Politics

WASHINGTON — Crippling heat waves are an annual fixture in the United States — but it's not every day the White House announces a detailed strategy to confront them.

CHICAGO (AP) — Two separate shootings 2,000 miles (3,218 kilometers) apart. One killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The other killed 23 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Both were motivated by racial hate.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a judge Thursday to reject Donald Trump's efforts to postpone his classified documents trial, saying there was no basis for an “open-ended” delay sought by the former president's lawyers.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Democratic Party is looking to force new political party No Labels to disclose its donors or lose its status as a political party, an escalation of Democrats' efforts to block a group they worry will boost Donald Trump's ch

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov.

British Columbia residents are being asked to do their part to conserve water as drought conditions parch the province.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba judge urged the two sides in a landfill blockade to try to reach a compromise Thursday, as the federal and Manitoba governments sparred over a proposed search for the remains of Indigenous women.

REGINA — An independent review into how Regina's tourism agency handled a failed rebrand says a junior employee approved sexualized slogans before senior management could vet them.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government should not have dismissed the judge leading the Lionel Desmond inquiry, a close relative of the former soldier at the centre of the high-profile probe said Thursday.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for early learning and child care say they plan to work together to address workforce challenges.