UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Canada is embracing its growing prominence as a champion of “middle powers” at the U.N. General Assembly, Canada’s top diplomat said in an interview Tuesday as the international community’s biggest annual gathering got into gear. Prime Minister Mark Carney made a…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The shooting of a Venezuelan man in his vehicle by a federal immigration officer in Texas has set off renewed protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was delivering food for DoorDash on Sunday when a…
NEW YORK (AP) — On a day of high-stakes diplomacy on the global stage, President Donald Trump began his United Nations visit by telling a prominent U.S. journalist, “You should not be here.” “It’s an honor to be here,” Trump said as he entered U.N.…
A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state’s June primary, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said during a news conference that 34-year-old Damon…
NEW YORK (AP) — In a change of course, the New York Mets hired interim manager Andy Green for the full-time job on Tuesday, giving him a three-year contract. The team made the announcement before opening a three-game series in Texas against the Rangers. Green…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 36-year-old Costa Rican man whose family says he complained of missing insulin shots and meals to manage his diabetes is the third detainee to die in less than six months at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana.…
VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian provincial premier called a snap election Tuesday, saying U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada are threatening jobs, businesses and the country’s ability to determine its own future. The provincial election comes after U.S.-Canada trade talks broke down,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to limit the number of refugees admitted to the country to 17,500 mostly white South Africans, the administration told Congress Tuesday, as it continues to transform a program that at one point served as a pathway to safety…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a custody dispute over a 5-week-old child who was born in Texas after a surrogate refused a California couple’s wishes to have an abortion. Justice Elena Kagan denied the request from McKenna…
President Donald Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term in the White House. They covered topics such as U.S. munitions supply, drug seizures,…
