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New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission has failed to reach consensus on a new congressional map, ensuring that the state’s Democratic lawmakers will redraw district lines in a process that could affect control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections. The panel had until Tuesday to vote on a map to send to

VANCOUVER — A special prosecutor says the former clerk of the British Columbia legislature took advantage of his position as one of province’s most senior public officials to allegedly use government funds for personal benefit. Craig James pleaded not guilty to two counts of fraud over $5,000 and three counts of breach of trust by

The attack occured on the same day Canada's Communications Security Establishment warned of Russia-backed cyber threats

The books should still be available for students, though. School libraries are more curated than community libraries, but they nonetheless shouldn’t be bubble wrapped.

BERLIN — An 18-year-old biology student opened fire in a lecture hall at Heidelberg University in Germany on Monday, fatally wounding another student and injuring three others before shooting himself dead, officials said. Mannheim police chief Siegfried Kollmar said the gunman had been found with 100 spare bullets in his backpack and it was not

ROME — Italian lawmakers failed to elect a new president in an initial secret ballot on Monday, as party leaders met behind the scenes to try to agree on a consensus candidate and avoid damaging political instability. Prime Minister Mario Draghi remains the most likely contender, but worries that his promotion to head of state

KHARTOUM — Three demonstrators were killed on Monday when Sudanese security forces fired live rounds and teargas during protests against military rule that attracted tens of thousands of people across the country, medics said. Such protests, along with barricades throughout the capital and a general strike last week, have continued since the […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. motorists driving in November topped pre-pandemic levels and rose 12.3% over the same month in 2020 as more Americans returned to offices and leisure trips, a government agency said. The Federal Highway Administration said on Monday motorists drove 267.5 billion miles (430.5 billion kilometers) in November, up 29.2 billion […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday shortened the usual extension of two general licenses for Russian commercial vehicle manufacturer GAZ Group, a Treasury official told Reuters, as the United States seeks to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. The official said the licenses, previously extended for a year at a time and set to

PLANO — A U.S. judge on Monday said she will rule within the next two days on whether Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers, should remain in custody while he awaits trial on seditious conspiracy charges for his alleged role in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. During a