Politics

Families across Canada are applying for a limited number of special visas they hope will rescue their loved ones from the Israel-Hamas war.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is aiming to eliminate cervical cancer in the province with the launch of Canada's first at-home self-screening program, Premier David Eby said Tuesday. The premier said starting later this month B.C.

DALLAS (AP) — Members of Congress joined mourners in Dallas on Tuesday to remember former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a day after President Joe Biden came to Texas to pay his respects to the trailblazing congresswoman.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov.

NEW YORK (AP) — A National Rifle Association lawyer acknowledged in court Tuesday that some former executives and outside vendors may have ripped off the influential gun rights group with lavish spending and self-dealing.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has upheld as constitutional provisions of the sweeping election law that Ohio put in place last year, rejecting a Democratic law firm's challenge to strict new photo ID requirements, drop box restrictions and ti

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tameika Isaac Devine didn't break a glass ceiling when she took her oath of office Tuesday to be South Carolina's newest senator, but she did pull her state up from having the least number of women in its upper chamber.

ATLANTA (AP) — Jeff Schoenberg wants to have “reasonable confidence” that the votes he casts when he goes to his polling place are accurately counted — and he doesn't believe he gets that from Georgia's election system.

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it will begin collecting race-based data in select locations this month to better understand interactions between police and people in various communities. The pilot project follows two years of consultations across Canada.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seizing on his party’s frustration with the recent surge of illegal crossings at the southern U.S. border to churn up fears around another top GOP concern — voter fraud .