Politics

Scotland to get 1st Muslim leader as SNP elects Humza Yousaf

LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s governing party elected Humza Yousaf as its new leader on Monday, making him the first person of color and the first Muslim to lead the country of 5.5 million people.

Mar 27, 2023 10:43 AM Read more >

Georgia judge orders prosecutors to reply to Trump challenge

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge on Monday ordered the Fulton County district attorney’s office to respond to a motion by former President Donald Trump to throw out a report by a special grand jury that investigated attempts to interfere in the state’s

Mar 27, 2023 10:17 AM Read more >

Pardon sought for Black man executed in 1908 in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Joe James, a Black man, was asleep under a tree when he was grabbed, beaten and then arrested for the murder of a white man in Springfield, Illinois.

Mar 27, 2023 9:32 AM Read more >

Ontario doles out $5.5M to small communities for storm clean up, recovery

TWEED, Ont. — Nearly two dozen small municipalities in Ontario will share $5.5 million to help with recovering from extreme weather.

Mar 27, 2023 9:09 AM Read more >

Supreme Court rejects case of Oklahoma teen killed by police

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't hear a civil rights case brought by the parents of a teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was fatally shot by an Oklahoma police officer in 2019.

Mar 27, 2023 8:35 AM Read more >

Border crossings returning to pre-pandemic opening hours

OTTAWA — Opening hours are being extended at 39 border crossings with the United States and at several airports across the country as the Canada Border Services Agency returns to pre-pandemic hours. The changes will take effect on March 31.

Mar 27, 2023 8:32 AM Read more >

Opposition disrupts Indian Parliament after Gandhi's ouster

NEW DELHI (AP) — Members of opposition parties dressed in black disrupted India's Parliament on Monday and protested in the capital, New Delhi, after Rahul Gandhi, a key opposition leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was expelle

Mar 27, 2023 8:26 AM Read more >

India expels Rahul Gandhi, Modi critic, from Parliament

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's top opposition leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expelled from Parliament Friday, a day after a court convicted him of defamation and sentenced him to two years in prison for mocking the surname Mod

Mar 27, 2023 8:21 AM Read more >

Supreme Court to hear lawsuit involving disability activist

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether a disabled activist can file disability rights lawsuits against hotels she doesn't intend to visit. The high court said Monday it would decide a case involving Deborah Laufer .

Mar 27, 2023 8:11 AM Read more >

DeSantis team welcomes contrast with Trump 'chaos' candidacy

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jim McKee is standing at the end of a line that snakes through five aisles of fiction inside the Books-A-Million store in Florida’s capital city.

Mar 27, 2023 7:59 AM Read more >