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July 31, 2025
A Texas researcher was held at an airport for over a week. Now he faces deportation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A researcher at Texas A&M University flying home from abroad was detained for more than a week by immigration authoriti...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Trump ally Jeffrey Clark should be disbarred over 2020 election effort, DC panel says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who aided President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results o...
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July 31, 2025
Toronto man pleads guilty to manslaughter in ‘senseless’ shooting death of man playing dominoes
On Sept. 24, 2020, within the span of two hours, there were three shootings in Toronto involving four masked men.
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Heavy rain pummels the East Coast and sparks localized flash flooding
Strong rain storms are lashing the East Coast from Virginia to Connecticut, flooding roadways and delaying flights from Boston to Washington...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Storms bring heavy rain and flash flooding to the East Coast
Strong rain storms are lashing the East Coast from Virginia to Connecticut, flooding at least one New York City highway and other roads. Cit...
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July 31, 2025
ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up
WASHINGTON (AP) — The agency responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportations agenda says it has already made tentati...
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July 31, 2025
Carney’s pledge that Canada would recognize Palestinian state gets mixed reactions
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Mark Carney’s commitment that Canada would recognize a Palestinian state is prompting mixed reactions from Canadia...
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July 31, 2025
First human case of West Nile in Toronto this year confirmed
Public health officials had warned earlier this month that three mosquito batches collected in traps across the city tested positive for the...
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July 31, 2025
Pentagon pulls back more National Guard troops and leaves behind 250 in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday it is ending the deployment of all but 250 National Guard troops that were originally sent to...
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July 31, 2025
‘Come, please:’ Chappell Roan’s Saskatchewan lyric lights up LGBTQ+ fans
REGINA - American pop star Chappell Roan is creating excitement in an often-overlooked Canadian province, with her latest single superchargi...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Chappell Roan’s Saskatchewan lyric lights up LGBTQ+ fans
“I made a promise, if in four months this feeling ain’t gone ... I’m movin’ to Saskatchewan,” she sings in “The Subway.”
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Not enough food is reaching people in Gaza even after Israel eased its blockade. Here’s why
This week, Israel paused fighting in parts of Gaza and airdropped food, but almost none of it has reached UN warehouses for distribution.
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Why not enough food is reaching people in Gaza even after Israel eased its blockade
International outcry over images of emaciated children and increasing reports of hunger-related deaths have pressured Israel to let more aid...
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July 31, 2025
Toxic drug deaths in B.C. down in May, June, coroner says
VICTORIA - The number of deaths due to toxic drugs fell to below 150 people per month for May and June in British Columbia, a downward trend...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
A somber tribute in photos: New York City police honor officer Didarul Islam
NEW YORK (AP) — Police lined the streets of New York City to pay their respects to fellow officer Didarul Islam, who was among the four vict...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Alberta audit suggests patients paying clinic membership fees get more thorough care
EDMONTON - An audit of Alberta medical clinics charging membership fees found no significant cases of patients paying out of pocket for cove...
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July 31, 2025
Air quality warning lifted for Toronto after city saw some of the worst air quality in the world
Forest fire smoke from the Prairies blew into the city earlier in the day, but Environment Canada lifted its special air quality statement f...
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July 31, 2025
Federal judges detail rise in threats, ‘pizza doxings,’ as Trump ramps up criticism
In 2020, a disgruntled litigant posing as a deliveryman opened fire at the New Jersey home of District Judge Esther Salas, killing her 20-ye...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Croatia holds military parade as it marks 30 years since a key war victory
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Thousands watched a military parade in Croatia's capital on Thursday marking 30 years since a key war victory as the...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Southern Baptist policy head resigns after 4 years of navigating internal conflicts
The head of the Southern Baptist Convention's policy arm has resigned after nearly four years leading the staunchly conservative agency, whi...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Man who burned a Virginia city councilman intended to kill him, police say
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Police say a man who doused a Virginia city councilman in gasoline and set him on fire told investigators he wanted the...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
What in-flight turbulence is and when it becomes dangerous for passengers and crews
A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam that was hit by serious turbulence Wednesday, sending 25 people on board to hospit...
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July 31, 2025
Woman, 81, charged in fatal hit-and-run of e-scooter rider in North York
Investigators responded to the hit-and-run in the residential area of Goddard Street and Codsell Avenue in North York around 9 p.m., officer...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Woman, 81, charged in fatal hit-and-run of scooter rider in North York
Investigators responded to the hit-and-run in the residential area of Goddard Street and Codsell Avenue in North York around 9 p.m., officer...
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July 31, 2025
US childhood vaccination rates fall again as exemptions set another record
It's the third record-breaking year in a row for the exemption rate, and the vast majority are parents withholding shots for nonmedical reas...
