Foreign leaders, Hollywood stars and US political heavyweights mingled with new and rumored Cabinet picks in President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration at a black-tie Mar-a-Lago gala on Thursday night. The star-studded group held court nine days after Trump’s electoral blowout of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, basking in the glow of the Republican victory while … Read more
Trump’s first presidency saw him pull back from many multilateral agreements and he has promised an across-the-board import tax on all goods coming into the U.S. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the APEC CEO Summit at the Convention Centre in Lima, on November 15, 2024.Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images LIMA, Peru — … Read more
A Queens neighborhood holiday party attended by hundreds of New Yorkers annually came at risk of being canceled for the first time in its 20-year history because of government inefficiency, organizers claimed. The Sunnyside Holiday Lighting Ceremony was still waiting for approvals from the city Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO) just a week before the … Read more
An American Airlines flight nearly crashed into a mountain range in Hawaii — but escaped tragedy when it was ordered to rapidly gain altitude, officials said Friday. Los Angeles-bound Flight 298 had just taken off from Honolulu at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday when the air traffic controller ordered the crew to “expedite your climb” — meaning … Read more
A group of five masked burglars stole a stash of jewelry, Gucci products and other loot worth more than $64,000 from the back of UPS and FedEx trucks in a stealthy three-borough spree, cops and sources said. The string of thefts began on April 1, when a single burglar raided a UPS truck on West … Read more
Trader Robert Charmak works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last week. (Richard Drew / Associated Press) U.S. stocks tumbled Friday as the “Trump bump” that Wall Street got from last week’s presidential election, along with a cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve, kept fading. The Standard & Poor’s 500 … Read more
A total of 407 cases of arson were reported between Jan. 1 and Oct. 31. Postmedia News file photo Montreal police arson investigators have been called in after a car was set on fire early Friday while parked outside a residence in the borough of Anjou. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. outside a residence … Read more
Carissa Smith (middle) was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly giving her students including one at Dixon Middle School (background) money and drugs in exchange for sex (Pictures: Pulaski County Detention Center/Google Maps) A substitute teacher has been busted for allegedly giving her students money and drugs in exchange for sex. Carissa Smith is accused of … Read more
Billionaire Elon Musk owns X, formerly known as Twitter. (Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto via Getty Images) X, the social media app owned by Elon Musk, has sued California in an attempt to block a new law requiring large online platforms to remove or label deceptive election content. The lawsuit, filed in federal court this week, … Read more
Haroun Bouazzi of Québec solidaire has been criticized this week for a speech delivered recently before a community group that works with immigrants. Haroun Bouazzi in 2019.Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette files Amid heavy criticism across party lines, an opposition member of the provincial legislature did not back down Friday from comments that his … Read more
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