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Veterans, advocates want to see changes at Veterans Affairs under new minister

Veterans, advocates want to see changes at Veterans Affairs under new minister

OTTAWA — It's been just over three years since Veterans Affairs Canada released a strategy to tackle its 23,000 backlogged benefits applications, and that file has landed on the desk of a new minister for the first time.
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'Nation-building moment': Yukon eyes connection to B.C. electricity grid

'Nation-building moment': Yukon eyes connection to B.C. electricity grid

Yukon's energy minister says Canada's push for more green energy and a net-zero electricity grid should spark renewed interest in connecting the territory's power to British Columbia.
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Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage

Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed paperwork creating a new state health plan for low-income residents to much fanfare at the state Capitol three years ago.
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Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?

Emerging economies are pushing to end the dollar's dominance. But what's the alternative?

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Business has vanished at Kingsley Odafe’s clothing shop in Nigeria’s capital, forcing him to lay off three employees. One culprit for his troubles stands out: The U.S.
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Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics

Joplin officials say they have big plans for $13.8 million of pandemic relief funds the tornado-ravaged southwestern Missouri city received under a two-year-old federal law.
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Federal judges rule against provisions of GOP-backed voting laws in Georgia and Texas

Federal judges rule against provisions of GOP-backed voting laws in Georgia and Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal judges in Georgia and Texas have ruled against key provisions of two controversial election laws passed two years ago as the Republican Party sought to tighten voting rules after former President Donald Trump's loss in th
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Biden stays mum on Justice Dept. decision to name special counsel in Hunter Biden probe

CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden is keeping mum about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision to name a special counsel in the investigation of his son Hunter Biden.
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Ottawa 'shouldn't walk around with a stick' to enforce health deals: Holland

Ottawa 'shouldn't walk around with a stick' to enforce health deals: Holland

OTTAWA — Newly appointed Health Minister Mark Holland says he doesn't want to go waving a stick around as he negotiates the final details of a health accord with provinces and territories, and it'll largely be up to Canadians to hold them accountable
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Judge won't delay Trump's defamation claims trial, calling the ex-president's appeal frivolous

Judge won't delay Trump's defamation claims trial, calling the ex-president's appeal frivolous

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York federal judge expressed growing impatience Friday with what he calls ex-President Donald Trump’s “repeated efforts to delay” a defamation lawsuit against him , saying he won’t stop a January trial to await the outcome of a
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Rosalynn Carter marks 96th birthday at home with the former president, butterflies and ice cream

Rosalynn Carter marks 96th birthday at home with the former president, butterflies and ice cream

ATLANTA (AP) — Rosalynn Carter celebrated her 96th birthday at home Friday with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter , and other family members, while the surrounding community of Plains, Georgia, honored the former first lady's years of public
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