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Biden avoids a further Mideast spiral as Israel and Iran show restraint. But for how long?

Biden avoids a further Mideast spiral as Israel and Iran show restraint. But for how long?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can breathe a bit easier, at least for the moment, now that Israel and Iran appear to have stepped back from the brink of tipping the Middle East into all-out war.
Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate says he doesn't oppose elderly people voting

Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate says he doesn't oppose elderly people voting

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican candidate in Wisconsin's closely watched U.S.
Republicans' defense of the 'Biden 16' House districts starts with Pennsylvania's primary election

Republicans' defense of the 'Biden 16' House districts starts with Pennsylvania's primary election

NEW HOPE, Pa.
Trump was forced to listen silently as potential jurors offered their unvarnished assessments of him

Trump was forced to listen silently as potential jurors offered their unvarnished assessments of him

NEW YORK (AP) — He seems "selfish and self-serving,” said one woman. The way he carries himself in public "leaves something to be desired," said another. His “negative rhetoric and bias," said another man, is what is “most harmful.
Melania Trump is set to make a return to her husband's campaign with a rare political appearance

Melania Trump is set to make a return to her husband's campaign with a rare political appearance

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former first lady Melania Trump is making a return to her husband's presidential campaign with a rare political appearance after months of being absent from Donald Trump's latest run for the White House.
Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say

Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial has died, police said.
Liberal government turning to influencers to get its message to younger Canadians

Liberal government turning to influencers to get its message to younger Canadians

OTTAWA — Dennis Mathu and Stephanie Gordon first started posting financial-advice videos on YouTube three years ago — a side hustle that helped to scratch a creative itch.
Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada, critics say

Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada, critics say

SAINT-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ, Que. — Every morning, Indigenous men at the Waseskun Healing Centre north of Montreal gather for a healing circle, where they smudge, share stories and sometimes gain spiritual guidance from elders.
Report suggests little progress in first year of Alberta's emissions reduction plan

Report suggests little progress in first year of Alberta's emissions reduction plan

EDMONTON — Alberta has done little to advance its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a year after introducing it, an analysis suggests.

A man escaped Sudan's bloody civil war. His mysterious death in Missisippi has sparked suspicion

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi.
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