A local law enforcement commissioner revealed during a House Homeland Security hearing on Tuesday stunning new details about the security failures that led to the near assassination of Donald Trump, raising more questions for the embattled U.S. Secret Service. Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris’s striking testimony comes just one day after now-resigned … Read more
OTTAWA – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is criticizing the federal government for reducing funds to search the grounds of former residential schools, saying they are profoundly disappointed and outraged. Communities could previously receive up to $3 million through the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund, but funding will now be capped … Read more
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The owner of a refinery in Newfoundland has been charged with health and safety violations for a flash explosion at the plant in 2022 that killed a worker and injured seven others. A news release from the Newfoundland and Labrador government says Braya Renewable Fuels is facing a dozen … Read more
Actor George Clooney on Tuesday endorsed U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, hailing her “historic” White House bid following President Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 presidential race. Clooney is seen by many Democratic backers in Hollywood as a sort of compass given his engagement and activism. When he penned a New York Times op-ed earlier this … Read more
BRASILIA, Brazil – To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next two years. In Brazil, vast forest lands are designated as public yet have no special protection or enforcement and are vulnerable … Read more
Canada’s most decorated athlete learned the power of grace heading into her third, but perhaps not her last, Olympic Games. Owner of seven Olympic swimming medals at just 23 years old, Penny Oleksiak’s three years since Tokyo threw two knee surgeries and a shoulder injury at her, limiting her ability to train and … Read more
WASHINGTON – The director of the Secret Service is stepping down from her job, according to an email she sent to staff, following the assassination attempt against former U.S. president Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission. … Read more
As Kamala Harris prepares to run for president against Donald Trump, she will have to lay out for voters her own ideas on how to steer the economy and address Americans’ pressing concerns about the steep rise in prices in recent years. Although the vice president has been a loyal messenger for President … Read more
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On a recent morning in an Afro-Caribbean community in northeast Puerto Rico, Dr. Pedro Juan Vázquez went door-to-door as part of his medical rounds. He greeted the elderly residents of the town with a cheerful “Good afternoon!” and a smile and casually asked if they’d like their vitals taken. … Read more
UNITED NATIONS – Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over nine million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS-related causes, the UN said in a new report launched Monday. While advances are being made to end … Read more
