Daniel Penny arrives at court in New York on Nov. 18. (Yuki Iwamura / Associated Press) Jurors began deliberating Tuesday in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal chokehold to subdue a man whose behavior was alarming passengers on a New York subway train. The anonymous jury is weighing manslaughter and … Read more
Can Canadians opt out of Air Canada’s new facial identification system? Here’s what to know about the airline’s latest launch An Air Canada aircraft arrives at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal on Sept. 10, 2024.Photo by Graham Hughes /Bloomberg Canadian airline Air Canada is launching a new identification system on Tuesday allowing travellers … Read more
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks in the Cash Room of the Treasury Department last month. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen’s house fired a weapon following a confrontation between the agent and occupants of a sedan, early … Read more
Jacques Groleau sexually assaulted or tried to sexually assault five women in Plateau-Mont-Royal between 2008 and 2010. A screenshot from security camera footage shows Jacques Groleau, who is serving a sentence of a little more than 14 years that he received in 2011 for sexually assaulting or attempting to sexually assault five women.Photo: Montreal police … Read more
In 2022, M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba in eastern Congo. (Moses Sawasawa / Associated Press) Fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group resumed in eastern Congo in yet another cease-fire violation ahead of potential mediation talks, both groups said. The army said in a statement that it inflicted heavy … Read more
Fox News contributor and doctor Kelly Powers has died after a long battle with cancer. She was 45. Powers was first diagnosed with brain cancer after facing a series of health complications in 2020, and went into remission before the deadly illness returned this year. She was a regular on the Fox News talk show … Read more
A young wolf licks the ear of his playmate at the zoo in Zurich. (Steffen Schmidt / Associated Press) European nations approved plans Tuesday to scale back the protection for wolves in a victory for farmers over environmentalists. The European Union proposal was adopted by the 50 parties in the Bern Convention to protect wildlife … Read more
House Education Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx is ripping the outgoing Biden administration’s latest proposed student loan forgiveness scheme as “blatantly illegal” and demanding the federal Department of Education nix it. Just before last month’s election, the Department of Education announced it was launching yet another attempt to get through President Biden’s hotly controversial plan despite numerous court … Read more
Bill 83 includes fines up to $100,000 a day for non-compliance to the law and up to $200,000 for repeat offenders. The cost to Quebec taxpayers of training a doctor, including residency, is between $435,000 and $790,000, the health ministry says.Photo by Montreal Gazette illustration QUEBEC — Health Minister Christian Dubé wants to oblige newly … Read more
A masked duo knifed a man while trying to steal his moped in Sunset Park Tuesday — and then attacked a good Samaritan who stepped in, cops and sources said. Citizen Two masked Brooklyn brutes stabbed a cyclist in a bungled attempt to snatch his moped Tuesday morning — then knifed a good Samaritan who … Read more
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