US & Canada

It only took days for a fire to hinder the US Navy’s Pacific fleet for years to come A massive blaze aboard a billion-dollar US Navy warship has been extinguished after raging for four days — but its effect might be felt across America’s Pacific Fleet for years. Navy officials …

US President Donald Trump is promising new executive action on immigration as he returns to the defining issue of his administration. But Trump has offered contradictory and confusing statements about his plans in recent days. His comments come after the Supreme Court rejected his efforts to end the Obama-era Deferred …

Three people were killed and 24 others were injured when their sightseeing bus rolled over in Canada’s Jasper National Park, authorities and tour officials said Sunday. The all-terrain Ice Explorer was on its way to Athabasca Glacier, the most visited glacier in North America, in the remote Columbia Icefield of …

 Twitter Inc disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a copyright complaint. The video, which included music from the group Linkin Park, disappeared from the president’s Twitter feed late Saturday with the notification: “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the …

Several pe broke into the office of the Portland police union and set a small fire to the building amid growing hostility between demonstrators and law enforcement in the city. The blaze was later put out as officers cleared the area. A group of demonstrators targeted the Portland Police Association …

Public preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic has soared since March in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, boosting Biden – along with other measures – in the race for the White House. Three and a half months ago the two candidates …

Oregon’s attorney general is seeking an order to stop federal agents from arresting people in Portland as the city continues to be convulsed by nightly protests that have gone on for seven weeks and have now pitted local officials against the Trump administration. Federal agents, some wearing camouflage and some …

US President Trump walked onto the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday to applause from supporters as he prepared to tout his efforts to roll back regulations. He was flanked on one side by a blue truck weighed down by “years of regulatory burden” and on the other …

The United States saw more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases for a second straight day on Friday, with 71,600 new cases reported across the country. Thursday saw an all-time daily high of 77,300 new confirmed cases, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. total confirmed case count …

At least two people were arrested after vandalizing a Black Lives Matter mural near Trump Tower in New York City, prompting a heavy police response and a face-off with activists in the mural’s second defacing in a matter of days. A group of some 10 people gathered around the art …

Eighteen Chicago Police officers were injured in a protest Friday, the department said in a statement. A large group gathered for a protest around 4:20 p.m. local time, the department said. Officers were there “providing security and protecting their First Amendment right to peaceful assembly,” the statement said. Approaching a …

John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died on Friday. Lewis, a member of Congress from Atlanta who had announced in December that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, was 80. “He loved this country so much that he risked …

The mayor of Portland demanded Friday that President Donald Trump remove militarized federal agents he deployed to the city after some detained people on streets far from federal property they were sent to protect. “Keep your troops in your own buildings, or have them leave our city,” Mayor Ted Wheeler …

News sources reported Thursday noon (American time) that a big explosion occurred in a NISPCO power plant in Wheatfield, Indiana, causing major fires, the cause of the explosion has not yet known according to local officials. This is the third explosion incident after the explosion that occurred in the aircraft …

Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients, as Miami area authorities began stepping up enforcement Friday of a mask requirement — echoing efforts in many parts of the world to contain surging infections. In California, military doctors, nurses and other …

Biden, who committed to choosing a woman for the job he held for eight years under President Barack Obama, said this week he expected the background vetting process to conclude around July 24. He would then interview each finalist before making a decision, expected by early August. The selection of …

The U.S. Congress returns to Washington on Monday with Democratic and Republican leaders agreeing that they need to pass something to salve the heavy toll of the coronavirus pandemic but $2 trillion apart on what that something should be. In the 12 weeks since President Donald Trump signed into law …

A number of top US scientists have warned President Donald Trump against resuming nuclear weapons tests, saying such tests would increase the risk of a nuclear war. About 70 scientists, including a half-dozen Nobel Prize recipients, wrote a letter, published on the 75th anniversary of the world’s first atom bomb …

Battles over wearing face coverings intensified even as the US shattered another daily coronavirus record and health officials warned hospitalizations are getting out of control in some areas. There were 77,255 new cases reported Thursday, topping a previous high set two days ago, according to Johns Hopkins University. At least …

As top federal law enforcement officials arrived in Oregon on Thursday, Gov. Kate Brown accused President Donald Trump of deploying federal officers to Portland to crack down on protesters as a way to boost his flailing reelection prospects. In an uncharacteristically harsh statement, Brown responded to Trump’s deployment of federal …