Politics

WASHINGTON — The three mysterious objects shot down over the U.S. and Canada earlier this month were likely no danger to national security, President Joe Biden said Thursday as he promised new rules to better govern the continent's crowded skies.

BEIJING (AP) — China imposed trade and investment sanctions Thursday on Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its t

NASSAU, Bahamas — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a slate of new supports for Haiti in the Bahamas on Thursday including humanitarian aid and some naval vessels to help with surveillance.

DENVER (AP) — From Colorado's high desert to the wooded hills of Pennsylvania, millions of oil and gas wells sit deserted, plunging thousands of feet into the earth. Many haven't been plugged , some leak greenhouse gases.

DALLAS (AP) — Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who'd long been leading the probe.

Federal ministers have agreed with the Nunavut Impact Review Board that a proposal for a new diamond mine in the territory should undergo a public review. De Beers Canada Inc.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Banning TikTok from government devices enjoys bipartsan support across the U.S.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith will turn to a panel of five oilpatch veterans to advise her government on the future of Alberta's energy industry. The panel will be chaired by David Yager, a longtime writer on the oilpatch.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Opposition New Democrats are asking the provincial ombudsman to investigate partisan comments by a member of the Progressive Conservatives at a public hearing on the upcoming budget.

VICTORIA — A former British Columbia Liberal cabinet minister has joined the provincial Conservatives, becoming the party's sole MLA, seven months after being dumped from the Opposition caucus for questioning the role of carbon dioxide in climate cha