A deadly weekend shooting outside a wedding venue was a targeted attack but Ottawa police leaders said Wednesday they don’t think the victims were the intended targets.
Continue reading...September 6, 2023
Deb Haaland, first Indigenous member of U.S. cabinet, meets counterparts in Ottawa
Canada and the United States are working together through “a period of healing” from the open wounds of residential schools and missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says.
Continue reading...Two motorcyclists rushed to hospital following crashes in Markham and Vaughan
Two motorcyclists have been transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries after separate crashes in Markham and Vaughan on Wednesday.
Continue reading...The true-crime worthy plot twist in the Alex Murdaugh murder saga
Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh have moved for a new trial because, they say, Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill tampered with the jury.
Continue reading...January 6 rioters are facing hundreds of years in prison combined. What does it mean for Trump?
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, former leader of the Proud Boys, marches in a 2021 protest in Miami, Florida, showing support for Cubans demonstrating against their government. | Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images Enrique Tarrio, former leader of the Proud Boys, is the latest key player in...
Continue reading...‘Freedom Convoy’ got more volatile as protest went on, police officer tells court
The longer “Freedom Convoy” demonstrators blockaded Ottawa streets in protest of COVID-19 public health restrictions last year, the more volatile the relationship between police and protesters became, an Ottawa police officer testified Wednesday.
Continue reading...Texas attorney general’s affair explains his illegal acts, former aide testifies at impeachment trial
Witness Jeff Mateer reviews a document during the impeachment trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Eric Gay / Associated Press) Texas attorney general's affair explains his illegal...
Continue reading...A judge orders Texas to move a floating barrier used to deter migrants
FILE – A kayaker walks past large buoys being used as a floating border barrier on the Rio Grande, Aug. 1, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. A federal judge on Wednesday, Sept. 6, ordered Texas to move a large floating barrier to the riverbank of the...
Continue reading...Over 70,000 day-care programs at risk of closure, threatening U.S. women’s workforce gains
In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, Astrid Kozlen, left, and Vincent Seeborn, right, talk with another toddler at a splash bin in the playground at the Wallingford Child Care Center in Seattle. A dire workforce crisis in a booming U.S. economy is forcing many...
Continue reading...E. Jean Carroll wins another victory over Trump after sex-abuse and defamation lawsuit
FILE E. Jean Carroll, right, walks out of Manhattan federal court, May 9, 2023, in New York. Four months after a jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, that still more...
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