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Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, a new poll shows, and most of them attribute that to climate change .
Brazil's Lula kicks off visit to European ally Portugal

Brazil's Lula kicks off visit to European ally Portugal

LISBON (AP) — Portugal's president welcomed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil on an official visit Saturday, as the Brazilian leader looks to strengthen ties with his country's natural partner in the European Union.
Longtime Trump ally Laxalt joins PAC supporting DeSantis

Longtime Trump ally Laxalt joins PAC supporting DeSantis

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt , a longtime Donald Trump ally, will help lead a political action committee encouraging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
For transgender kids, a frantic rush for treatment amid bans

For transgender kids, a frantic rush for treatment amid bans

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As a third grader in Utah, mandolin-playing math whiz Elle Palmer said aloud what she had only before sensed, telling a friend she planned to transfer schools the following year and hoped her new classmates would see her as a gi
Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas

Mexico migrant camp tents torched across border from Texas

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — About two dozen makeshift tents were set ablaze and destroyed at a migrant camp across the border from Texas this week, witnesses said Friday, a sign of the extreme risk that comes with being stuck in Mexico as the Biden admi
What's next for abortion pill after Supreme Court's order

What's next for abortion pill after Supreme Court's order

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing will change for now. That's what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used abortion pill.
Rape lawsuit trial puts spotlight back on Trump and women

Rape lawsuit trial puts spotlight back on Trump and women

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's behavior toward women, long a source of flashpoints in his political career, now faces a new level of scrutiny: a trial in a lawsuit accusing him of rape.
Serbian, Hungarian leaders attend military display in Serbia

Serbian, Hungarian leaders attend military display in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The populist leaders of Serbia and Hungary observed a Serbian military exercise Saturday, an event seen as a display of lethal firepower amid the war in Ukraine and tensions in the Balkans.
Updating RCMP ‘militaristic’ training is long overdue, experts say

Updating RCMP ‘militaristic’ training is long overdue, experts say

REGINA — Scott Blandford considered attending the RCMP Academy when he was looking to become a police officer about 40 years ago, but he soon realized the training centre in Regina wasn’t for him.
Will Fox settlement alter conservative media? Apparently not

Will Fox settlement alter conservative media? Apparently not

NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Fox News agreed to pay nearly $800 million to settle a lawsuit over its airing of 2020 election lies, you'd be hard-pressed to notice anything had changed there.