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September 15, 2024
Report shows system deficiencies a year before firefighting foam spill at former Navy base
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A fire suppression system at a Brunswick Executive Airport hangar showed deficiencies about a year before it dischar...
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September 15, 2024
Leading Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies at 76
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury who dedicated much of his writings to the Palestinian cause and taught at universities around t...
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September 15, 2024
Looking for the next mystery bestseller? This crime bookstore can solve the case
WINNIPEG - Some 250 coloured tacks pepper a large-scale world map among bookshelves at Whodunit Mystery Bookstore.
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
This city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained?
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — On his first day of school at Newcomer Academy, Maikel Tejeda was whisked to the school library. The 7th grader didn’...
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September 15, 2024
Case of Toronto man accused in NYC terror plot highlights troubling revelations about resurgence of ISIS
Five years after ISIS was declared to have been defeated in 2019, it is back and, according to one leading researcher, more resilient than e...
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September 15, 2024
The return of ISIS: How a Toronto case fits into the global resurgence of a terror group we thought had been defeated
Five years after ISIS was declared to have been defeated in 2019, it is back and, according to one leading researcher, more resilient than e...
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September 15, 2024
UK royal social media accounts offer birthday wishes to Prince Harry
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s royal social media accounts posted 40th birthday wishes Sunday for Prince Harry, marking the milestone celebration d...
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September 15, 2024
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Long before gay marriage was popular, Kamala Harris was at the forefront of the equal rights battle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two decades ago, when a Democratic presidential nominee wouldn't dream of endorsing gay marriage, a newly elected district...
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September 15, 2024
Shanghai cancels hundreds of flights as Typhoon Bebinca draws near
BANGKOK (AP) — Shanghai's airports are canceling hundreds of flights Sunday as they brace for impact from Typhoon Bebinca, which is due to m...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Doug Ford’s government helped speed development on this parcel of GTA land. So why have no houses been built yet?
The parcel of land in Vaughan show the effects of the Ford government’s housing policies—and the difficulty of developing a greenfield site...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Montreal bars, restaurants react to Quebec bill to regulate merchant tipping requests
MONTREAL - Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin n...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Italy’s deputy premier Matteo Salvini faces a potential 6-year prison sentence in migration trial
ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Saturday requested a six-year prison sentence for right-wing League leader Matteo Salvin i for his decisi...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Why a U.S. military academy welcomed Canadian general Roméo Dallaire’s irreplaceable documents about the Rwanda genocide
No Canadian institution was interested in the papers — nearly twice lost to fire — of Roméo Dallaire, UN commander of the doomed 1994 Rwanda...
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September 15, 2024
Liberal candidate in Montreal byelection says campaign is about her
MONTREAL - In the final stretch of a Montreal byelection campaign widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership,...
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September 15, 2024
Rising floodwaters trigger evacuations in Czech Republic and Poland
PRAGUE (AP) — Another night of torrential rains pounding Central Europe forced massive evacuations in the hardest hit areas in the Czech Rep...
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September 15, 2024
New Delhi’s chief minister announces resignation two days after he was released on bail
NEW DELHI (AP) — One of India's main opposition figures and New Delhi’s chief minister said he would resign from office Sunday, two days aft...
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September 15, 2024
A least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel, French authorities say
PARIS (AP) — At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authoriti...
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September 15, 2024
A least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel from northern France, authorities say
PARIS (AP) — At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authoriti...
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September 15, 2024
A missile fired by Yemen’s rebels lands in Israel and triggers sirens at international airport
JERUSALEM (AP) — A missile fired by Yemen's Iran-backed rebels landed in an open area in central Israel early Sunday and triggered air raid...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Italian right-wing leader Salvini faces a potential 6-year prison sentence in migration trial
ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Saturday requested a six-year prison sentence for right-wing League leader Matteo Salvin i for his decisi...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Two people die in Ukraine’s Odesa after Moscow and Kyiv exchange drone and missile attacks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people died in a missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, local officials said, as Moscow and...
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September 15, 2024
Several people have died trying to cross the English Channel from France, authorities say
Several people died early Sunday during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French authorities said.
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September 15, 2024
B.C. victim’s family furious at no-fault insurance regime in motor-vehicle death case
VANCOUVER - Family members say Annie Kong wanted nothing more than to gather with all her extended family under one roof at her West Vancouv...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
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September 15, 2024
Missile fired from Yemen lands in central Israel and triggers sirens at international airport
JERUSALEM (AP) — A missile fired from Yemen landed in an open area in central Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military said, in the latest...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them hig...
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September 15, 2024
Missile fired from Yemen lands in open area in central Israel and sets off air raid sirens
JERUSALEM (AP) — A long-range missile fired from Yemen landed in an open area in central Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military said.
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Missile fired from Yemen lands in open area in central Israel and sets of air raid sirens
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says a long-range missile fired from Yemen has landed in an open area in central Israel.
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
87 and hobbled, Pope Francis goes off-script in Asia and reminds world he can still draw a crowd
DILI, East Timor (AP) — It was the farthest trip of his pontificate and one of the longest papal trips ever in terms of days on the road and...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Traces of this Pakistani megacity’s past are vanishing, but one flamboyant pink palace endures
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Stained glass windows, a sweeping staircase and embellished interiors make Mohatta Palace a gem in Karachi, a Pakis...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Takeaways from AP’s report on a new abortion clinic in rural southeast Kansas
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — A new abortion clinic has brought the debate over reproductive rights to a small college town in the southeast corner...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
A ‘Trump Train’ convoy surrounded a Biden-Harris bus. Was it political violence?
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury will soon decide whether a convoy of supporters of then-President Donald Trump violently intimidated forme...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
How a small town in Kansas found itself at the center of abortion’s national moment
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The Rev. Anthony Navaratnam stood before his congregation and urged them to pray for the women from surrounding state...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Hispanic Heritage Month puts diversity and culture at the forefront
Huge celebrations across the U.S. are expected to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, an annual tradition that showcases the awe-ins...
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September 15, 2024
Ahmaud Arbery’s family is still waiting for ex-prosecutor’s misconduct trial after 3 years
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Three years after a former Georgia district attorney was indicted on charges alleging she interfered with police invest...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Tropical Storm Ileana makes landfall on Mexico’s Sinaloa coast after pounding Los Cabos
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Ileana made landfall on the coast of the Mexican state of Sinaloa Saturday a day after it pounded the reso...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Venezuela says it arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in a plot to kill President Maduro
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech citizen were arrested Saturday after Venezuelan officials accused them of...
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September 15, 2024