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TORONTO — Canada’s foreign minister walked a fine line at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, pushing back at President Donald Trump’s assertions of unfettered U.S. power while trying to avoid provoking her country’s biggest trade partner. Trump famously said at his inauguration that “during every single day of the Trump administration, I will, … Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A judge has denied a request for a new trial for the South Florida matriarch who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law. Donna Adelson is facing a life sentence for her role in the 2014 murder-for-hire of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Earlier this month, jurors … Read more

HAYS, Kan. — A western Kansas police officer was fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call at the home of a suspect who appeared to have later killed himself, authorities said. Hays Police Sgt. Scott Heimann died of his injuries early Sunday after being transported by air to a hospital, the Kansas Bureau … Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A commercial truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people on a Florida highway last month waived his first appearance hearing Monday and entered a not guilty plea, court records show. Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old native of India, is being held in the St. Lucie County Jail … Read more

MADISON, Wis. — Ducky is dead. The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after becoming infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, a strain of avian flu. Foundation officials said in a news release that … Read more

CSX railroad announced Monday that it had replaced its CEO less than two months after an investment fund urged it to either find another railroad to merge with to better compete with the proposed transcontinental Union Pacific railroad or fire outgoing CEO Joe Hinrichs. The outgoing CEO, who came to the railroad in 2022 after … Read more

New Mexico lawmakers are to open a special session Wednesday to boost funding for food assistance and rural health care — actions the Democratic governor contends are needed to “minimize the damage from President Trump’s disastrous bill” cutting federal taxes and spending. The special session follows one in Colorado, where the Democratic governor asserted Trump’s … Read more

Missouri governor signs Trump-backed redistricting plan aimed at gaining another Republican seat in Congress Source link

MADISON, Wis. — The former state economic development director for Wisconsin, who previously worked as an executive at a dairy cooperative, announced Monday that she is running for governor as a Democrat, promising to reject “divisive politics.” Missy Hughes joins an already crowded field of Democrats for the open seat in the battleground state. The … Read more

UNITED NATIONS — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the thick of the unrest that has pervaded the Middle East — confronted the crisis in the region at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, with Egypt’s top diplomat warning that the Mideast “is at a point of … Read more