The Columbia University subway station was defaced with anti-Israel graffiti in bright red paint this week — months after protesters occupied the Morningside Heights Ivy League campus. A station superintendent was riding a southbound No. 1 train around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday when he spotted the brazen graffiti on both the northbound and southbound platforms of … Read more
Storm clouds over a canola field in Alberta.Mike Drew/ Postmedia file Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the City of Calgary and surrounding areas. Storms are expected to develop this afternoon and move slowly eastward through the day. Some of the thunderstorms may produce strong winds, damaging hail and heavy rain. Environment … Read more
They’ve got grounds to be mad. A small Brooklyn coffee shop says a big chain retailer took an image of their flower-adorned storefront without their permission and sold it on a T-shirt — and now they want in on the clothing windfall. An image that looks uncannily like Caffe de Martini in Prospect Heights — … Read more
What’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees The sun rises over the Toronto skyline on Saturday, May 1, 2021.Photo by Frank Gunn /THE CANADIAN PRESS As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just … Read more
Schreiner’s appeal application was dismissed this week. He’s serving a life sentence for the murder of his spouse, Tammy Brown. Blake Jeffrey Schreiner is photographed after his arrest on Jan. 29, 2019. Court exhibit photo.jpg SCC appeals are only heard if a leave to appeal is granted. Tammy Brown, 39, was stabbed 80 times by … Read more
A strawberry moon rises behind the San Francisco skyline on June 3, 2023. (Eric Risberg / Associated Press) Mark your calendars and turn to the sky — there will be another exciting celestial event Friday night, right after the start of summer. The full moon, called a “strawberry moon” because of its pink or reddish … Read more
Manhattan prosecutors on Friday detailed new death threats they argued were tied “directly” to Donald Trump’s “dangerous rhetoric” — as they also approved allowing the ex-president to rip witnesses in his hush money case now that the verdict’s in. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office agreed with lawyers for Trump, 78, that the limited gag … Read more
The Pennsylvania Opioid Trust made progress in greenlighting county projects, but the majority of funds sent out since 2021 have yet to be spent. “Having sent our money out in 2021, we still have only spent $70 million of the more than $200 million,” said Tom VanKirk, chair of the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction … Read more
The governments say the money will improve or develop 51 housing projects in the city. A tent is set up in front of La Halte du Coin shelter, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in Longueuil, Que.Photo by Ryan Remiorz /The Canadian Press The federal and provincial governments have announced nearly $60 million a year for the … Read more
A Border Patrol agent leads a group of migrants seeking asylum towards a van to be transported and processed June 5 near Dulzura, Calif. (Gregory Bull / Associated Press) The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people illegally crossing into the United States fell in May to the third-lowest of any month during … Read more
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