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Montreal's new, for-profit light-rail system: national model or cautionary tale?

Montreal's new, for-profit light-rail system: national model or cautionary tale?

Montreal’s new light-rail train network stands out among major transit projects in Canada: it opened within a relatively short time frame and government didn't get in the way.
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What to know as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Minnesota on Aug. 1

What to know as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Minnesota on Aug. 1

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesotans can legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes starting Tuesday, Aug. 1, subject to limits meant to keep a lid on things while the state sets up a full-blown legal cannabis industry.
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Divided Cyprus' rival leaders appeal for information on the missing as eyewitnesses die

Divided Cyprus' rival leaders appeal for information on the missing as eyewitnesses die

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus on Friday jointly appealed for information that could lead to the buried remains of people who vanished amid violence and war decades ago, a task with increasing urgency as eyewitn
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Mounting job vacancies push state and local governments into a wage war for workers

Mounting job vacancies push state and local governments into a wage war for workers

FULTON, Mo. (AP) — At the entrance to Missouri prisons, large signs plead for help: “NOW HIRING” ... “GREAT PAY & BENEFITS." No experience is necessary. Anyone 18 and older can apply. Long hours are guaranteed.
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'It is not right': Some Toronto tenants go on rent strike to protest increases

'It is not right': Some Toronto tenants go on rent strike to protest increases

Beverley Henry paid $900 a month in rent when she first moved into her one-bedroom Toronto apartment nearly a decade ago but that amount has since climbed to more than $1,300.
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Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case

Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faced new charges Thursday in a case accusing him of illegally possessing classified documents, with prosecutors alleging that he asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida estate in an eff
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Liberals win pair of seats in Ontario provincial byelections

Liberals win pair of seats in Ontario provincial byelections

The Ontario Liberals won a pair of provincial byelections Thursday, including snagging a previously Progressive Conservative seat.
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Donald Trump faces new charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Here's what to know

Donald Trump faces new charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Here's what to know

New charges — and a new defendant — added to the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump underscore how the Mar-a-Lago investigation is still very much ongoing, even as the focus has been on an expected indictment in a separat
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MP wants federal funding to Calgary Stampede pulled after abuse settlement reached

MP wants federal funding to Calgary Stampede pulled after abuse settlement reached

CALGARY — A member of Parliament says he's calling on the federal government to halt funding to the Calgary Stampede. Liberal member George Chahal, who represents Calgary Skyview, says the Stampede has lost people's trust.
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DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of 'policy violence'

DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of 'policy violence'

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights activists cheered when Ron DeSantis pardoned four Black men wrongfully convicted of rape as one of his first actions as Florida's governor.
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