LADYSMITH, B.C. — Transport Canada has announced funding to help coastal communities clear out abandoned boats and vessels that pose both as an eyesore and safety concern. The department says $1.3 million is being made available to assess and remove abandoned boats from ports and harbours in British Columbia and …

WASHINGTON — Despite unrelenting criticism from the White House on the course of the investigation into Russia’s election interference, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Monday offered unqualified support for special counsel Robert Mueller. “The special counsel is not an unguided missile,” Rosenstein said in an exclusive interview with USA TODAY. …

WASHINGTON: Elements of the Taliban are open to talks with the Afghan government, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday as he arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit. Mattis’ remarks came as he flew into the war-torn city, weeks after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani unveiled a plan to open …