Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that Canada’s national police force went public with its allegations against Indian diplomats this week because it had to disrupt violent acts in Canada including drive-by-shootings, extortions and even murder. The Royal Canadian Police said Monday it had identified India’s top diplomat in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges play out. The court on Wednesday rejected a push from Republican-led states and industry groups to block the Environmental Protection Agency rule. One conservative justice
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota school district has banned a police officer from working as a substitute teacher after what it describes as a series of “racially harmful” actions. Officials say those actions included putting a student on the ground for a reenactment of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — Italy on Wednesday criminalized citizens who go abroad to have children through surrogacy, a measure slammed by opponents as “medieval” and discriminatory to same-sex couples. The measure extending a surrogacy ban in place since 2004 was promoted by Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party and its conservative coalition
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a drab office suite just blocks from the White House, seasoned political operatives are drawing up detailed plans for a government in waiting. Another identical suite in the same government building is dark and idle. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are running markedly different transition
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox issued the order Wednesday after holding a hearing on challenges to the rules. The rules that Cox invalidated include three that
Continue ReadingFOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A 36-year-old woman and three 16-year-old boys are suspected in the shooting or killing of more than 100 deer within a 200-square-mile area in eastern Wisconsin. The Fond du Lac County sheriffs’ office says the poaching occurred between the spring of 2023 and last July across Fond du Lac,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Shaban al-Dalu, a 19-year-old Palestinian university student, had survived an Israeli strike on a mosque when, only a week later, he was killed in a new strike on the courtyard of the central Gaza hospital where his family was sheltering. The strike triggered a fire that swept
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prison officials will attempt to execute the state’s longest-serving death row inmate next month using new protocols after botching the first attempt in February. A judge issued a death warrant for Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday, one day after the state correction department announced renovations to its execution
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff says witnesses reported seeing a group of armed people harassing hurricane relief workers in a remote Tennessee community last weekend. Carter County Sheriff Mike Farley said the harassment of Federal Emergency Management Agency workers happened Saturday in the remote community of Elk Mills. No arrests were made,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the zoo will unveil its newly renovated panda house to the public. When can we see them? Not for a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Absentee ballot drop boxes in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin are available in a small fraction of the places they were four years ago, with many conservative communities opting not to offer them for the upcoming election. In 2020, more than 500 drop boxes were available for voters
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The new Unrivaled women’s basketball 3-on-3 league will have its games broadcast on TNT and its sports platforms. The league announced a multiyear partnership with the network to show more than 45 games from the inaugural season that begins in January. Matchups will be shown three nights a week
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man accused of driving into three nurses who were treating a gunshot victim outside a Philadelphia hospital has turned himself in. Authorities identified 20-year-old Jaadir Goodwyn as a suspect on Tuesday. He’s facing several charges, including aggravated assault by vehicle and reckless endangerment. Police say Goodwyn and two other men dropped
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, a tech mogul who is the world’s richest person, plunged more than $70 million into helping Donald Trump and other Republicans win in November’s election, making him one of the biggest donors to GOP causes this campaign season, according to campaign finance disclosures released this week. Musk made
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AP Business Writer The Walt Disney Co. is set to pilot a new pass for guests to get on rides faster at its domestic theme parks, but the cost might be a bit out of reach for some people. Disney said Wednesday that its Lightning Lane Premier Pass, which will be available in limited quantities,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is showing no sign it would be willing to invite Ukraine to join its ranks anytime soon. The 32 member countries of the world’s biggest military alliance are seeking more information about President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s “victory plan” for ending the war with Russia. It’s centered on a request for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the federal government has approved nearly $2 billion in assistance across six states to help people hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton. The federal government has been under intense pressure to show that it is getting help to areas devastated by the back-to-back hurricanes in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — RTX Corporation, the defense contractor formerly known as Raytheon, has agreed to pay more than $950 million to resolve allegations that it defrauded the government and paid bribes to secure business with Qatar. The company entered into deferred prosecution agreements in separate cases in federal court in Brooklyn and
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer A nationwide recall of meat and poultry products potentially contaminated with listeria has expanded to nearly 12 million pounds and now includes ready-to-eat meals sent to U.S. schools, restaurants and major retailers, federal officials said. The updated recall includes prepared salads, burritos and other foods sold at stores including Costco, Trader Joe’s,
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