Tag Archives: Politics

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Prosecutors in Texas asked the state's highest criminal appeals court on Thursday to reverse a ruling that overturned a Fort Worth woman's voter fraud conviction and five-year...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Abortion continues to be a key part of Democrats' election playbook in North Carolina, which for 2024 will include what abortion-rights advocates call an unprecedented investment ...

WINNIPEG - Former Manitoba premier Heather Stefanson, the first woman to have held the province's top office, is resigning her legislature seat, ending a 23-year career in politics. Stefanson was firs...

TORONTO - An Ontario legislator refused to take off her keffiyeh at Queen's Park on Thursday, prompting an order for her removal from the legislative chamber and her subsequent refusal to budge. Sarah...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to restore "net neutrality" rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sit...

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - An agreement between the B.C. government and the First Nations that manage Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will see the popular tourist spot closed for part of the year to p...

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge in New York rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial on Thursday after a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages to a longtime magazine columnist who sued the form...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's tourism minister has remained defiant in the face of criticism from opposition members who have questioned the benefits of a weeklong trip to Europe that cost the provinc...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a pandemic-related restriction that curbed travel for public-health reasons. The top court has agreed to hear arguments about a...

OTTAWA - Canada is targeting Iran's defence minister as part of a new round of sanctions imposed after the country's retaliatory attack on Israel earlier this month. The sanctions affect two instituti...