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OTTAWA - When Stephen LaSalle first injured his foot in a military training exercise, he had only heard the stories about what it was like to deal with Veterans Affairs Canada. Five years later, the r...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is heading back to the legislature. Smith defeated four challengers to win a byelection Tuesday night in the constituency of Brooks-Medicine Hat. She has been...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution Tuesday, joining reliably Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step. An anti-abortion ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Incumbent Republican U.S. Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher retained their seats in Congress in Tuesday's election in deeply conservative Idaho. Simpson, 72, won a 13th term repr...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The most expensive ballot proposition gamble in U.S. history went bust Tuesday as California voters overwhelmingly rejected sports betting, shooting down initiatives by Native Ameri...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Republicans were still hoping to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes early Wednesday after the rest of the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation manag...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A Republican candidate is expected to hold Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, with Donald Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski leading in early returns. Tshibaka an...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Democrat Hillary Scholten on Tuesday won a congressional seat being vacated by a Michigan Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump. Scholten defeated John Gibbs, who ou...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Democrat Frank Mrvan won reelection to his northwestern Indiana congressional seat on Tuesday, surviving an expensive campaign in which Republicans made their first serious challen...

MOSCOW (AP) - The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year senten...