94 m. ago Police officer, gunman dead after hostages taken at Pennsylvania hospital

Pennsylvania officials said a man entered a hospital’s intensive care unit in York, Pa., and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police on Saturday.

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3 h. ago ’HE IS INNOCENT’: Juror urges clemency for Alabama man facing execution

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has cleared the way for the execution of a man whose innocence claim is supported by a juror from his trial. Justices on Friday authorized the execution of Robin “Rocky” Myers, who was convicted in the 1991 killing of his neighbour, Ludie Mae Tucker. The execution will […]

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4 h. ago France knife attack kills one, injures at least two in what Macron calls terrorism

French President Emmanuel Macron labeled the perpetrator an Islamic extremist, and said the government has “complete determination” to respond to the attack.

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4 h. ago France knife attack kills 1, injures at least 2 in what Macron calls terrorism

French President Emmanuel Macron labeled the perpetrator an Islamic extremist, and said the government has “complete determination” to respond to the attack.

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4 h. ago Cholera kills 58 and sickens about 1,300 others over 3 days in a Sudanese city, health officials say

CAIRO (AP) — A cholera outbreak in a southern Sudanese city killed nearly 60 people and sickened about 1,300 others over the last three days, health authorities said Saturday. The outbreak in the southern city of Kosti was blamed mainly on contaminated drinking water after the city’s water plant stopped due to an attack by […]

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6 h. ago Suspected trafficker arrested after fleeing car crash on Hwy 401

A suspect is facing several charges, including drug trafficking after a vehicle crashed on Highway 401 in Leeds and Grenville United Counties early Thursday. Police said they were informed of a single-vehicle crash at about 2:30 a.m. The car was found unattended and obstructing traffic. The suspect was later located nearby and arrested. They were […]

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6 h. ago Suspected trafficker arrested after fleeing car crash on Highway 401

A suspect is facing several charges, including drug trafficking, after a vehicle crashed on Highway 401 in Leeds and Grenville United Counties early Thursday. Ontario Provincial Police said they were informed of a single-vehicle crash at about 2:30 a.m. The car was found unattended and obstructing traffic. The suspect was later located nearby and arrested. […]

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7 h. ago Le suspect de l’attaque au couteau à Berlin voulait «tuer des juifs»

L’homme arrêté pour l’attaque au Mémorial de l’Holocauste à Berlin, est un réfugié syrien soupçonné d’acte antisémite.

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7 h. ago CRIME HUNTER: Could accused Buffalo cold case serial killer have more victims?

Far from the dirty streets of Buffalo, the killer dumped the two bodies. One of the women was found dead on the Chautauqua Trail in Portland, New York in 2021. And a second woman was discovered two decades after she was murdered in the same vicinity. Cops believe finally got their man this week, but […]

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22 h. ago L.A. district attorney opposes new trial for Menendez brothers, still deciding on resentencing

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles district attorney said Friday he opposes a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez in the 1989 killing of their parents but hasn’t made up his mind on whether to support a resentencing bid that could lead to their freedom after nearly 30 years in prison. The brothers were […]

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22 h. ago Judge upholds ban on DOGE accessing sensitive U.S. Treasury information, for now

NEW YORK — A federal judge in Manhattan on Friday extended a ban on Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency accessing sensitive Treasury Department information, but rejected broader restrictions sought by 19 Democratic state attorneys general who sued over the issue. Judge Jeannette A. Vargas issued a preliminary injunction but said she may lift the […]

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22 h. ago Ontario Liberals suspend Oshawa candidate over social media post

Ontario’s Liberals have suspended their candidate in Oshawa over an inflammatory social media post. The suspension for Viresh Bansal comes after several Liberal candidates called on leader Bonnie Crombie to dump him. Bansal posted a response in 2023 to an NDP statement on the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar after Prime Minister Justin […]

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22 h. ago Ontario Liberals drop candidate under fire for comments about killing of Sikh leader

On Monday, the Progressive Conservatives unearthed a past post from Liberal Oshawa candidate Viresh Bansal referring to the killing of a Sikh leader.

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23 h. ago ‘I felt trapped’: Woman tells court Toronto city councillor forced himself on her

Michael Thompson's sexual assault trial resumed Friday and heard from a third woman who alleged Thompson woke her in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her.

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23 h. ago In Calgary courts: Suspect denies fatally shooting teen in back of head

Noteworthy legal cases in Calgary and area from Feb. 18-21, 2025

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24 h. ago AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech

The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the blocking of its journalists. The lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., 10 days after the White House began restricting access to the news […]

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25 h. ago The Edmonton Events List: Apocalyptica turns Metallica classical to the max at Midway Friday night

Last year, longtime way-more-than-a-classical-tribute-band Apocalyptica released the overdue sequel to their 1996 head-turner, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos with Plays Metallica, Vol. 2. The new album shows how far the band has come in nearly three decades from early days as a mere cello quartet where guitar and bass now live and thrash in the […]

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25 h. ago Judge cancels NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ trial and leaves corruption charges intact until mid

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Friday canceled the corruption trial for New York City Mayor Eric Adams and appointed counsel to advise him on how to handle the Justice Department’s controversial request to drop charges against the Democrat. Judge Dale E. Ho’s written order means he won’t decide before mid-March whether to […]

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26 h. ago Man, 24, handed life sentence for killing elderly Keswick woman in 2022

Sandy Gauthier, 85, was found slain inside her home after an early morning blaze was doused by firefighters

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26 h. ago Widow of Ontario man murdered over gold chain tells court he did nothing wrong

The widow of a Toronto man robbed of his gold chain and killed during her birthday celebration three years ago says she's lived with guilt ever since.

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