White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially go online.
Harvard immigration clinic sues for records on ICE detention
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Harvard Law School clinic has sued federal immigration officials for failing to release records about the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention facilities.
Judge to decide lawsuit alleging admissions discrimination
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An elite public high school in northern Virginia discriminated against Asian American families when it overhauled its admissions policies amid a push to increase Black and Hispanic representation at the school, lawyers argued Tue...
Judge to decide lawsuit alleging admissions discrimination
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An elite public high school in northern Virginia discriminated against Asian American families when it overhauled its admissions policies amid a push to increase Black and Hispanic representation at the school, lawyers argued Tue...
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe calls byelection in northern riding of Athabasca
REGINA — Premier Scott Moe has announced a byelection for Feb. 15 to fill a vacant legislature seat in Athabasca. The seat has been vacant since last August when former NDP member Buckley Belanger resigned from the provincial legislature to seek
Murphy sworn in for 2nd term as New Jersey governor
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy was inaugurated for a second term Tuesday, taking the oath of office under strict COVID-19 testing, vaccination and masking requirements, and declaring that New Jersey's progressive policies c...
COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, WHO says
GENEVA (AP) — The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Tuesday that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic — deaths, hospitalizations and lockdowns — could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are
Still no deal in Czech, Poland lignite mine dispute
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The environment ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic said Tuesday they have made progress but still need to consult on some points in solving a stalemate over a Polish lignite mine the Czech government says
Lawyer outlines defense for indicted Baltimore prosecutor
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top prosecutor is innocent of federal charges that she lied about the pandemic harming her personal businesses to withdraw money from her retirement savings, her lawyer argued as he defended her purchase of two Florida vaca...
$500 million to be spent on Nova Scotia’s highways, roads and bridges in 2022-23
HALIFAX — Capital spending to improve and upgrade Nova Scotia's roads, highways and bridges is expected to approach nearly $500 million in the 2022-23 fiscal year. Officials said Tuesday the provincial contribution to the total is about $340 million, w...
