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Trial over Kari Lake’s last challenge to loss in Arizona governor’s race ends for 2nd day

Trial over Kari Lake’s last challenge to loss in Arizona governor’s race ends for 2nd day

PHOENIX (AP) — The trial for Kari Lake's only remaining legal claim in her challenge to the Arizona governor's race ended Thursday without a decision. Attorneys for Gov.
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Push for transit, walkable communities growing across US

Push for transit, walkable communities growing across US

ATLANTA (AP) — On the weekend in March when Brittany Glover would have turned 34, her mother stood on the same busy road in Atlanta where her daughter died six months earlier.
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Smith, Notley square off in Alberta election debate, ask voters who do they trust

Smith, Notley square off in Alberta election debate, ask voters who do they trust

EDMONTON — Alberta’s two political contenders hammered each other on the issue of trust in the provincial election campaign's lone debate Thursday.
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'Make it go away': Ethics probe finds Alberta Premier Smith in conflict of interest

'Make it go away': Ethics probe finds Alberta Premier Smith in conflict of interest

EDMONTON — Alberta's ethics commissioner says United Conservative Premier Danielle Smith undermined democracy and broke conflict-of-interest rules by intervening in a criminal case and pressuring her attorney general to "make it go away.
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Rhode Island governor signs bill to fund abortion coverage for state workers and Medicaid recipients

Rhode Island governor signs bill to fund abortion coverage for state workers and Medicaid recipients

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee signed a bill into law Thursday that would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions.
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Russia fires 30 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets; Ukraine says 29 were shot down

Russia fires 30 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets; Ukraine says 29 were shot down

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired 30 cruise missiles against different parts of Ukraine early Thursday in the latest nighttime test of Ukrainian air defenses, which shot down 29 of them, officials said.
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Minnesota Democrats hold emergency meeting in response to melee at Minneapolis political convention

Minnesota Democrats hold emergency meeting in response to melee at Minneapolis political convention

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Democratic Party leaders met in a closed executive session over Zoom on Thursday evening to discuss a rule change that would permanently ban people involved in violence from party activities, just days after chaos broke o
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Candidate wouldn't be welcome in UCP caucus over 'vile' trans-feces comparison: Smith

Candidate wouldn't be welcome in UCP caucus over 'vile' trans-feces comparison: Smith

EDMONTON — United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says a party candidate who compared transgender students in schools to feces in food wouldn't sit in her caucus if elected on May 29.
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Indigenous band could have been more help, says judge in Wisconsin Line 5 dispute

Indigenous band could have been more help, says judge in Wisconsin Line 5 dispute

WASHINGTON — The Indigenous band in Wisconsin that's trying to shut down the Line 5 pipeline got a chilly reception Thursday from a federal court judge who is dismayed they aren't doing more to help Enbridge Inc. avoid an ecological disaster.
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Eby laments B.C.'s 'troubling' overdose numbers, as toxic drugs claim 206 more lives

Eby laments B.C.'s 'troubling' overdose numbers, as toxic drugs claim 206 more lives

LANGLEY, B.C. — The latest illicit drug overdose numbers in British Columbia are "profoundly troubling," says Premier David Eby, lamenting the deaths of 206 more people in communities across the province last month.
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