Fashion retailer pays $4.2M in settlement with FTC
NEW YORK (AP) — Online fashion retailer Fashion Nova will be required to pay $4.2 million to settle allegations that it blocked negative reviews of its products from being posted to its website, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
Public safety minister calls for removal of Hillier ‘hate’ tweet about Alghabra
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is calling on Twitter to remove a tweet from an Ontario politician who labelled federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra a "terrorist." Mendicino said Tuesday the tweet from Independent MPP Randy Hillier ...
Michigan settlement lets faith agencies deny LGBT adoptions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Faith-based adoption agencies that contract with the state of Michigan can refuse to place children with same-sex couples under a proposed settlement filed in federal court Tuesday, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for a
Senate and House pass medical pot bills, collision looms
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's Senate on Tuesday passed a spate of bills to put lawmakers' mark on the state's new voter-passed medical marijuana law. Several
Picard re-elected as chief of Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador for 11th term
MONTREAL — Ghislain Picard has been elected to an 11th mandate as chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador. In an election today, Picard captured 74 per cent of the votes, beating out former Kanesatake Mohawk grand chief Serge Simon
Lawmaker criticized for slurs arrested on shoplifting counts
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware lawmaker who came under fire last year for using a racist and sexist slur to refer to sex workers was arrested on shoplifting charges Tuesday, just days after announcing that he was resigning for
Judge won’t dismiss charges before Whitmer kidnap plot trial
DETROIT (AP) — A judge rejected claims of entrapment Tuesday and declined to dismiss charges ahead of a March trial against five men accused of trying to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Black lawmakers say Tennessee GOP ignores racism concerns
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first month back at the state Capitol has felt frustratingly familiar for Black lawmakers in Tennessee’s majority-white Legislature. First, lawmakers passed a
British Columbia developing plan to protect drinking water, ecosystems
VICTORIA — Severe drought, wildfires, flooding and landslides in British Columbia last year show that responding to climate change requires focusing on water and strengthening natural defences provided by healthy watersheds, an expert says. "We've all ...
To highlight economic growth, Biden goes shopping for gifts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged last week to chat more with everyday Americans and took an initial step Tuesday afternoon by visiting a gift shop and ice cream store in Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
