Category: Current News

Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for…

Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after spending 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic…

Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith said it’s “impossible not to feel disrespected” after he was left out of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet announcement Tuesday. “The way it played out doesn’t sit right,”…

José Mujica, a former president of Uruguay, guerrilla fighter and stalwart of leftist leadership in Latin America, died on Tuesday. He was 89. President Yamandú Orsi announced the death in a statement,…

President Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia for the first leg of his three-nation visit to the Middle East this week. His first visit is focused on dealmaking with a key Mideast…

Adam Henrique had a pair of goals and Stuart Skinner made 23 saves as the Edmonton Oilers blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Monday to take a commanding 3-1 lead in their…

OTTAWA — Rookie Liberal MP Corey Hogan says he’s ready to speak up for the “No” side, in the event of a referendum on Albertan independence next year. Hogan, who narrowly won…

During President Trump’s first term, the idea that special interests and governments were buying meals and booking rooms at his hotels set off legal and ethical alarms about the potential for corruption….

Since President Trump’s election, economists and media pundits have been awash in predictions of a recession, stock market crash and doom narratives. But after nearly five months in office, the economy continues…

In the days before his trip overseas, U.S. President Donald Trump moved rapidly to tamp down a long list of potential distractions that could overshadow his hugely significant visit to the Middle East. Help…