There's a glimmer of hope for Canadians lobbying U.S. politicians to drop an idea they fear could devastate Canada's auto industry, and it comes from West Virginia. Both of the state's senators, a Democrat and a Republican, have suggested a controversial tax-credit plan in a key American budget bill could be amended or killed.

The defence has rested its case at the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, setting the stage for closing arguments in the Kenosha protest shootings that left Americans divided over whether he was a patriot taking a stand against lawlessness or a vigilante.

A U.S. federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol as the court considers an emergency request by former president Donald Trump.

A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld music festival in Houston last week has died, the family's lawyer said Thursday, bringing to nine the number of fatalities from the event.

A small-business owner could be on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars in fees after her container was flagged for inspection by the Canada Border Services Agency amid international shipping congestion.

Poet, author and teacher Lee Maracle has died in Surrey, B.C., at the age of 71. The award-winning writer and esteemed mentor garnered worldwide attention for her powerful writing and life-long efforts to fight Indigenous oppression in Canada.

The head of lighting on the film Rust has sued over Alec Baldwin's fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of the western.

Rivian Automotive, an electric vehicle company that has so far delivered only about 150 electric pickup trucks mostly to its own employees, surpassed General Motors Thursday to become the second most valuable U.S. car company behind Tesla.

A judge this week could end the conservatorship that has controlled Britney Spears's life and money for nearly 14 years.

A French man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor to death in an antisemitic attack, a case that triggered widespread outrage and called attention to resurgent anti-Jewish sentiment in France.