Politics

Trump attorneys post $92 million bond to support jury award to E. Jean Carroll in defamation suit

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has secured a $91.6 million bond sufficient to cover the money he owes to writer E. Jean Carroll in a defamation lawsuit while he appeals the jury's verdict , the former president’s lawyer told a court on Friday.

Mar 8, 2024 10:57 AM Read more >

Biden calls out 'shrinkflation' as part of a broader strategy to reframe how voters view the economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is going all-in on calling out “shrinkflation.” The term applies to a seemingly covert way for companies to raise prices by ever so slightly reducing the size of their products .

Mar 8, 2024 10:34 AM Read more >

Yukon sees record snowpack in one region but flood risks low for most of territory

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says snowpack levels in one region have reached a record high, but flood risks this spring should stay low across most of the territory.

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Talks continue on catch limits before moratorium lifts on East Coast redfish fishery

HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department says it is still collecting feedback on how to reopen the redfish fishery this spring in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, after collapsing stocks led to a decades-long moratorium.

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Killing of Laken Riley is now front and center of US immigration debate and 2024 presidential race

ATLANTA (AP) — With an unscripted clash between President Joe Biden and a Georgia congresswoman at Thursday night's State of the Union speech, the slaying of a Georgia nursing student was further cemented as a political rallying point in the 2024 pre

Mar 8, 2024 8:43 AM Read more >

Former US Rep. George Santos, expelled from Congress, says he is running again

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from Congress in December and faces federal charges of defrauding donors to his 2022 campaign, has announced he is running for the House again.

Mar 8, 2024 6:54 AM Read more >

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Hawaii's Republican caucuses

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hawaii Republicans will hold caucuses Tuesday to cast votes in a presidential nomination contest in which former incumbent Donald Trump is the only remaining major candidate competing.

Mar 8, 2024 5:37 AM Read more >

Canada sanctions Iranians accused of violently repressing women and girls

OTTAWA — The Canadian government is imposing new sanctions on two Iranians it accuses of participating in the violent repression of women and girls in Iran.

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Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King, a sister-in-law to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies

ATLANTA (AP) — Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist who was married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at age 92.

Mar 8, 2024 3:49 AM Read more >

Just for Laughs problems reflect festival struggles, threaten Montreal's reputation

MONTREAL — The cancellation of the Just for Laughs comedy festivals in Montreal and Toronto this year underscores the vulnerability of an industry struggling to manage ballooning costs while vying for increasingly in-demand but inadequate government

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