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Supreme Court takes Jack Daniel's case against dog toy maker

Supreme Court takes Jack Daniel's case against dog toy maker

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a dispute over a dog toy that got whiskey maker Jack Daniel's barking mad. Jack Daniel's had asked the justices to hear its case against the manufacturer of the plastic Bad Spaniels toy.
Trudeau announces appointment of three more senators to represent Ontario

Trudeau announces appointment of three more senators to represent Ontario

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of three new senators to represent Ontario, bringing vacancies in the Senate down to a dozen.
Ottawa announces $250-million grant to help homeowners switch to heat pumps

Ottawa announces $250-million grant to help homeowners switch to heat pumps

HALIFAX — Canadians will soon be able to apply to a $250-million grant program aimed at helping them stop heating their homes with oil and switch to electric heat pumps, the federal government announced Monday. Speaking to reporters in Stellarton, N.
100M euros pledged to Moldova, hit hard by war in Ukraine

100M euros pledged to Moldova, hit hard by war in Ukraine

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said more than 100 million euros ($102 million) were raised at a donors conference Monday to help assist Europe’s poorest country, Moldova, which is suffering massive blackouts, an acute energy crisis, he
Here's what the Emergencies Act says — and the powers Ottawa invoked last winter

Here's what the Emergencies Act says — and the powers Ottawa invoked last winter

OTTAWA — A public inquiry is underway to determine whether the federal government was justified in its invocation of the Emergencies Act last winter during the "Freedom Convoy" protests.
GOP's lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting

GOP's lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trailing badly in his Arizona Senate race as votes poured in, Republican Blake Masters went on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program and assigned blame to one person: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell .
North Korea calls UN's Guterres 'puppet of US' after launch

North Korea calls UN's Guterres 'puppet of US' after launch

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s foreign minister called U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “a puppet of the United States” as she slammed the U.N. chief for joining U.S.
South Africa's top court orders Hani's killer to be paroled

South Africa's top court orders Hani's killer to be paroled

JOHNANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ordered the release of Janusz Walus, the man jailed for killing anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani in 1993.

Turkey summons Swedish envoy over images 'insulting' Erdogan

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey summoned the Swedish ambassador on Monday after images that allegedly insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and served as Kurdish militant propaganda were projected on the Turkish Embassy building in Stockholm, Turkey’s
Obama to campaign for Warnock on Dec. 1 before Ga. runoff

Obama to campaign for Warnock on Dec. 1 before Ga. runoff

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama, reprising his battleground blitz ahead of the midterm elections, will campaign again for Sen.
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