43 h. ago Overall ski champion Federica Brignone breaks leg in brutal crash

It was meant to be a celebratory final week of competition in the best season of her career. The celebrations ended abruptly for freshly crowned overall World Cup skiing champion Federica Brignone when she broke multiple bones in her left leg during a giant slalom crash at the Italian championships on Thursday — 10 months […]

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64 h. ago B.C. judge allows appeal in $6 million crash case 18 months past deadline

Both men in truck that rolled into ditch outside Fort St. John insisted the other was driving that night but judge found one mostly responsible for crash that left his friend paraplegic.

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3 d. ago Man fleeing police caused deadly crash north of London: Watchdog

A driver fleeing from provincial police was responsible for a crash that killed him and seriously injured two others four months ago, Ontario’s police watchdog says

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1 week ago Trump assails judge who blocked deportations as the case heads to appeal

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday questioned the impartiality of the federal judge who blocked his plans to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, levelling his criticism only hours before his administration will ask an appeals court to lift the judge’s order. Just after midnight, Trump posted a social media message calling for Chief […]

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1 week ago Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order to rehire probationary federal workers

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.  The emergency appeal argues that the judge can’t force the executive branch to rehire some 16,000 probationary employees. The California-based […]

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2 w. ago Toronto plane crash: Delta flight had ‘high rate of descent,’ preliminary report finds

Canada's safety board has released a more detailed report into the Delta plane crash in Toronto last month, but stopped short of drawing any conclusions into what caused the crash.

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2 w. ago Pearson plane crash report: High rate of descent seconds before touchdown

A preliminary report into a plane crash at Toronto’s Pearson airport last month says the aircraft’s alert system indicated a high rate of descent less than three seconds before touchdown. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada released its report this morning as it continues to investigate the Feb. 17 crash landing that sent 21 people […]

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2 w. ago Toronto plane crash: Investigators set to release preliminary report

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said it is set to release its preliminary report on Thursday into the Delta plane crash in Toronto from last month.

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3 w. ago Denied fire insurance payout because he grew pot, B.C. homeowner wins appeal

There was no dispute that the fire was caused by an insured risk, an accidental kitchen fire, and not the marijuana cultivation, Appeal Court judge wrote

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