By Jonathan J. Cooper, Ali Swenson And Gabriel Sandoval The Associated Press Posted August 23, 2024 3:56 pm Updated August 23, 2024 4:01 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday he is suspending his independent presidential bid and is backing Donald Trump. Kennedy said…
Protesters gathered outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago once again Thursday to keep pressure on the party to take a firmer stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict, as Palestinian American activists said they were denied a chance to speak at the event’s final night. Leaders of the “Uncommitted” movement, which garnered hundreds of thousands of…
As a summer wave of COVID-19 infections continues in the United States, updated vaccines have been approved by U.S. regulators ahead of the fall and winter. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) greenlit and granted emergency use authorization for updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna targeting the most recent virus strains circulating. The…
An Arizona truck driver has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison after pleading guilty to killing five people while driving distracted on his phone. Danny G. Tiner, 38, caused a six-vehicle collision while driving a commercial truck on Interstate 10, just outside Phoenix, on Jan. 12, 2023. A months-long investigation found…
A 39-year-old Kentucky man has been sentenced to serve over six years in prison after he hacked into digital state records to fake his own death in order to avoid paying more than US$100,000 (about C$135,836) in child support. Jesse Kipf was sentenced on Monday after earlier pleading guilty to computer fraud and aggravated identity…
This week’s Democratic National Convention may not just be notable for U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris’s historic nomination for president, but also for the number of high-profile Republican speakers supporting her. Day 2 of the convention on Tuesday will be hosted by a longtime Republican critic of Donald Trump, and anti-Trump Republican groups have flocked to…
Canada’s ambassador to the United States says she’s telling Americans about the important relationship between the neighbours as Democrats develop their foreign policy and build unity behind Vice-President Kamala Harris at the party’s national convention. Kirsten Hillman says she is talking with Democrats about how Canada makes the U.S. more resilient, secure and prosperous. “The…
As U.S. Democrats kicked off their national convention in Chicago on Monday newly energized by Vice-President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, thousands of protesters vowed to put pressure on the party to change its stance on the crisis in Gaza and focus on Americans’ needs at home. Demonstrators gathered in Union Park holding Palestinian flags and…
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, short-circuiting the federal fraud case that led to his expulsion from Congress just weeks before it was set to go to trial. “I betrayed the trust of my constituents and supporters. I deeply regret my conduct,” the New York Republican…
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to let President Joe Biden’s administration enforce a key part of a new rule protecting LGBTQ2 students from discrimination in schools and colleges based on gender identity in 10 Republican-led states that had challenged it. The justices denied the administration’s request to partially lift lower court injunctions that…
