Florida Senate passes bills seeking to expand health care availability
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will seek to streamline regulations and offer incentives to help make health care more accessible under two bills unanimously passed by the Senate, votes that quickly pushed forward Republican Senate President Kathleen Passidomo’s top session priority.
The bills passed Thursday would make it easier for foreign doctors and out-of-state health care workers to relocate to Florida and would create loan programs and other incentives to attract health care providers to underserved rural areas. They also seek to reduce demand at emergency rooms
Province agrees to expand Hazel McCallion LRT from Mississauga into Brampton
The Ford government has agreed to expand the Hazel McCallion Light Rail Transit (LRT) into downtown Mississauga and Brampton despite making cuts to the project in recent years.
The province’s move follows criticism over delays in other Metrolinx projects, including the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
Mississauga Ward 7 councillor Dipika Damerla called it a “game changer” for the Peel Region cities.
“The decision to remove the loop was short-sighted and had effectively sterilized Mississauga’s downtown. Putting the loop back will put a spring back in
Trial underway for man charged in road rage shooting death of California boy
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A prosecutor said Thursday that a California man acted callously in pulling out his gun and firing a shot at a car traveling on the freeway, killing a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back in a booster seat.
Marcus Eriz, who is now 26, sat in the courtroom during opening statements in his trial on a charge of murder in the death of Aiden Leos while the boy’s mother was driving him to kindergarten on one of the
Boyfriend of woman fatally shot when they turned into the wrong driveway testifies in murder trial
FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — The boyfriend of a 20-year-old woman when they pulled into the wrong driveway last year described to a jury Thursday hearing a shot pierce the car and then seeing his girlfriend slumped over in the passenger seat.
“Frantic in the car … people were screaming,” Blake Walsh said, describing the moments leading up to when Kaylin Gillis was shot.
Walsh and a group of his friends testified in the second-degree murder trial of Kevin Monahan,
Indiana bill defining antisemitism advances to state Senate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Thursday that defines antisemitism as religious discrimination in the state education code, repeating a 2023 vote after a similar bill died in the state Senate.
Backers hope the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and have spurred renewed support for the bill this legislative session. State lawmakers across the country are expected to use annual legislative sessions for .
Indiana House Republicans included the bill, , as one of their five priorities . The legislation — largely aimed
Minnesota election officials express confidence about security on eve of Super Tuesday early voting
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Early voting in begins Friday, and the state’s chief elections officer says his office is prepared to face the challenges of disinformation, cybersecurity, and physical threats and intimidation against poll workers.
“We have a combination of systems in place that almost no other state has to provide trustworthiness in our election results,” said at a news conference Thursday. He listed new election security laws, multiple layers of security for voting from home, public testing of the accuracy of
Georgia judge sets a hearing on misconduct allegations against Fani Willis in Trump election case
ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is accusing the estranged wife of a special prosecutor she hired of trying to obstruct her criminal election-interference case against former President Donald Trump and others by seeking to question her in the couple’s divorce proceedings.
A motion filed last week by a defense attorney in the election case alleges that Willis was involved in a romantic relationship with attorney Nathan Wade. A lawyer for Willis wrote in a filing Thursday that lawyers for Wade’s wife, Joycelyn Wade, served
Haley deserves serious consideration for No Labels presidential ticket if interested, co-chair says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top leader said Thursday that Republican presidential contender “would deserve serious consideration” for the group’s nomination if it decides to run a third-party candidate for president.
Joe Lieberman, a former Connecticut senator and co-chair of No Labels, said Haley’s record as governor of South Carolina and U.N. ambassador would be a good fit for the group’s plan to find a candidate in the likely event that the 2024 election becomes a rematch between
Most Canadians consider speaking English, French key to national identity: Pew survey
Canadians are more likely than their U.S. counterparts to see language, customs and traditions as central to their national identity, a new survey suggests.
Some 84 per cent of respondents to the Pew Research Center poll released Thursday said speaking English or French is very or somewhat important to being Canadian, while only 15 per cent said the opposite.
In the U.S., however, only 78 per cent prioritized being able to speak English — the most common tongue in a country without an official
Chris Stapleton, Foo Fighters, Queen Latifah to join The Rolling Stones at 2024 Jazz Fest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Country music singer Chris Stapleton, Foo Fighters, Queen Latifah and New Orleans’ own Jon Batiste are among the star power set to join The Rolling Stones as headliners of this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, organizers announced Thursday.
The event will take place over two weekends, starting April 25 and ending May 5.
at this year’s festival are Hozier, The Killers, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Bonnie Raitt, Earth, Wind & Fire,