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Cuomo Impeachment Probe Expected to Take ‘Months’: Top Democrat

The New York legislature’s probe of Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to take months, a top Democrat said Tuesday. State Assemblyman Charles Levine, a Democrat who chairs the body’s Judiciary Committee and was named as the head of the panel conducting the impeachment investigation, said during a hearing that “we have been tasked with determining […]

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Newport Beach’s Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Will Fuel Fines for Parking Offenders

Parking officers are pulling the figural plug on electric vehicle owners who abuse Newport Beach’s public charging stations. The city will begin issuing overstay fees for electric vehicles left plugged in at public charging stations April 22. Owners whose vehicles are parked at the stalls unnecessarily will be fined $0.10 for every minute their vehicles are left plugged into a charging

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CDC Director ‘Enthusiastic’ About Pace of COVID-19 Vaccinations

A top health official on Wednesday expressed enthusiasm about how many Americans are getting COVID-19 vaccinations every day, even as she and other federal officials warned people not to stop mitigation measures amid the pandemic. “I’m enthusiastic about the pace of vaccination that is happening, about the early data that we’re seeing, the changes in

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Conservatives Call on Liberals to Stop Payments to Chinese Infrastructure Bank

OTTAWA—The Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to stop funding the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank given the ongoing detention and secret trials of two Canadians in China. In a letter Tuesday to Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole urged the prime minister to cancel a US$40 million payment to the China-led agency. “When the

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Lara Trump ‘Absolutely’ Considering Senate Run in North Carolina

Lara Trump is still considering a run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, her home state. “I am still considering it, absolutely,” Trump, the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump told Fox News on Tuesday. Rumors of a potential run by Lara Trump were revived after retiring Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) voted in favor of

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Crown Says It Was Reasonable for Border Screening to Precede Meng’s Arrest

VANCOUVER—A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border officers to question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest in 2018. Diba Majzub told the B.C. Supreme Court that Meng’s arrival at a port of entry created a unique context where both the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency had mandates

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Bernie Sanders Not ‘Comfortable’ With Trump’s Twitter Ban

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) expressed reservations about the Twitter ban of former President Donald Trump, saying he doesn’t like the idea of a “handful of high-tech people” wielding too much power. Sanders made the remarks in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, in which Sanders was asked about Twitter banning Trump from its platform.

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Canadians’ Mental Health Continues to Deteriorate Amid Pandemic, yet Most Keep Issues to Themselves

A new report says Canadians’ mental health has continued to turn up negative scores amid the COVID-19 pandemic, yet most keep their health conditions concealed from colleagues for fear of hurting their careers. The report (pdf), published Tuesday by Morneau Shepell, a human resource consulting company, said February marks the eleventh consecutive month of diminishing

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