Thousands of gun sales on hold in Washington state amid weeks-long court system outage

Thousands of gun sales are on hold across Washington state due to a court computer system outage preventing background checks from being completed. Two weeks into the outage, Second Amendment advocates are threatening to sue. “In 10 years of operation … this is unprecedented for me at any level, state or federal,” Daniel Mitchell, who owns a … Read more

President Biden jokes he may need to go to space to save astronauts stranded aboard the ISS

LIMA — Retiring President Biden played comedian Friday and told Peruvian President Dina Boluarte that he may have to go to space to save the astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station. The 81-year-old leader, meeting with Boluarte on the sidelines of the APEC economic conference of Pacific rim countries, made the crack after spotting … Read more

Trump names campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary

President-elect Donald Trump will name his campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary, The Post has learned. Trump, 78, is expected to make the announcement official on Friday. Leavitt, 27, was the Trump campaign’s national press secretary and previously served in the 45th president’s White House as assistant press secretary. This is a … Read more

Who is Karoline Leavitt? Trump names his White House press secretary

Karoline Leavitt served as a spokeswoman for President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign (Picture: Instagram/@karolineleavitt) President-elect Donald Trump has named a woman who served on his 2024 campaign spokeswoman as his press secretary in the White House. Karoline Leavitt, 27, was announced by Trump on Friday evening. ‘Karoline Leavitt did a phenomenal job as the National … Read more

Widower who donated Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in honor of late wife suffers stroke before lighting ceremony 

The Massachusetts widower who spent decades growing this year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has tragically suffered a stroke that may now prevent him from witnessing the iconic lighting ceremony, his family says. Earl Albert, of West Stockbridge, Mass., is currently recovering in a hospital in Albany, NY, after his health recently took a turn — just weeks … Read more

Vehicle hits pedestrian in l’Île-Bizard–Ste-Geneviève

A 73-year-old woman is in critical condition and police fear for her life. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette A collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian has left a 73-year-old woman in critical condition, Montreal police report. At 1:30 p.m., police received multiple phone calls concerning the collision on Gouin Blvd. W., near St-Charles … Read more

Montreal’s iconic Ste-Catherine St. reopens — until April

Construction crews have removed fencing and reopened Ste-Catherine to pedestrians for the weekend. Two years of work on Ste-Catherine St. W. in the downtown core came to an end Friday, November 15, 2024. Until next spring, that is.Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette It’s a good weekend for a stroll downtown. City crews hosed away … Read more

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