Politics

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With Louisiana's highly anticipated gubernatorial race less than a year away, both of the state's U.S.

OTTAWA — Health Canada officials say more doses of children's painkillers and fever medication will be available soon, but they won't say how many or where exactly they'll be sent.

REGINA — Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer is not recommending masks as the province deals with a trifecta of respiratory viruses. Dr.

More than a decade of delay and inaction has left the ships, planes and satellites that monitor Canada's rapidly opening Arctic on track to be retired before they can be replaced, the auditor general says.

FREDERICTON — Eighteen francophone groups in New Brunswick called on Tuesday for Kris Austin to resign from a legislature committee that is reviewing the province's Official Languages Act.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Republican challenger to Democratic Sen.

TOPEKA, Kan.

BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an investigation into whether the police department in Massachusetts' second-largest city routinely uses excessive force or discriminates against residents based on race or gender.

GENEVA (AP) — European human rights experts urged authorities in Switzerland on Tuesday to do more to protect women from violence both at home and in society.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s finance minister says there will be legislation next month to re-index both income tax brackets and benefit payments for seniors andthe severely handicapped.