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Parental consent should be required for student pronoun changes: Manitoba Tories

Parental consent should be required for student pronoun changes: Manitoba Tories

WINNIPEG — The issue of whether parents should consent to their child's name or pronoun changes at school reignited in Manitoba Tuesday.
Richmond, B.C., seeks federal funding to house refugees crowding homeless shelters

Richmond, B.C., seeks federal funding to house refugees crowding homeless shelters

RICHMOND — The City of Richmond in British Columbia is urging the federal government to provide more temporary housing for refugees and asylum seekers or pay for their use of the city's homeless shelter, where the newcomers took up about a third of a
West Virginia governor vies for Manchin's US Senate seat, while moonlighting as girls hoops coach

West Virginia governor vies for Manchin's US Senate seat, while moonlighting as girls hoops coach

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — When West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice recently returned to the spotlight, it wasn’t as the state's top executive. Or a wealthy businessman. Or even as a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination

President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan.
How Biden won enough delegates for another Democratic presidential nomination

How Biden won enough delegates for another Democratic presidential nomination

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s path to unofficially clinching the Democratic nomination this year was much shorter and less dramatic than the one he followed in 2020, thanks to a Democratic electorate that still overwhelmingly picked him to
Nebraska governor approves regulations to allow gender-affirming care for minors

Nebraska governor approves regulations to allow gender-affirming care for minors

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Regulations tied to a Nebraska law passed last year restricting gender-affirming care for minors were approved Tuesday by Gov.
Canada's UN envoy says intervention is the best chance to heal gang crisis in Haiti

Canada's UN envoy says intervention is the best chance to heal gang crisis in Haiti

OTTAWA — Canada's ambassador to the United Nations says a looming military intervention is the best chance Haiti has of uprooting gangs that have wrought escalating chaos on the Caribbean nation for years.
Former Alabama Republican US Rep. Robert Terry Everett dies at 87

Former Alabama Republican US Rep. Robert Terry Everett dies at 87

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Terry Everett, who represented the state's 2nd District from 1993 to 2009, died Tuesday, the governor's office confirmed. He was 87.

Wisconsin Supreme Court will reconsider ruling limiting absentee ballot drop boxes

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider overturning its own ruling limiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes, the justices said Tuesday.
Republican Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress next week, narrowing GOP's slim majority

Republican Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress next week, narrowing GOP's slim majority

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck said Tuesday that he'll resign next week, narrowing his party's razor-thin House majority and potentially short-circuiting Rep. Lauren Boebert's effort to succeed him.
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