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July 31, 2025
A trophy hunter killed a lion in Zimbabwe that was part of a research project, sparking anger
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The killing of a collared lion involved in a research project in Zimbabwe by a trophy hunter has been condemned by w...
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July 31, 2025
Construction on $200 million White House ballroom to begin in September
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced that construction on a $200 million ballroom will begin in September and be ready fo...
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July 31, 2025
Recalled nail guns sold on Amazon and at Home Depot could discharge nails ‘involuntarily,’ Health Canada warns
The RIDGID 18V brushless 21-degree and 30-degree framing nailers pose a laceration risk, the agency said.
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Massachusetts lawmakers propose pay raise for public defenders to end a legal crisis
BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers in Massachusetts have reached a deal to give public defenders a pay raise in hopes of ending a legal crisis that led...
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July 31, 2025
A look at colleges with federal money targeted by the Trump administration
Several elite U.S. colleges have made deals with President Donald Trump's administration, offering concessions to his political agenda and f...
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July 31, 2025
Thousands watch Chincoteague wild ponies complete 100th annual swim in Virginia
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Thousands gathered in Virginia to watch the Chincoteague wild ponies make their annual swim across the Assateague C...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Flight attendant during Delta plane crash in Toronto sues airline, claims pilot ‘inexperienced’
Six months after a Delta Airlines flight crash-landed at Toronto Pearson Airport, a U.S. flight attendant aboard the plane is suing the airl...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
MK-ULTRA mind control class action authorized by Quebec Superior Court
MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit over infamous CIA-linked brainwashing experiments at a Montreal psy...
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July 31, 2025
Gunman shot by officers after killing 3 people outside a Reno casino has died, police say
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The suspected gunman who killed three people outside the largest casino in Reno, Nevada, before police officers shot and a...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Ontario paramedic fired for criticizing Israel on social media hopes to be reinstated
A York Region paramedic who says she was fired over a Facebook comment that criticized Israel’s military actions in the Middle East says she...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Deep Left Field | Baseball Podcast
Mike Wilner hosts Deep Left Field, a baseball podcast from the Star. Listen for the latest Blue Jays and MLB news with Mike and his baseball...
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July 31, 2025
A 4th man accused in a fatal dogpile outside a Milwaukee hotel pleads guilty to felony murder
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The last of four Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him to the ground has pleaded guilty to be...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Lytton First Nation in B.C. orders wildfire evacuation
The BC Wildfire Service upgraded a blaze in the Fraser Valley to a "wildfire of note," warning campers to leave the Harrison Lake area.
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Lytton First Nation in B.C. orders wildfire evacuation of two reserves
The BC Wildfire Service upgraded a blaze in the Fraser Valley to a "wildfire of note," warning campers to leave the Harrison Lake area.
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
South Africa starts injecting rhino horns with radioactive material to curb poaching
MOKOPANE, South Africa. (AP) — A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign Thursday to inject the horns of rhinos with rad...
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July 31, 2025
Blue Jays add former Cy Young winner Shane Bieber, after adding Seranthony Dominguez. What’s next as the deadline draws close?
It's Trade Deadline Day and the Blue Jays go into it with the best record in the American League and just one game behind the MLB-best Milwa...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
American Eagle’s ‘good jeans’ ads with Sydney Sweeney spark a debate on race and beauty standards
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters wanted to make a splash with its new advertising campaign starring 27-year-o...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
In Canada’s pledge to recognize Palestine, much depends on what comes after the words
If recognition is not followed by action, the declaration will remain largely symbolic, one observer warns.
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Driver in multi-vehicle crash in Vaughan injured during arrest, SIU investigating
One driver fled the scene, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt told reporters, and another driver — who is an off-duty police officer — followed, he said...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
US and NATO allies warn of increasing Iranian threats in Europe, North America
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and many of its NATO allies are accusing Iran of a growing number of threats throughout Europe and North...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Dozens injured as Delta flight hits turbulence at 37,000 feet, diverts to Twin Cities
A Delta flight heading from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam had been in the air about 40 minutes before nosediving about 2,300 feet in two minut...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Six Palestinians to stand trial in a deadly 1982 attack on a Jewish deli in Paris
A terrorism court in France has ordered six suspected Palestinian militants to go on trial for an attack 43 years ago at a Jewish restaurant...
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July 31, 2025
New York woman who duped investors, funneled money to 2017 Trump fundraiser pleads guilty
A New York businesswoman has pleaded guilty in connection with a financial scheme that ripped off more than $30 million from foreign investo...
The Toronto Star
July 31, 2025
Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state's high cour...
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July 31, 2025