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November 7, 2024
Strong winds push wildfire through Southern California community, burning dozens of homes
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire fueled by heavy winds was tearing through a community northwest of Los Angeles for a second...
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November 7, 2024
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centurie...
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November 7, 2024
Monkey business: U.S. town puts out public safety alert after 40 primates escaped from a research facility
Dozens of monkeys are on the loose in a South Carolina town, after escaping from a research facility on Wednesday night.
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November 7, 2024
AP Race Call: Democrat Val Hoyle wins reelection to U.S. House in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District
WASHINGTON - Democratic Rep. Val Hoyle won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Thursday. Hoyle, a first-term congresswoma...
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November 7, 2024
Police in southern Mexico find 11 bodies, including two of minors, dumped by a highway
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in a southern Mexico region rife with drug cartel violence have found 11 bodies, including two of minors, dumped b...
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November 7, 2024
A green giant: This year’s 74-foot Rockefeller Christmas tree is en route from Massachusetts
WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A giant Norway spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Christmas tree was en route to New York City...
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November 7, 2024
Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country
MEXICO CITY (AP) — For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned “hugs, not bullets” strategy, in which its leaders avoide...
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November 7, 2024
AP Race Call: Independent Angus King wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Maine
WASHINGTON - Independent Sen. Angus King won a third term in the U.S. Senate representing Maine on Thursday, turning back challenges from a...
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November 7, 2024
Nova Scotia election: Liberals say province’s immigration levels are too high
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill says immigration levels must be reduced until the province can provide enough housing an...
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November 7, 2024
Man, two women in custody after fatal stabbing at Scarborough apartment building
Toronto police say they were called to the area of Lawrence Avenue and Kingston Road just after 6 a.m.
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November 7, 2024
Toronto traffic this weekend: Queen streetcar diversions and closures at Bay
The 501 Streetcar will divert along Adelaide Street and construction closes portions of Bay Street and Spadina.
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November 7, 2024
Florida’s iconic Key deer face an uncertain future as seas rise
BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) — The world's only Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer, are found in piney and marshy wetland...
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November 7, 2024
How 5 key demographic groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast
Washington (AP) — Donald Trump won the presidency after holding tight to his core base of voters and slightly expanding his coalition to inc...
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November 7, 2024
Greece cites new trust of Turkey as the neighbors seek to ease tensions
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s foreign minister said Thursday that his country has established a foundation of trust with Turkey, ahead of a...
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November 7, 2024
Rescuers respond after bus overturns on upstate New York highway
CHILI, N.Y. (AP) — Rescue operations were underway after a bus with passengers aboard rolled over on a highway near Rochester, New York, on...
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November 7, 2024
2 Swedish teens face preliminary terror charges for explosions near the Israeli Embassy in Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two Swedish teenagers who were arrested in connection with last month's predawn explosions near the Israeli Embas...
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November 7, 2024
Man dead after stabbing at Scarborough apartment complex
Toronto police say they were called to the area of Lawrence Avenue and Kingston Road just after 6 a.m.
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November 7, 2024
Notre Dame marks arrival of Paris Olympics’ iconic trackside bell as cathedral reopening nears
PARIS (AP) — Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, whose historic bells were silenced following 2019’s devastating fire, will soon echo again with f...
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November 7, 2024
For many Iranians, Trump’s return intensifies worries about war. Yet some see reasons for hope
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians, like many around the world, are divided on what Donald Trump's next presidency will bring: Some foresee an all...
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November 7, 2024
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November 7, 2024
Germany arrests a US citizen over accusations of spying for China
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor office said it arrested an American citizen on Thursday who allegedly spied for China.
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November 7, 2024
South Africa closes its border again with Mozambique, where post-election violence worsens
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa closed its border with Mozambique shortly after opening it on Thursday as post-election violence in the nei...
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November 7, 2024
A British Parliament member is charged with assault over an altercation in the street
LONDON (AP) — A member of the British Parliament has been charged with assault after video showed him beating a man in the street, prosecuto...
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November 7, 2024
Prince William wraps up his South Africa trip with visit that reminded him of his rescue pilot days
SIMON'S TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince William rode on a sea rescue boat along part of the South African coast on Thursday as he wrapped u...
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November 7, 2024
How will Canada handle Trump 2.0 + the fate of Toronto’s FIFA training facility
Canada braces for another four years of Trump, the downscaling of Toronto’s FIFA facility and an impending TikTok business ban.
