NASHVILLE — Making his first public appearance since the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection began its hearings, laying bare his desperate attempts to subvert democracy and remain in power, former President Trump on Friday lashed out as he continued to tease his plans for...
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Brazilian Police identify remains of British journalist Dom Phillips; United States urges ‘accountability and justice’
British journalsit Dome Phillips (R) Photo : AP Brasilia: Brazilian police on Friday identified the remains of British journalist Dom Phillips. He went missing earlier this month and was found buried in the Amazon. Phillips was on a book research trip. The 57-year-old journalist and his...
Continue reading...Brazil police say remains found in Amazon are those of British journalist
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Federal Police said Friday that human remains found in the remote Amazon have been identified as belonging to British journalist Dom Phillips, who went missing almost two weeks ago along with a Brazilian Indigenous culture expert in a case that drew world...
Continue reading...Toronto to host 2 monkeypox vaccine clinics with expanded eligibility this weekend
Toronto will host two monkeypox vaccination clinics this weekend with expanded eligibility as health officials confirm 21 cases in Ontario, with the majority in the GTA. The two vaccination clinics will be held on June 18 at The 519 (519 Church St.) between 10 a.m. and...
Continue reading...Catch a sneak peak of MSNBC’s ‘The Culture Is: Black Women’
Don’t miss this weekend’s debut of “The Culture Is: Black Women,” the first in a multi-part series of culture-focused discussions set to air on MSNBC. Sunday will feature a discussion moderated by “The ReidOut” host Joy Reid and Tiffany Cross of “The Cross Connection,” who spoke...
Continue reading...If Pence didn’t trust the Secret Service to do the right thing, we deserve to know
Forty feet. That’s the distance that separated Vice President Mike Pence from a violent angry mob at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. We learned this during Thursday’s hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, which...
Continue reading...Competition Bureau doubles down on objections to Rogers deal for Shaw
TORONTO – The Competition Bureau has expanded on its opposition to Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications in new submissions to the Competition Tribunal ahead of weeks of hearings scheduled to being this fall. In legal filings released after markets closed, the agency...
Continue reading...Mary Trump: Donald Trump ‘handed down a death sentence to Mike Pence’
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Trymaine Lee speaks with fathers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown & Jacob Blake 07:07 Tensions escalate between DOJ & Jan. 6 committee 09:06 Now Playing Mary Trump: Donald Trump ‘handed down...
Continue reading...The Ontario government said child care rebates would start in May. In the GTA, most municipalities haven’t even begun accepting applications yet
Ontario parents were told that they would start receiving child care rebates in May, but only one municipality in the Greater Toronto Area has even begun to accept applications from centres at this point and it says it could still be weeks until the money actually...
Continue reading...Europe wilts under early heat wave from Mediterranean to North Sea
BERLIN — A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures Friday exceeding 86 degrees Fahrenheit from London to Paris. Meteorologists say the unusually early heat wave is...
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