Politics

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, weighing in on a limp hand clasp with the prime minister that went viral, says she never expected she would have to shake hands with him at a media photo opportunity.

RALEIGH, N.C.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen.

COLUMBIA, S.C.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The China balloon shot down by the U.S.

NANAIMO, B.C. — An old-growth logging protester accused of criminal contempt of court for blockading a forestry road has been acquitted because Mounties read out a short form of the court injunction.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

EDMONTON — Alberta's United Conservative Party government is facing growing criticism for a plan to give oil companies a royalty credit for cleaning up their old wells.

FRANKFORT, Ky.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said there is new "energy, focus and improvement” across the Postal Service, and he touted upcoming electric delivery trucks as making the Postal Service a leader in carbon footprint reduction during a