over rules that criminalize encouraging voters to get a ballot by mail.
Another 17 COVID-19 deaths in B.C., booster dose vaccination reaches 51.5 per cent
VICTORIA — Nine COVID-19 outbreaks at seniors' care homes in British Columbia have been declared over, while two more have been announced. There are 46 health-care facilities in the province with ongoing outbreaks, most of them seniors' care homes. Th...
Billionaire developer Rick Caruso enters LA mayor’s contest
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billionaire developer Rick Caruso announced Friday he is entering the crowded field of candidates hoping to become Los Angeles' next mayor, reordering a contest that already includes several established Democrats hoping to succeed ou...
US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The U.S. says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before China becomes “strongly embedded.”
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. __
Georgia leaders: Cityhood push dead for Atlanta’s Buckhead
ATLANTA (AP) — Top Georgia lawmakers have signaled that proposals to allow the wealthy, predominately white Buckhead neighborhood to secede from Atlanta are dead, at least for this year.
Saskatchewan premier asks border protesters to respect the freedoms of other people
REGINA — Premier Scott Moe is asking protesters who are planning to attend demonstrations at Saskatchewan border crossings to not obstruct the freedoms of other people. Moe said in a statement Friday that Saskatchewan's economy relies on trucks to carr...
California bill would require vaccines for all employees
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would mandate that all businesses require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under legislation announced Friday by Democratic state lawmakers that was immediately criticized ...
Quebec Court of Appeal upholds majority of federal Indigenous child welfare law
MONTREAL — The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld the majority of a federal law that gives Indigenous governments more control over child welfare. In a 219-page unanimous decision rendered Thursday, the five-member appeals court panel said that most of ...
Wisconsin court won’t allow drop boxes for April 5 election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday denied a request from the state elections commission to keep absentee ballot drop boxes in place through the April 5 election for local offices.
