Murray Wood: Drop in reading rates a sad trend to see
New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
Tag Archives: international
Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here's what's happening in other states
Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal electi...
Apr 12, 2024
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alabama's congressional primary runoffs
WASHINGTON (AP) - Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest...
Apr 12, 2024
Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to talk about taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is headed to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania on Tuesday to talk about who he believes should be paying more in taxes (billionaires) and who should be payin...
Apr 12, 2024
How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession
MIAMI (AP) - Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car - and ...
Apr 12, 2024
How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession
MIAMI (AP) - Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car - and ...
Apr 12, 2024
'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
DENVER (AP) - On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death. She'll probably miss his high school graduation. Death doesn't fright...
Apr 11, 2024
'I'm dying, you're not': Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death
DENVER (AP) - On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death. She'll probably miss his high school graduation. She declined the ext...
Apr 11, 2024
Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case against a former president
NEW YORK (AP) - Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, a dozen are soon to become the first Americans to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime. Jury selection is set to ...
Apr 11, 2024
Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Donald Trump offered a political lifeline Friday to House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying the beleaguered GOP leader is doing a "very good job," and tamping down the far-right for...
Apr 11, 2024
A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of Arizona, a key swing state
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona was already expected to be one of the most closely contested states in November's U.S. presidential election. But a ruling this week instituting a near-total abortion ban superc...
Apr 11, 2024
NOW TRENDING
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Whose standards do we use when we measure offence?
Sarah Mills says we all have different standards when it comes to what offends us. But when standards don't align, who's...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Friday, Sept. 19
Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...