Politics

PHOENIX (AP) — Attorney John Eastman pleaded not guilty on Friday to conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges for his role in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in Arizona to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

CHARLOTTETOWN — In a bold bid to stop young people from smoking, health officials in P.E.I. are proposing a ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after a certain date.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's teachers and the provincial government say they've reached a tentative agreement on a new contract after months of sparring.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some immigrants to Canada who lack official status need a pathway to help them stay, while in other cases Ottawa must speed up deportation procedures.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fraudulent signatures could upend Michigan's congressional races this year as each declared GOP U.S. Senate candidate faces new calls to investigate their attempts to get on the August primary ballot and a Democratic U.S.

WINNIPEG — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a stop at a Winnipeg school to promote his government's school nutrition program. He says the plan would provide meals to 400,000 more children across the country to help them learn.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has applied for a presidential pardon ahead of sentencing on her recent perjury and mortgage fraud convictions , according to The Baltimore Sun .

OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee has summoned Canada's big five bank CEOs to talk about the environmental and climate impacts of the financial system.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state judge has ruled that South Carolina can continue to enforce a ban on nearly all abortions around six weeks after conception as an appeal continues on what exactly defines a heartbeat under the law.

Marta Moehring voted the way she prefers in Nebraska's Republican primary Tuesday — in person, at her west Omaha polling place. She didn’t even consider taking advantage of the state’s no-excuse mail-in ballot process.