Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel in January to South Africa, Zambia, and Senegal, her office announced Friday, in what will be the first of a string of Biden administration official visits to sub-Saharan Africa next year.

PONTOTOC, Miss. (AP) — Voters in a northeast Mississippi county and city have rejected making it legal to sell, grow and process medical marijuana legal in two separate elections.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Private businesses in Ukraine are in line to receive $2 billion in financing arranged by the International Finance Corp.

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden urged military veterans on Friday to take advantage of new healthcare opportunities under legislation that he signed in August .

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Friday that the independent review into the state's lethal injection procedure has been completed, but he refused to immediately release the findings.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Douglas Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, on Friday visited a 988 call center that's part of the recently launched national hotline intended to help anyone experiencing a mental health emergency.

MONTREAL — A snowstorm forced the cancellation of a meeting scheduled today in Montreal between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier François Legault.

Rabat, Morocco (AP) — French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said Friday that France has restored normal consular relations with Morocco following a year-long dispute linked to Paris' decision to slash the number of visas for Moroccans.

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia evacuated 23 locations, including the country’s main airport, schools, hotels, a shopping mall and sports venues, for hours Friday after receiving what ultimately turned out to be fake bom