Politics

North Carolina legislature gives final OK to election board changes, with governor's veto to follow

RALEIGH, N.

Sep 22, 2023 10:48 AM Read more >

Tennessee judges side with Nashville in fight over fairgrounds speedway

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Sep 22, 2023 10:23 AM Read more >

Bulgaria to purchase US Stryker combat vehicles and related equipment

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) 鈥� Bulgaria鈥檚 government has approved the purchase of U.S.-made Stryker combat vehicles to modernize the country鈥檚 land forces and bring them in line with NATO standards.

Sep 22, 2023 7:51 AM Read more >

A flamethrower and comments about book burning ignite a political firestorm in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) 鈥� A longshot candidate for Missouri governor and his supporters describe his use of a flamethrower at a recent 鈥淔reedom Fest鈥� event outside St. Louis as no big deal.

Sep 22, 2023 7:40 AM Read more >

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says her husband has lung cancer

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) 鈥� The husband of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the governor's office announced Thursday.

Sep 22, 2023 7:14 AM Read more >

Massachusetts has a huge waitlist for state-funded housing. So why are 2,300 units vacant?

Deb Libby is running out of time to find a place to live. Libby, 56, moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, four years ago, in part to be closer to the doctors treating her for pancreatic cancer.

Sep 22, 2023 4:05 AM Read more >

First Nations in northern Ontario seek over $100B to honour treaty promise

A legal battle playing out in a northern Ontario courtroom this month has seen an alliance of First Nations argue they are owed upwards of $100 billion for the Crown's failure to honour a 173-year-old treaty promise, while the federal and provincial

Sep 22, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

Nevada Republicans brace for confusion as party eyes election rules that may favor Trump

RENO, Nev. (AP) 鈥� Former President Donald Trump's push to bend state Republican parties to his will 鈥� and gain an advantage in his effort to return to the White House 鈥� is coming to a head in Nevada.

Sep 21, 2023 10:25 PM Read more >

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Ottawa for first visit

OTTAWA 鈥� Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Ottawa late Thursday night for his first official visit to Canada since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Sep 21, 2023 10:02 PM Read more >

'I don't know when we'll go': Travel plans upended amid fraying Canada-India ties

MONTREAL 鈥� Until this week, Sukhwinder Dhillon was set on making his first trip back to India in years sometime in the next few months. 鈥淢y father passed, and my brother passed,鈥� said the 56-year-old Montrealer. 鈥淚 want to go now.

Sep 21, 2023 8:36 PM Read more >