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UK inflation jumps to 10.4%, surprising analysts

UK inflation jumps to 10.4%, surprising analysts

LONDON (AP) — U.K. inflation accelerated for the first time in four months in February as high food and energy prices hit consumers battered by the nation’s cost-of-living crisis. The consumer price index jumped to 10.
Canada's stockpile of ventilators up from 500 to 27,000 after push to procure them

Canada's stockpile of ventilators up from 500 to 27,000 after push to procure them

Canada's race to procure ventilators for COVID-19 patients in the early days of the pandemic had researchers, scientists, industry and a notable astrophysicist working "night and day"to design machines that could be quickly manufactured domestically.
Comments on trans rights, COVID vaccines catching up with P.E.I. Tories in campaign

Comments on trans rights, COVID vaccines catching up with P.E.I. Tories in campaign

CHARLOTTETOWN — Controversial comments and social media activity from some P.E.I.
Marcos defends US military presence, which China opposes

Marcos defends US military presence, which China opposes

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Oregon lawmakers approve $200M for housing, homelessness

Oregon lawmakers approve $200M for housing, homelessness

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers passed a sweeping $200 million housing and homelessness package on Tuesday, displaying a bipartisan will to tackle two of the state's most pressing crises .
Arkansas restricts school bathroom use by transgender people

Arkansas restricts school bathroom use by transgender people

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov.
Pence seeks 'common sense' Social Security, Medicare reform

Pence seeks 'common sense' Social Security, Medicare reform

As he mulls a 2024 presidential bid, former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called for “common sense and compassionate solutions" to reform entitlement programs and the nation's debt burden, suggesting changes to Social Security and Medicare pro
Doctors question aspects of Missouri transgender care limits

Doctors question aspects of Missouri transgender care limits

Missouri’s attorney general has said he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth.
Effort to recall New Orleans' first female mayor fails

Effort to recall New Orleans' first female mayor fails

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The effort to recall Democratic New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has failed, following an official count of petition signatures released by the Louisiana governor’s office Tuesday.
Ukrainian soldiers near finish of Patriot missile training

Ukrainian soldiers near finish of Patriot missile training

FORT SILL, Okla. (AP) — Several large, 12-wheeled military vehicles carrying mobile missile launchers rumbled across the southwest Oklahoma prairie on Tuesday as part of a training exercise at the Fort Sill Army Post.
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