High court’s Alabama ruling sparks alarm over voting rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's decision to halt efforts to create a second mostly Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election sparked fresh warnings that the court is becoming too politicized, eroding the Voting Rights Act and
Biden’s pick to combat antisemitism finally gets hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Describing herself as an “equal-opportunity foe of antisemitism,” President Joe Biden's pick to monitor and combat prejudice against Jews around the world finally got her day before the Senate committee that will evaluate her nominati...
Emhoff whisked from Black history event after bomb threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, was whisked out of an event Tuesday at a Washington high school by Secret Service agents following a bomb threat.
Health officials report six more COVID-19 deaths in New Brunswick Tuesday
FREDERICTON — Six more people have died as a result of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, increasing the toll to 269 since the start of the pandemic. The latest deaths involve two people in their 70s from the Fredericton region, two people
EXPLAINER: How Alabama congressional map got to high court
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court is allowing Alabama to use re-drawn congressional districts for the 2022 elections that a lower court found had improperly diluted the votes of Black residents. The high court's action Monday is a win
In key vote, Democrats reject Wheeler Cabinet appointment
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats who narrowly control the Virginia Senate stuck together Tuesday and voted unanimously against approving former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's Cabinet....
Opposition to Stacey Abrams unites Georgia’s divided GOP
ATLANTA (AP) — In their bid to win the Republican nomination in the Georgia governor's race, incumbent Brian Kemp and challenger David Perdue are often at odds — except when it comes to Stacey Abrams.
US to remind China of Pacific interests amid Ukraine tension
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making a push to remind China that the U.S. remains involved and active in the Indo-Pacific despite Washington and the West's current preoccupation with a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.
EU lifts its suspension of aid to Burundi’s government
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The European Union on Tuesday said it is resuming financial assistance to Burundi's government, citing a "peaceful political process" since the 2020 election that it said “opened a new window of hope" for Burundians.
EU, US urge Albania to keep vetting judges, prosecutors
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Union and the United States on Tuesday urged Albania to pass a constitutional amendment to complete the vetting of the judiciary in its path toward becoming a member of the bloc’s one day.
