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Nova Scotia legislature wraps after quick 10-day sitting, acrimony with Ottawa

Nova Scotia legislature wraps after quick 10-day sitting, acrimony with Ottawa

HALIFAX — The fall sitting of the Nova Scotia legislature concluded Friday after just 10 sitting days, but the government says that was enough time to get important work done.
New York magazine says its star political reporter is on leave after a relationship was disclosed

New York magazine says its star political reporter is on leave after a relationship was disclosed

New York magazine says that its highly regarded Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after disclosing that she violated the publication's standards by having a personal relationship with a former reporting subject.
Closing arguments begin in civil trial over 'Trump Train' encounter with Biden-Harris bus in Texas

Closing arguments begin in civil trial over 'Trump Train' encounter with Biden-Harris bus in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A civil trial in Texas over a so-called “Trump Train” that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus days before the 2020 election reached closing arguments Friday before a federal jury decides whether the rolling highway encounter
These evangelicals are voting their values - by backing Kamala Harris

These evangelicals are voting their values - by backing Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Rev. Lee Scott publicly endorsed Kamala Harris for president during the Evangelicals for Harris Zoom call on Aug. 14, the Presbyterian pastor and farmer said he was taking a risk.
Controversial North Carolina candidate for governor rattles Republicans in critical swing state

Controversial North Carolina candidate for governor rattles Republicans in critical swing state

The political world is still reeling from a CNN report that the Republican candidate for North Carolina governor, the current Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, posted racist and explicit messages on a pornography web site message board a decade ago.
Biden opens busy foreign policy stretch as anxious allies shift gaze to Trump, Harris

Biden opens busy foreign policy stretch as anxious allies shift gaze to Trump, Harris

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is opening a busy stretch Friday tending to international allies anxious about where U.S.
Penn State removes its student newspaper racks over concerns about political ads

Penn State removes its student newspaper racks over concerns about political ads

Penn State removed nearly three dozen racks containing its independent student-produced newspaper from on-campus locations this week because politics-related ads on the racks violated school policy.
Alberta Health Services declares E. coli outbreak over at central Alberta daycare

Alberta Health Services declares E. coli outbreak over at central Alberta daycare

BLACKFALDS, Alta. — Alberta Health Services says an E. coli outbreak at a daycare in Blackfalds has ended.

Penn State removes its student newspaper racks over concerns about political ads

Penn State removed nearly three dozen racks containing its independent student-produced newspaper from on-campus locations this week because politics-related ads on the racks violated school policy.
Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump

Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump , according to a new report that lays out a litany of missed opport