Tightened federal water protections won’t slow some projects
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to tighten oversight of projects that benefitted from Trump-era loosened water protections, but some projects including a controversial Georgia mine will likely be able to escape new scrutiny.
Prosecutors recommend dropping charges against MIT professor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are recommending dropping charges against a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was accused last year of hiding work he did for the Chinese government while also collecting U.S. dollars for his nano...
UK says there is ‘deal to be done’ to resolve feud with EU
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s foreign minister expressed optimism Friday that there is a “deal to be done” to resolve a Northern Ireland trade dispute that has soured the U.K.’s relations with the European Union.
Biden to hold news conference next Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, the eve of the one-year anniversary of his inauguration. The news conference comes
GOP governors slam COVID limits while setting policy agendas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — As the omicron variant rages and fills up hospital beds around the country, Republican governors are highlighting their opposition to restrictions that have marked the COVID-19 pandemic even as they seek to move past it
Ohio Supreme Court rejects GOP-drawn congressional map
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's Republican-drawn congressional map was rejected by the state's high court Friday, giving hope to national Democrats who had argued it unfairly delivered several potentially competitive seats in this year's critical midterm ...
Prince Edward Island reports its first two COVID-19-related deaths of the pandemic
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting the first two COVID-19 deaths of the pandemic. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says a person between the ages of 60 and 79 and a person over the age
Edward Roberts, N.L.’s 11th lieutenant-governor and longtime politician, dies at 81
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Edward Roberts, a cabinet minister under Newfoundland and Labrador's first three Liberal premiers and the province's 11th lieutenant-governor, died Friday at the age of 81. As news of Roberts's death spread Friday, politicians across...
GOP Rep. Katko, who voted to impeach Trump, won’t run again
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. John Katko, a respected Republican moderate whose congressional career seemed on the ascent, announced his retirement Friday, the third of the 10 House GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach President Donald Trump last January to say...
Most of Poland’s pandemic advisers resign over govt backing
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — More than two thirds of Poland’s COVID-19 medical advisory body resigned Friday saying the government was not heeding their advice in its response to the pandemic.
