A 52-year-old man from Nipawin, Sask., and a 63-year-old man from Taber, who were driving together, were pronounced dead at the scene This file image shows an RCMP cruiser.Postmedia Two men died Wednesday night in a head-on crash on a southern Alberta highway. At roughly 8 p.m., emergency personnel responded to a call of a … Read more
Alabama may enforce its felony ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, a federal court ruled Thursday, granting the state’s request to stay a preliminary injunction that had blocked state officials from enforcing the ban for more than a year. In a two-page order on Thursday, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a … Read more
Five to 10 people per day are being turned away because Jardins Gordon has been at capacity since it opened on Dec. 1. Jardins Gordon is being used as an emergency shelter to help the unprecedented number of unhoused people in Montreal until the city is able to turn it into affordable housing for seniors. Photo by … Read more
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story December COVID deaths close to 10,000: WHO Nearly four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still proving to be a sizable threat, with a top health official saying last month’s global death total … Read more
The guy just wanted a late-night snack! A dog who escaped his kennel to grab a late-night snack set off alarms overnight at an Arizona animal shelter in a hilarious moment all caught on video. And he even tried to get some of his furry shelter friends to join in on the clandestine meal. Surveillance … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s navy captured an oil tanker Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that only months earlier had seen its cargo of Iranian oil seized by the United States over sanctions linked to Tehran’s nuclear program, further escalating the tensions gripping the Mideast’s waterways. The vessel was previously known as … Read more
The United States is in the midst of major job disruption driven by the rise of generative artificial intelligence. Widespread labor market restructuring and potential worker displacement will place a new onus on this country, while creating opportunity: either we can be at the vanguard of the AI revolution and leverage technological transformation to build … Read more
A pedestrian walks past Twitch headquarters in San Francisco. (Bloomberg / Getty Images) While expressing his regret that 500 workers would be laid off, the chief executive of the Amazon-owned live-streaming platform Twitch chided his staff in a memo for leaking the news to the media hours before the official announcement Wednesday. “I also want … Read more
TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays say they have signed deals with 11 players, including Cavan Biggio, Alejandro Kirk and closer Jordan Romano, for 2024. Romano, of Markham, Ont., was eligible for arbitration for the second time. Romano has recorded 36 saves each of the last two seasons in Toronto. He signed a deal worth … Read more
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) teased a “very important” statement coming Friday morning about the 2024 presidential election. In doing so, Paul left open the possibility of a presidential endorsement in the 2024 race but did not explicitly indicate either way. “I’ve stayed out of the Republican Presidential Primary so far – but I’ve seen enough,” … Read more