Politics

LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A division of German engineering giant Siemens AG will build a passenger rail car manufacturing plant in central North Carolina, creating over 500 jobs by 2028, Gov. Roy Cooper and the company announced on Tuesday.

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government said Tuesday that it was ready for human-rights legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel.

TORONTO — Ontario has seen a rising number of complaints about poor quality of care in the health system and an increase in use of force by hospital security, the province's patient ombudsman found in his annual report released Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran accused of telling an undercover FBI agent about a plan to "wipe out" the nation's Jewish population was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Shraga Tichover is hanging up his fatigues. After more than three decades as a reservist in the Israeli military, the paratrooper says he will no longer put his life on the line for a country slipping toward autocracy.

Howard Schultz has agreed to appear before a U.S. Senate committee that is examining Starbucks' actions amid an ongoing unionization campaign. Sen.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A parliamentary delegation from Hungary said Tuesday that it supports Sweden’s NATO membership bid after meeting the speaker of the Swedish parliament to iron out what Hungary’s governing party has called “political dispute

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner says the province is facing a "reckoning" as hate in society rose sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature has rejected proposed pay increases for the governor, lieutenant governor and leaders of the major state departments.