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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BETHEL, Alaska (AP) -- Fish camps still dot the banks of the broad Kuskokwim River in southwestern Alaska. Wooden huts and tarped shelters stand beside drying racks draped with bright red strips of ...

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 ...

OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of Raed Jaser, who was convicted of planning to commit murder for the benefit of a terrorist group. It's the latest development in a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Thursday night that there will be increased presence of federal law enforcement in the nation's capital to combat crime for at least the next week, amid ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is suspending his GOP primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham, shuttering his effort to oust the four-term incumbent after just more than ...

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 ...

OTTAWA -- Metis leaders left a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday saying they're confident they will be included in talks about major projects Ottawa hopes to use to bolster the ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump began imposing higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to cause visible ...

British Columbia's final deficit for the fiscal year has come in at $7.3 billion, $564 million lower than the original projected number in Budget 2024. The final deficit unveiled Thursday by Finance ...