By David Crary The Associated Press NEW YORK — By striking down tough abortion restrictions in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has emboldened abortion-rights activists nationwide and imperiled a range of anti-abortion laws in numerous states. Many anti-abortion leaders were openly disappointed, bracing for the demise of restrictions that they […]
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By Jill Colvin The Associated Press NEW YORK — From the moment he first declared it, the plan has been a signature of his campaign for president: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure […]
By Danica Kirka And Leonora Beck The Associated Press LONDON — The impact of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union was swift and painful for Ed Bussey’s small tech firm in London. The founder and CEO of Quill, an online content company, had been looking to fill a software […]
By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Retired Pope Benedict XVI endorsed Pope Francis’ mercy-filled ministry Tuesday during an unprecedented Vatican ceremony featuring a reigning pope honouring a retired one on the 65th anniversary of his ordination as a priest. The ceremony served in part to show continuity […]
By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee faulted the Obama administration Tuesday in a report on the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. The panel’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, and other Republicans accuse the Obama administration of stonewalling important documents […]
The Associated Press AMSTERDAM — An Amsterdam court has approved the extradition of a Dutch man to Canada, where authorities suspect him of a string of crimes against Amanda Todd, a 15-year-old girl who drew global attention to cyberbullying when she posted a YouTube video recounting her ordeal. She later […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Air Canada has finalized a previously announced order for at least 45 Bombardier CSeries passenger jets, worth US$3.8 billion at list prices. Deliveries of the CS300 jets currently the largest model of Bombardier’s new CSeries planes will begin in late 2019 and extend to 2022. […]
By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton never personally denied any requests from diplomats for additional security at the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, according to Democrats on a select House panel who absolved the former secretary of state and the U.S. military of wrongdoing in the […]
By Jesse J. Holland The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Almost eight years after electing a black president, vast majorities of blacks and Hispanics think President Barack Obama at least tried to make race relations in the United States better, according to a poll released Monday. But only about half of […]
The Associated Press MILWAUKEE—Tanner Roark did a stellar job in taking the place of Stephen Strasburg. Roark—called on to replace the Nationals’ injured ace—held the Brewers without a run over seven innings as Washington snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers yesterday. “We had […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—Canadian truckers fear a planned new border security measure will steer them into a complicated maze of U.S. law that dents their pocketbooks—or even creates immigration difficulties. The Liberal government recently introduced legislation that would step up the exchange of information with Washington about people crossing the […]
The Canadian PressCamille Bains VANCOUVER—Canada urgently needs a national strategy to ensure seniors are prescribed appropriate medications because the cost of giving them the wrong drugs has reached nearly $2 billion a year, a new study says. Prof. Steve Morgan of the University of British Columbia said physiological changes associated […]
