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The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Japan will hold first memorial for ‘all workers’ at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity. Why?
SADO, Japan (AP) — Japan is holding a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Key UN committee adopts resolution paving the way for a first-ever treaty on crimes against humanity
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key U.N. General Assembly committee adopted a resolution late Friday paving the way for negotiations on a first-ever...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Storm dumps record rain in Northern California, while US Northeast deals with winter storms
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, causing small landslides and flooding some streets,...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Orchestra conductor mourns childhood home’s destruction in Israel’s southern Lebanon offensive
BEIRUT (AP) — Lubnan Baalbaki, the conductor of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, watched on his phone screen as an aerial camera pointed...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
An influx of outsiders and money turns Montana Republican, culminating in a Senate triumph
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Democrats' crushing loss in Montana's nationally important U.S. Senate race settled a fierce political debate over wh...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters
HOUSTON (AP) — Kimberly Rubit had one priority in mind as Hurricane Beryl ripped through Houston this summer: her severely disabled daughter...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two weeks before Election Day, activists from across the country gathered for an online rally heralding the histo...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
As fast fashion’s waste pollutes Africa’s environment, designers in Ghana are finding a solution
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search through piles...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Man charged with first-degree murder after father fatally stabbed in Scarborough home
Toronto police said Friday night that Elanko Mathisoody, 32, of Toronto has been charged in the death of Kulathungham Mathisoody, 66, who wa...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Man charged with first-degree murder after father fatally stabbed in Scarborough home
Toronto police said Friday night that Elanko Mathisoody, 32, of Toronto has been charged in the death of Kulathungham Mathisoody, 66, who wa...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he'll nominate billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocat...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Idaho teen is arrested in connection with a dead infant found in a baby box at a hospital
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho teenager has been arrested in connection with the body of an infant found last month at a hospital in a box...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former Congressman to lead public health agencies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a su...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Trump nominates Marty Makary, a critic of some COVID-19 health measures, to lead the FDA
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a su...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Wisconsin man to spend decades in prison for wrong-way crash that killed 4 siblings
WAUPACA, Wis. (AP) — A drunken driver who was traveling the wrong way on a Wisconsin highway was sentenced Friday to more than 35 years in p...
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Fall legislative sitting scrapped in B.C. as Speaker Chouhan confirmed to serve again
VICTORIA - There won't be a sitting of the British Columbia legislature this fall as originally planned.
The Toronto Star
November 23, 2024
Venezuela’s government will investigate opposition leader Machado for supporting US House bill
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Friday announced another investigation against opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, c...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish resigns from Peel Police Services Board over 21 per cent budget hike
Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish says she is no longer a member of the Peel Police Services Board.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Louisiana GOP lawmakers want to make it easier to try juveniles as adults
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's Republican-controlled Legislature approved a constitutional amendment on Friday that would allow them to...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Ontario has 24 confirmed and probable measles cases tied to New Brunswick outbreak. Use our tool to check the spread
Canada has recorded close to 150 cases of measles so far this year.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
2 convicted in human smuggling case after Indian family froze to death on US-Canada border
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A jury convicted two men of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Massachusetts will phase out use of hotels and motels to shelter homeless families, governor says
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' reliance on hotels and motels to shelter homeless people will be phased out in the next couple of years, Gov. M...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Three people arrested after stolen BMW collided with TTC bus in Toronto: police
Toronto police say three people have been arrested in connection with a stolen car that collided with a city bus earlier this week, injuring...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Three people arrested after stolen BMW collided with TTC bus in Toronto: police
Toronto police say three people have been arrested in connection with a stolen car that collided with a city bus earlier this week, injuring...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Listeria outbreak tied to Yu Shang Food leaves California infant dead and 10 people sick
A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Indigo vandalism probe not influenced by Heather Reisman’s calls to Toronto’s top cop, Ontario judge rules — but chief should still explain it
Ontario judge Philip Downes said it's reasonable to ask Chief Myron Demkiw to explain why he spoke to Reisman after the bookstore was deface...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
UN expert: Myanmar’s desperate military ramps up attacks including beheadings, rapes and torture
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Myanmar’s desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition groups, carrying o...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Detroit-area police officer charged with manslaughter in crash that killed 2 men
DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer whose patrol car smashed into another vehicle, killing two men, was charged Friday with man...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Daniel Penny doesn’t testify as his defense rests in subway chokehold trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Penny chose not to testify and defense lawyers rested their case Friday at his trial in the death of an agitated man...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Markham man loses years-long public battle to keep his backyard rink. But what are the rules on rinks in Toronto?
Generally speaking, ice rinks on private properties for personal use are permitted in the City of Toronto.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a hospital director in Lebanon and wound 9 medics in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes killed a hospital director at his home in northeastern Lebanon and six others, while at least five paramedics were killed...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of usin...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Markham man’s battle over a backyard rink raises questions about what can be done in Toronto. Here are the rules on rinks
Generally speaking, ice rinks on private properties for personal use are permitted in the City of Toronto.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Octopus battles B.C.‘s bomb cyclone in ocean floor video
Even with eight legs it was difficult to hang on during this week's bomb cyclone in British Columbia, with a remote camera capturing an octo...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Richmond Hill father charged in death of baby was also charged in separate assault: court documents
Court documents obtained by the Star show the Richmond Hill father is also set to appear on trial next year as a suspect in an alleged assau...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
The man who ended Nadal’s career helps the Netherlands beat Germany to reach the Davis Cup final
MALAGA, Spain (AP) — The last man to face — and beat — Rafael Nadal in professional tennis, 80th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp, converted h...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Officer shoots, kills armed teen on northern Manitoba First Nation: RCMP
NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - RCMP in northern Manitoba say an armed teenager was fatally shot on a First Nation north of Lake Winnipeg.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
National monument proposed for North Dakota Badlands, with tribes’ support
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens on Friday called on President Joe Biden to desi...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Florida detective sentenced to 24 years in prison for sexually exploiting a teenage girl
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida detective accused of severely beating a Black man has been sentenced to nearly 25 years in federa...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie's deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice's Restaura...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Secondary school shuts in Campbell River, B.C., due to fire
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - Hundreds of students in Campbell River, B.C., couldn't attend class on Friday because of a fire in their high school.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
A police chief in Mexico kills himself as troops try to arrest him in a corruption probe
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The police chief in a small town in central Mexico committed suicide Friday as troops closed in to arrest him as part of...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Colorado funeral home owners who let nearly 190 bodies decay plead guilty to corpse abuse
The couple has been charged with more than 200 charges of corpse abuse, theft, forgery and money laundering in state court.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a hospital director in Lebanon and wound 9 medics in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes killed a hospital director at his home in northeastern Lebanon and six others, while at least five paramedics were killed...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Officer kills pet dog mistaken for a coyote in Massachusetts town. The owner says it was unnecessary
A animal control officer shot and killed a pet dog in a Massachusetts town after mistaking it for a coyote in an incident that has the anima...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Vance takes on a more visible transition role, working to boost Trump’s most contentious picks
The vice president-elect accompanied Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for defense secretary, and Matt Gaetz, who's now withdrawn his nomination fo...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Report of razor blade found in child’s Halloween candy is ‘unfounded’: OPP
Provincial police say they have concluded there's no merit to a report of a razor blade found in a child's Halloween candy in Cochrane, Ont.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Fox attorneys seek to dismiss shareholder lawsuit over reporting of vote rigging allegations in 2020
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Fox Corp. asked a Delaware judge Friday to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit seeking to hold current and f...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Louisiana lawmakers pass income and corporate tax cuts, raising statewide sales tax to pay for it
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a s...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024