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Senate advances renewal of key US surveillance program as detractors seek changes

Senate advances renewal of key US surveillance program as detractors seek changes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate advanced legislation Thursday that would reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance tool as lawmakers and the Biden administration rushed to tamp down fresh concerns about the program violating Americans' civil liberties.
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Convenience store chain with hundreds of outlets in 6 states hit with discrimination lawsuit

Convenience store chain with hundreds of outlets in 6 states hit with discrimination lawsuit

The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc.
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Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers after deadliest shooting in state history

Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers after deadliest shooting in state history

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature approved sweeping gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people before adjourning Thursday morni
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Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case

Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington. U.S.
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Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker

Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of coming to House Speaker Mike Johnson's rescue should Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.
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Kennedy family makes ‘crystal clear’ its Biden endorsement in attempt to deflate RFK Jr.’s candidacy

Kennedy family makes ‘crystal clear’ its Biden endorsement in attempt to deflate RFK Jr.’s candidacy

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden scooped up endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop Thursday as he aims to undermine Donald Trump and marginalize the candidacy of independent Robert F.
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Nova Scotia premier says agreement reached with teachers union, strike averted

Nova Scotia premier says agreement reached with teachers union, strike averted

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said Thursday an agreement in principle has been reached on a new contract for public school teachers.
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New York man pleads guilty to sending threats to state attorney general and Trump civil case judge

New York man pleads guilty to sending threats to state attorney general and Trump civil case judge

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Liquor sales in movie theaters, to-go sales of cocktails included in New York budget agreement

Liquor sales in movie theaters, to-go sales of cocktails included in New York budget agreement

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would expand access to booze by allowing movie theaters to sell liquor and continuing to let people buy takeout cocktails from bars and restaurants under a series of measures unveiled Thursday.
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Nova Scotia justice minister says domestic violence not at 'epidemic' level

Nova Scotia justice minister says domestic violence not at 'epidemic' level

HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia marked the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting that claimed 22 lives, the province's justice minister was forced to apologize for saying that domestic violence is not an "epidemic.
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