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November 7, 2024
The Latest: Biden to deliver remarks following Trump’s win, House control hangs in the balance
President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks to the nation in what will be his first appearance on camera in the aftermath of Donald...
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November 7, 2024
The Latest: Biden delivers remarks following Trump’s win, House control hangs in the balance
President Joe Biden delivered remarks to the nation midday Thursday in his first appearance on camera in the aftermath of Donald Trump ’s de...
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November 7, 2024
Man dead after morning stabbing in Scarborough
Toronto police say they were called to the area of Lawrence Avenue and Kingston Road just after 6 a.m.
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November 7, 2024
Control of the U.S. House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump’s agenda
Tax cuts, securing the southern border and taking a ”blowtorch” to federal regulations are considered major priorities.
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November 7, 2024
A new law allows Israel to deport the relatives of attackers. Experts expect it to be struck down
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament passed a law early Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, incl...
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November 7, 2024
Spain seizes 13 tonnes of cocaine hidden behind bananas on a container from Ecuador
MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain seized 13 tonnes (13,000 kilograms) of cocaine in a cargo container apparently filled with bananas, in wh...
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November 7, 2024
Plans for 2026 FIFA World Cup training sites in Toronto scaled back
Training facilities at Centennial Park and Sunnybrook Park were supposed to be repurposed for community use after the 2026 FIFA World Cup ga...
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November 7, 2024
‘An informational ghost?’: Witness in bid to deport alleged Mafia boss was booted from witness protection, immigration documents say
The comments slamming Carmine Guido, formerly of the GTA, appear in a documents filed a week ago for the Immigration Refugee Board Immigrati...
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November 7, 2024
Will Donald Trump’s victory cause a surge of asylum seekers fleeing to Canada? Here’s what’s different from 2016
With the Canadian refugee board already overwhelmed by an unprecedented backlog that has reached 250,000 claims, is Ottawa prepared for Trum...
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November 7, 2024
Who ruined Hobo Hot Springs? Ministry investigates as mystery roils Harrison, B.C.
Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of t...
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November 7, 2024
Wild winds fuel Southern California wildfire that has forced thousands to evacuate
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire fueled by heavy winds was tearing through a community northwest of Los Angeles for a second...
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November 7, 2024
South Korea’s president denies wrongdoing in a growing scandal
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denied wrongdoing Thursday in a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal involvi...
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November 7, 2024
A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup
TOKYO (AP) — A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny...
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November 7, 2024
Court drops all charges against a Thai woman in a 2015 bombing at a Bangkok shrine that killed 20
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand on Thursday acquitted a Thai woman who had been charged with involvement in a 2015 bombing at a shrine in...
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November 7, 2024
Israel passes law that would allow it to deport the families of Palestinian attackers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament passed a law early Thursday that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers, incl...
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November 7, 2024
Middle East latest: Large airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs as Israel expands northern Gaza operations
Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Thursday, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airp...
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November 7, 2024
4 security officers and 2 schoolchildren killed in bomb and mortar attacks in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing four of...
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November 7, 2024
Strong typhoon threatens northern Philippine region still recovering from back-to-back storms
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong typhoon was forecast to hit the northern Philippines on Thursday, prompting a new round of evacuations i...
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November 7, 2024
Trump’s second term could realign US diplomacy toward authoritarian leaders
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's fiery, right-wing leader says Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against immigration and mul...
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November 7, 2024
Giuliani to appear in a NYC court after missing a deadline to surrender assets
NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani will appear in a New York City courtroom on Thursday to explain to a federal judge why he hasn't surrendered h...
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November 7, 2024
Joe Biden gets blamed by Harris allies for the vice president’s resounding loss
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden's name wasn't on the ballot, but history will likely remember Kamala Harris' resounding defeat as his loss too.
The Toronto Star
November 7, 2024
Biden gets blamed by Harris allies for the vice president’s resounding loss to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden's name wasn't on the ballot, but history will likely remember Kamala Harris' resounding defeat as his loss too.
The Toronto Star
November 7, 2024
As sports betting addiction takes hold in Brazil, the government moves to crack down
SAO PAULO (AP) — “King” doesn’t disclose his real name. Even clients of his Sao Paulo newsstand have to call him by his moniker. The Brazili...
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November 7, 2024
Four teens charged after booze stolen from Oshawa LCBO store, say Durham police
On Nov. 3 around 4 p.m., police say four young people entered the LCBO store at 400 Gibb St. and stole liquor. Police also say the foursome...
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November 7, 2024