Tag Archives: Politics

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri GOP on Thursday sued to remove a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan from the Republican ballot. Lawyers for the political party asked a ju...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A Democratic state senator in North Dakota is running for governor, a long-shot bid in the Republican-controlled state. State Sen. Merrill Piepkorn, of Fargo, wouldn't confirm he...

Canadians are wishing the Princess of Wales a speedy recovery after she announced she has cancer. "My thoughts are with the Princess of Wales, her children, and the entire Royal Family following the n...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A fisherman who led protests this week that shut down the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature says he has reached a deal with the government to make it easier for harvesters to ea...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Some of Pennsylvania's most populous counties are relocating polling places out of synagogues and other Jewish buildings because the Legislature deadlocked last year over propos...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican who has spearheaded House pushback against the Chinese government, said Friday he would resign from the House, leaving House Republicans w...

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - The mayor of Medicine Hat, Alta., has had her powers - and pay - greatly diminished after city council found she breached the code of conduct by failing to treat the city manager...

WINNIPEG - Families of two slain First Nations women received word Friday that the federal and Manitoba governments are putting up $20 million each to help search a landfill for the women's remains. "...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A Maryland congressman who is running for Senate has apologized for what he said was the inadvertent use of a racial slur during a budget hearing. Rep. David Trone, a Democrat, s...

HOPKINTON, N.H. (AP) - Like the old saying about March itself, an orchestrated effort to get rid of vote-counting machines in New Hampshire this month came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. "El...