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Georgia restricted transgender care for youth in 2023. Now Republicans are seeking an outright ban
ATLANTA (AP) - A year ago, Georgia lawmakers said they were striking a balance when they banned most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18, but l...
Mar 12, 2024
North Carolina judges block elections board changes pushed by Republicans that weaken governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's GOP-controlled legislature unlawfully tried to seize from the governor the power to choose elections board members in the battleground state, trial judges ruled w...
Mar 12, 2024
Wisconsin elections review shows recall targeting GOP leader falls short of signatures needed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Supporters of former President Donald Trump who organized an effort to recall Wisconsin's top elected Republican did not gather enough signatures to trigger the recall election un...
Mar 12, 2024
Hur said Biden couldn’t recall when his son died. The interview transcript is more complicated
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House knew it had a political problem on its hands when a special counsel report questioned President Joe Biden's memory last month, but Biden saw a much more personal affr...
Mar 12, 2024
Climate, a major separator for Biden and Trump, is a dividing line in many other races, too
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The race for the White House isn't the only one with big stakes for climate policy. In campaigns for Congress and for governor around the country, candidates are talking about how...
Mar 12, 2024
Letter carrier robberies continue as the US Postal Service, union and lawmakers seek solutions
When the U.S. Postal Service launched Project Safe Delivery last year, officials pledged they would be "doubling down" on their efforts to combat growing rates of letter carrier robberies. The crackdo...
Mar 12, 2024
Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego begins TV ads as the Arizona US Senate race takes shape without Sinema
PHOENIX (AP) - Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego began airing the first television ads of his U.S. Senate campaign on Tuesday as the crucial Arizona race takes shape as a one-on-one contest after incumben...
Mar 12, 2024
Canada's UN envoy says intervention is the best chance to heal gang crisis in Haiti
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the United Nations says a looming military intervention is the best chance Haiti has of uprooting gangs that have wrought escalating chaos on the Caribbean nation for y...
Mar 12, 2024
Quebec tables budget with $11-billion deficit, no precise timeline to balance books
QUEBEC - A stagnant economy, a historic forest fire season and billions of dollars in public sector wage increases are what Quebec's finance minister says have led to one of the biggest budget deficit...
Mar 12, 2024
Coral reef that 'shouldn't exist' thrives off B.C.'s Pacific Ocean, biologist says
VANCOUVER - It started with a tip from the local First Nation of a "bump on the sea floor" where the fish liked to be and led to the discovery of Canada's only known live coral reef. Deep sea ecologis...
Mar 12, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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