Viviane Gauer, Zacharie D. Carriere; Today’s supercharged wildfires require far more government planning and preparation. Monster wildfires tear through vast stretches of territ ...

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OTTAWA -- A Canadian senator is calling on Ottawa to be more transparent on its policy to restrict arms exports to Israel, following contradictory reports about what manufacturers have been allowed to ...

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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Hundreds of people cheered Sen. Ruben Gallego at a town hall meeting in eastern Iowa Saturday as the first-term Arizona Democrat assailed the massive, Republican-backed tax ...

WASCO, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is in his fifth decade in Congress and showing no inclination to step aside even as pressure builds on aging Democratic officeholders to give way to a new ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Around 2 a.m., noisy revelers emerging from clubs and bars packed the sidewalks of U Street in Washington, many of them seeking a late-night slice or falafel. A robust but not ...

OTTAWA -- The federal government's decision to boost entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces members is being praised by expert observers as long overdue. On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said ...

EDMONTON -- The former head of Alberta's front-line health agency says she's aware of misinformation that may compromise a third-party investigation into a multimillion-dollar health contracting ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- More than a month after Florida opened "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades, the state and ICE signed an updated agreement spelling out how state corrections officials should ...

With President Donald Trump calling for a federal takeover of the nation's capital city, the White House says there will be an increased presence of federal law enforcement on the streets of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Federal judges on Thursday ordered Alabama to continue using a court-selected congressional map for the rest of the decade, but they declined to put the state back under the ...