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The Latest | Trump prosecutors claw back at defense's portrait of tabloid deal

The Latest | Trump prosecutors claw back at defense's portrait of tabloid deal

NEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers in Donald Trump’s hush money trial dug Friday into assertions of the former publisher of the National Enquirer and his efforts to protect Trump from negative stories during the 2016 election.
Trump's lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution's first witness in hush money trial

Trump's lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution's first witness in hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's defense team attacked the credibility Friday of the prosecution's first witness in his hush money case , seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme between Trump and a tabloid to bury negative stories to protect
Manitoba promises review after school trustee's comments on Indigenous people

Manitoba promises review after school trustee's comments on Indigenous people

WINNIPEG — A school trustee's comments on Indigenous people and residential schools have led to condemnation from many quarters and a review by the Manitoba government.
President Joe Biden says he's 'happy to debate' Donald Trump. Trump says he's ready to go

President Joe Biden says he's 'happy to debate' Donald Trump. Trump says he's ready to go

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall – his most definitive comment yet on the issue.
AFN chief says Air Canada offered a 15% discount after her headdress was mishandled

AFN chief says Air Canada offered a 15% discount after her headdress was mishandled

OTTAWA — After the Assembly of First Nations' national chief complained to Air Canada about how staffers treated her and her ceremonial headdress on a flight this week, she says the airline responded by offering a 15 per cent discount on her next fli

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in recent months, President Joe Biden's administration has delayed a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates but could avoid angering Black voters a
'I just want to be safe': Ukrainian man in Canada faces limbo amid consular freeze

'I just want to be safe': Ukrainian man in Canada faces limbo amid consular freeze

OTTAWA — The future was just starting to appear bright for Mykyta Zakharchenko. The 18-year-old's youth in Ukraine was shadowed by two major conflicts with Russia before he escaped to Canada in 2022.
Bin there, dumped that: Trash cans to be reinstalled along Montreal's Lachine Canal

Bin there, dumped that: Trash cans to be reinstalled along Montreal's Lachine Canal

MONTREAL — Parks Canada will reinstall around 30 garbage bins along Montreal's Lachine Canal after some visitors expressed frustration at their sudden disappearance earlier this month.
Canada recognizes housing as a human right. Few provinces have followed suit

Canada recognizes housing as a human right. Few provinces have followed suit

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As more Canadians find themselves struggling to afford or find housing, the country's smallest province is the only one that can point to legislation recognizing housing as a human right.
Killer whale calf trapped in B.C. swims out of lagoon on her own

Killer whale calf trapped in B.C. swims out of lagoon on her own

ZEBALLOS, B.C. — A young killer whale swam under a bridge and out of a Vancouver Island lagoon on Friday, finishing her own weeks-long rescue operation to get to the open ocean.
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