Prime Minister Mark Carney鈥檚 Liberal Party has won Canada鈥檚 federal election, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 threats to Canada鈥檚 economy and sovereignty. The Liberals are projected to win more of Parliament鈥檚 343 seats than the Conservatives in Monday鈥檚 contest. It isn鈥檛 clear yet if they will win an […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to fund an online charter school that 鈥渋s faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.鈥� The Supreme Court could well approve. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would be the nation’s first religious charter school. A ruling from the high court allowing public money […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is pushing Ukraine to cede territory to Russia to end the war, threatening to walk away if a deal becomes too difficult 鈥� and causing alarm bells in Europe about how to fill the gap. Ukraine’s European allies view the war as fundamental to the continent’s security, and pressure […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed, quiet finish ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings and economic data that could bring more bouts of volatility. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices fell. Tokyo鈥檚 markets were closed for a holiday. Hong Kong’s […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� More than 50,000 Los Angeles county workers began a two-day strike Monday evening, closing libraries and disrupting administrative operations across the nation’s most populous county. The two-day strike was initiated in response to failed negotiations with the county for a new contract after the last one expired in March, according to […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� They’d watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through binoculars as the last U.S. Marines piled into a helicopter on the roof of the embassy to be whisked away from Saigon. So when the reporters who had stayed behind heard the telltale squeak of the rubber sandals worn by North […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) 鈥� New York state would ban cellphones in public schools 鈥渂ell to bell鈥� beginning with the next school year under an agreement announced late Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul. 鈥淲e’ve protected our kids before from cigarettes, alcohol, and drunk driving, and now we’re protecting them from addictive technology designed to hijack their […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� A long-dormant Nevada law requiring parents or guardians to be notified before a minor can have an abortion will not take effect this week following a federal judge’s ruling. The 1985 law has never before been enforced in Nevada because of court rulings that found it was unconstitutional based on Roe […]
CHATHAM, Ill. (AP) 鈥� Four people were killed when a car smashed through a building Monday in Chatham, Illinois, police said. Chatham Police Department Deputy Chief Scott Tarter said police responded at about 3:20 p.m. to calls about a vehicle driving into a building during an after-school program. The vehicle hit three people outside the […]
The Trump administration on Monday announced federal officials are launching investigations into Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review, saying authorities have received reports of race-based discrimination 鈥減ermeating the operations鈥� of the journal. The investigations come as Harvard fights a freeze on $2.2 billion in federal grants the Trump administration imposed after the university refused […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) 鈥� A Florida businessman charged with kidnapping and killing his estranged wife in Spain was found dead from an apparent suicide Monday morning in a South Florida federal prison, his defense attorney said. David Knezevich, 37, was awaiting trial at the Federal Detention Center in Miami. He was charged last year […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥� A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate’s legal team argued was based on 鈥渏unk science.鈥� Jimmie Duncan was originally convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 after being accused […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� Mexico and the United States said Monday they had reached an agreement that involves Mexico immediately sending more water from their shared Rio Grande basin to Texas farmers after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs and sanctions earlier this month. 鈥淢exico has committed to make an immediate transfer of water from […]
A woman pleaded not guilty Monday to fatally stabbing a Kansas City, Missouri, paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance. Shanetta Bossell, 39, was arrested Sunday after trying to drive off in the ambulance as others were tending to paramedic Graham Hoffman’s chest wound, according to court records. She has […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a law that supporters hope will prevent future school shootings like the one that killed two students and two teachers on Sept. 4 at the Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta. Richard Aspinwall, the father of the Ricky Aspinwall, one of the teachers who was […]
Canadians decide Monday if new Prime Minister Mark Carney will extend the Liberal Party鈥檚 decade in power or pick the opposition Conservatives’ populist leader Pierre Poilievre to lead the country. The Liberals looked headed for defeat after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped down earlier this year amid rising food and housing prices and soaring immigration. […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) 鈥� The man who has led South Carolina prisons for more than a decade was named as the top federal prosecutor for the state on Monday. Bryan Stirling took the oath of office in a private ceremony at the federal courthouse in Columbia, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement. Stirling […]
Writers Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer of The Atlantic say they’ve learned one thing during their years of covering President Donald Trump: His first word is rarely his last one. That’s obvious from their circuitous journey in landing interviews with the Republican president, which included an apparent late-night 鈥渂utt dial鈥� and Trump’s unexpected invitation to […]
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) 鈥� A speedboat went airborne and did a complete backward flip while racing at about 200 mph (322kph) before crashing into an Arizona lake. Two racers inside the boat’s covered cabin survived the event, which saw the boat go over 30 feet (9 meters) in the air. They wore harnesses […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor and a fierce advocate for workplace equality. She died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman broke many barriers in her prolific career, and the outpouring of praise since her […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A man accused of stealing a purse from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was charged Monday in federal court with aggravated identity theft, robbery and fraud. Video captured Mario Bustamante Leiva taking Noem’s purse while she dined at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., on April 20 under the protection of Secret Service […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is hosting the 2025 Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles at the White House on Monday, but several players, including quarterback Jalen Hurts, are skipping the celebration. Hurts and other players cited scheduling conflicts as the reasons for their absences, according to a White House official who was not authorized […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A disability-rights case at the Supreme Court grew unusually heated on Monday, including accusations of lying and references to one side’s position being a potential 鈥渇ive-alarm fire.鈥� The appeal comes from a teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy whose family says some courts have made it too hard to sue […]
WARETOWN, N.J. (AP) 鈥� Three-fourths of a vast wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens has been contained, state officials said Monday. The state Forest Fire Service said the blaze in southern New Jersey’s Ocean County had grown to nearly 24 square miles (62 square kilometers) but was 75% contained. No deaths or injuries have been […]
