Canada OKs drug decriminalization test in British Columbia
By JIM MORRIS and ROB GILLIES Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada’s government said Tuesday it will allow British Columbia…
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Appeals court upholds dismissal of US election fraud case
DENVER (AP) — A Denver-based federal appeals court has agreed with a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit that claimed the 2020 presidential…
Continue ReadingRecords outline detention plans for Idaho school shooter
RIGBY, Idaho (AP) — A 12-year-old girl who shot three people at an eastern Idaho junior high school last year will remain in juvenile detention…
Continue ReadingCyber agency: Voting software vulnerable in some states
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The nation’s leading cybersecurity agency says electronic voting machines from a leading vendor…
Continue ReadingNew federal lawsuits target ex-cop who killed George Floyd
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minnesotans have filed federal civil rights lawsuits against the city of Minneapolis and…
Continue Reading‘No joke’: Initial rounds of National Spelling Bee get tough
By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — One speller ran off the stage in the middle of her time at the microphone, saying she needed…
Continue ReadingContracts expired, union to picket Atlantic City’s Tropicana
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Unable to reach new contracts with the Atlantic City casinos, the city’s main casino…
Continue ReadingShooting kills 1, wounds 2 after HS graduation at university
By GERALD HERBERT Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say an elderly woman was killed and two males wounded when an argument…
Continue ReadingVatican official describes frenzy to turn London deal around
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A former Vatican official has testified about the frenzied meetings in 2018 that the Holy…
Continue ReadingMexico totally bans sales of e-cigarettes
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has signed a decree outlawing the sale of e-cigarettes, continuing the…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: A look at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault civil trial
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eleven months after he was freed from prison, 85-year-old Bill Cosby will again be the…
Continue ReadingNadal tops Djokovic in quarterfinal thriller at French Open
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal insists he can’t know for sure whether any match at Roland Garros might be his very…
Continue ReadingSchool stabbing trial delayed over mood from Texas shootings
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The judge has postponed a trial involving a violent altercation in a Wisconsin high school after defense attorneys argued that…
Continue ReadingDepp-Heard defamation trial: What is the jury considering?
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — After a six-week trial, a civil jury in Virginia is deliberating defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard.…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses lawsuit over citizenship check for voting
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accused Mississippi of using a…
Continue ReadingBiden talks gun control, extremism with New Zealand’s PM
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is praising New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her success in…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Navalny says he faces new criminal charges
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that he is facing new criminal accusations that could extend his current…
Continue ReadingInspectors ask for authority to go after more COVID fraud
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Inspectors general need more authority to go after fraud in the COVID-19 relief programs, the independent…
Continue ReadingBond denied for suspect in fatal Oklahoma festival shooting
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A 26-year-old man suspected in a shooting that killed one person and wounded seven more at an outdoor festival in eastern…
Continue ReadingFederal lawmakers seek review of New England asylum cases
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Congressional leaders in New England are calling for a federal investigation into the low rate of…
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