Albert Wagner 
A Florida woman who says she was struck and dragged by a New York City bus and left partially paralyzed has been awarded US$72.5 million in her lawsuit against the city’s transit agency. A city jury found in favor of Aurora Beauchamp, now 68, who was hit by a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus … Read more
A storm that began Saturday has blanketed western Saskatchewan in a deep cover of snow, shutting down some highways and delaying services in the province’s most populous cities. Canada’s weather service says heavy and blowing snow will continue to move eastward into Monday morning, with wind gusts up to 60 kilometres an hour. “If you’re … Read more
WARSAW, Poland – Germany’s defence minister on Sunday described Russia’s leak of a conversation by ranking German military officers to be part of Russia’s “information war” against the West, and that the aim was to create discord within Germany. In the audio recording leaked by Russian state media on Friday, German military officers … Read more
A train “struck debris” on the tracks near Agassiz, B.C – causing a fuel leak and forcing all of the passengers to disembark, according to VIA Rail. The incident happened around 6:15 p.m. Friday on a train that was meant to travel from Vancouver to Toronto. “The impact caused damage to the … Read more
SELMA, Ala. – Vice President Kamala Harris told thousands gathered for the 59th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday attacks on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, that fundamental freedoms, including the right to vote, are under attack in America even today. Harris joined those gathered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, … Read more
NEW YORK – Dozens of mournful fans of Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl gathered in New York City on Sunday to say goodbye to the beloved celebrity creature who became an inspiration and joy to many as he flew around Manhattan after someone let him out of his zoo enclosure. A memorial featuring speeches, … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia – An increasingly assertive China and a humanitarian crisis in Myanmar are likely to be high on the agenda when Southeast Asian leaders meet in Australia for a rare summit this week. The ASEAN-Australia Special Summit that starts in Melbourne on Monday marks 50 years since Australia became the first official … Read more
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico – Top surfers Gabriel Medina of Brazil and Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia won the final qualifier for the upcoming Olympics on Sunday following nine days in which scores of competitors faced volatile weather and painful sea urchin spines. The World Surfing Games competition organized by the International Surfing Association began in late … Read more
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday called for Ukraine’s Western partners to summon the political will to provide Kyiv with necessary military supplies or the world will face “one of the most shameful pages of history.” Zelenskyy issued his appeal as a U.S. package to provide military and other assistance remains blocked by disagreements … Read more
NEW YORK – Dozens of mournful fans of Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl gathered in New York City on Sunday to say goodbye to the beloved celebrity creature who became an inspiration and joy to many as he flew around Manhattan after someone let him out of his zoo enclosure. A memorial featuring speeches, … Read more
