Tag Archives: Politics

The international body that regulates shipping has approved new environmental protections for the Canadian Arctic expected to reduce emissions that hasten the melting of Arctic sea ice. At meetings th...

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...