NEW YORK – Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice-president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has died. He was 60. MLB released a statement confirming his death. Bean died at home on Tuesday after a yearlong … Read more
Drake has thrown open the gates to his digital archives with a staggering content dump of photographs, behind-the-scenes videos and songs. The Toronto music superstar unleashed a massive trove of material on Tuesday afternoon without any previous announcement, sending his fans on an impromptu treasure hunt. The files were released on 100gigs.org … Read more
A Chinese-American scholar was convicted Tuesday of U.S. charges of using his reputation as a pro-democracy activist to gather information on dissidents and feed it to his homeland’s government. A federal jury in New York delivered the verdict in the case of Shujun Wang, who helped found a pro-democracy group in the city. … Read more
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Pro-Palestinian activists say a man assaulted two women on Saturday who were acting as safety marshals during a protest march through downtown St. John’s, N.L. In an Instagram post, Palestine Action YYT says a motorist exited his vehicle on Water Street and assaulted the women shortly before 3 p.m. … Read more
BEIRUT – The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Tuesday it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The choice of Sinwar, a secretive figure who leads Hamas’ hardliners and is close to Iran, was a defiant step. Sinwar is … Read more
On July 24, Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for the area around Lachute, Que., northwest of Montreal, urging people to take shelter. The warning was accurate: a tornado touched down outside Lachute about an hour after the alert. But three other twisters that day slipped past forecasters. In the following days, the department confirmed … Read more
Warning: This article contains graphic content that may be disturbing to readers. Discretion is advised. Staring out from a sepia-tinged photo is a smiling young woman with her blond hair swept up into a ponytail as she puts hay in a net in a horse stall. “Lee,” whose real name has been concealed due to … Read more
OTTAWA – Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer says Canadians have a right to know how a man with links to a foreign terror group evaded Canada’s screening process to immigrate to Canada and become a citizen. He is demanding that the House of Commons recall its public safety committee to dig into the … Read more
Buying and renovating a home in a different country is a decision that would put any relationship to the test. But this couple, previously based in San Jose, Calif., snapped up a dilapidated house in a picturesque Italian town with the hope of saving their marriage. Christina and Pete Sobolev, both in their 60s, bought … Read more
TOKYO – Hiroshima officials urged world leaders Tuesday to stop relying on nuclear weapons as deterrence and take immediate action toward abolishment — not as an ideal, but to remove the risk of atomic war amid conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and rising tensions in East Asia. They commented as Hiroshima … Read more
