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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
A significant majority of Canadians like the idea of a vaccine passport for international travel and it appears that their government is going to deliver a solution. Canadian Health Minister Patty Hajdu says her government supports the idea of a “vaccine passport” and will come up with a form of […]
A Court of Claims judge on Wednesday denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by a group of high school athletes who sued the director of the Department of Health and Human Services over health orders that imposed coronavirus testing requirements and other restriction upon high school athletics. Judge Michael […]
Three of five men charged in the kidnapping plot against Governor Gretchen Whitmer will face new federal charges, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and additional federal firearms charges for at least two of them, a U.S. attorney said Wednesday after an amended superseding indictment was filed in the U.S. District […]
A 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday unanimously upheld a district court ruling against a Department of Corrections inmate with a history of filing frivolous claims who had exhausted the third-strike rule for prisoners filing lawsuits against the state without paying an initial filing fee. In a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen from him. On Capitol Hill, Rep. Liz Cheney of […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis and a top expert warning that the coming weeks in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people will be “horrible.” India’s official count of coronavirus cases surpassed […]
n Idaho cop was suspended this week after a video of him poking fun at NBA star LeBron James went viral on TikTok. Last week, after an officer killed a teenage girl wielding a knife to save the life of another black girl, James threatened the cop in a Twitter post that […]
ST. IGNACE – Trustees for Mackinac Straits Health System have announced Steven Autore of Cedarville as the new board chair. He replaces Christine McPherson, who served in that role since 2018. Patrick Shannon of Sault Ste. Marie and Mackinac Island, has been named vice chair. Autore has been a board […]
When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, they’ll be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other Catholic politicians: Don’t receive Communion if you persist in public advocacy of abortion rights. At issue is a document that will be prepared for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the Justice Department’s investigation into the business dealings of former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. Giuliani, the 76-year-old former New York City mayor once celebrated for his leadership after […]