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Ontario man shot dead at workplace, suspect vehicle found set ablaze
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Peel Regional Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down several suspects after a man was shot dead at his workplace last week. Police said last Friday, a man died after he was shot at this place of employment, which was near Rutherford and Glidden…
How adults’ views on same-sex marriage have changed since 2015 Supreme Court ruling
WASHINGTON — For years, it looked as though the United States was steadily climbing toward a consensus on same-sex marriage. But 10 years after the Supreme Court ruled that there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, the split between Republicans and Democrats on the issue is wider than it’s been in decades. Recent polling…
What could gas prices look like ahead of Canada Day weekend?
Many Canadians are crunching the numbers for what their future travels may cost them as Canada Day approaches, including the price of fuel during one of the busiest times of year for tourism. With fewer trips across the border into the United States reported as the trade war stretches on, many Canadians appear to be…
Trump disputes leak on effectiveness of U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites; Hegseth vows probe
President Trump doubled down Wednesday on the success of the U.S. strikes of three key nuclear sites in Iran after a leaked Defense Intelligence Agency report said the U.S. assault in the Islamic Republic may not have been as devastating as initially thought. Source link
‘This ended the war’: Trump compares US strikes on Iran to Hiroshima – video | Trump administration
Speaking alongside the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, Donald Trump compared the US strikes on Iran to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saying: ‘This was essentially the same thing: that ended that war; this ended the war.’ Trump’s comments came after a Pentagon report that said the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only…
Iran’s strategic blunders paved the way for humiliating defeats, experts say
Less than two years ago, Iran’s government sounded triumphant. It was November 2023, just weeks after Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and a senior Iranian general was predicting that the regime and its proxy forces in Gaza and Lebanon were poised to vanquish Israel, the United States and other enemies. “We are fighting…
Ontario beach town makes Spotify playlist to capture ‘iconic’ summer vibe
Descrease article font size Increase article font size There is nothing that screams “summer” to those in the Greater Toronto Area more than a trip to Wasaga Beach. More than two million people visit the Georgian Bay community yearly as it lays claim to having the world’s longest freshwater beach and a drag strip that…
Mississippi set to execute state’s longest-serving death row inmate
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Mississippi…
Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals | Rafael Behr
It was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do it,” the president said to reporters on the White House lawn. “Nobody knows what I’m going to do.” The question was about joining Israeli air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities….
Lawsuit challenges billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts
BOSTON — Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C. filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of dollars in funding cuts made by the Trump administration that would fund everything from crime prevention to food security to scientific research. The lawsuit filed in Boston is asking a judge to limit the Trump…