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August 2, 2025
Appeals court keeps order blocking Trump administration from indiscriminate immigration sweeps
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday night to uphold a lower court’s temporary order blocking the Trump administration fr...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
A day in the life, in photos, of one family’s search for food in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Sobh family lives in a seaside refugee camp west of Gaza City after being displaced multiple times duri...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
How one Gaza family dedicates each day to finding enough food to survive
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Every morning, Abeer and Fadi Sobh wake up in their tent in the Gaza Strip to the same question: How will t...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
From dawn to dusk, a Gaza family focuses on one thing: finding food
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Every morning, Abeer and Fadi Sobh wake up in their tent in the Gaza Strip to the same question: How will t...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupts again, spewing giant ash plumes miles away
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, erupted for a second straight day, sending a c...
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August 2, 2025
After a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echo
NEW YORK (AP) — It would seem the most straightforward of notions: A thing takes place, and it goes into the history books or is added to mu...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
DeSantis set a Florida record for executions. It’s driving a national increase
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In the final moments of a life defined by violence, 60-year-old Edward Zakrzewski thanked the people of Florida for...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
Rural US high schools are offering more college-level classes, but college can still be a tough sell
PERRY, N.Y. (AP) — As a student in western New York's rural Wyoming County, Briar Townes honed an artistic streak that he hopes to make a li...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
College isn’t in the plans for many rural students despite stepped-up recruiting efforts
PERRY, N.Y. (AP) — As a student in western New York's rural Wyoming County, Briar Townes honed an artistic streak that he hopes to make a li...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
Former US soldier is suspected in Montana bar shooting that killed 4, prompting search
A shooting at a Montana bar Friday left four people dead, and law enforcement officers were searching for a suspect described by his niece a...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
Officials scour mountainous area of Montana for ex-US soldier suspected of killing 4 in bar shooting
Authorities are scouring a mountainous area of western Montana for a military veteran who they say opened fire at a bar, killing four people...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
A Tunisian musician was detained in LA after living in US for a decade. His doctor wife speaks out
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Wafaa Alrashid noticed fewer of her patients were showing up for their appointments at the Los Angeles area hospital...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
How an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting Republicans left investors and politicians reeling
CEDARTOWN, Ga. (AP) — A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republic...
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August 2, 2025
Generations come together at a county fair dubbed Mississippi’s ‘giant house party’
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) — Each summer, hundreds of brightly colored cabins come to life with the sound of children playing and smells of So...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
Man pleads guilty in arson extortion case targeting Edmonton homebuilders
EDMONTON - A man admitted in court Friday to being part of an arson extortion syndicate targeting South Asian homebuilders in Edmonton.
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
Law school grad has medical emergency and collapses during bar exam in New York
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A law school graduate collapsed while taking the bar exam in a New York City suburb this week, prompting an emergency...
The Toronto Star
August 2, 2025
Vancouver’s Dragon Boat Festival pushed out by FIFA World Cup
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the annual Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver say the event will be cancelled next year to make way...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Potential measles exposures at Costco in Richmond Hill, three other locations in York Region
The airborne virus spreads easily when and infected person breathes, coughs, sneezes or talks and can linger in the air or on surfaces for u...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Hiker dead after falling into waterfall near Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH - Police say a hiker has died after falling into a waterfall near Squamish, B.C.
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Toronto trustees write to ombudsman, ask that province’s appointed supervisor communicate with parents
Twenty-two elected trustees say they’re concerned “that decisions are being made by the supervisor behind closed doors.”
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states...
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August 1, 2025
Manitoba judge tosses lawsuit against disgraced former hockey coach Graham James
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Graham James, a convicted sex offender and former junior hockey coach.
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Palestinian lives lost in the pursuit of food aid in Gaza, in photos
BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians mourned those who died or were injured while trying to reach trucks carrying humanitarian aid in...
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August 1, 2025
Two people charged with murder in 2024 death of infant in northern Ontario
Provincial police say two people have been charged with murder in the death of an infant on Manitoulin Island last year.
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters’ wurst nightmare
SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) — A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavil...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Montreal offices of TVA network and Journal de Montréal hit by vandals
MONTRÉAL - The Montreal offices of Quebecor media properties TVA and Journal de Montréal were vandalized on Thursday evening.
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Judge pauses Trump administration’s push to expand fast-track deportations
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed on Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand fast-track deportations...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation's top medical organizations that they will no longer he...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
B.C. forestry executive warns against cutting bad deal after U.S. raises tariffs
VICTORIA - An executive in British Columbia's forestry industry says Canada should stand up to the United States, even after U.S. President...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
B.C.‘s Jobs Minister Kahlon urges Canada to ‘negotiate hard’ over U.S. tariff raises
VICTORIA - British Columbia's minister of jobs and economic growth is urging the federal government to stand firm and "negotiate hard" when...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Mali’s ex-prime minister is arrested for supporting jailed critics of the ruling military junta
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's former prime minister was taken into pretrial detention on Friday after expressing solidarity in a media post wit...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
How does the revived ‘King of the Hill” handle the Trump era? Here’s why fans might be pleased
'Where Hank stood in the middle isn’t really the middle anymore,' the revived show's showrunner has observed — a fact which has had fans wor...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Attacks in China and Japan raise concerns about xenophobia in both countries
A Japanese woman living in China was attacked and injured by a man in a Suzhou subway station, Japanese media outlets said, hours after two...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Japanese woman attacked in a subway in China, raising concern about xenophobia
A Japanese woman living in China was attacked by a man with a stone-like object in the eastern city of Suzhou and suffered non-life-threaten...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Trump administration freezes $339M in UCLA grants and accuses the school of rights violations
The Trump administration is freezing $339 million in research grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, accusing the school of ci...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Quick quotes: Reaction to Trump’s 35 per cent tariffs on Canada
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump has followed through on his earlier threat to increase tariffs on Canada to 35 per cent. Trump signed a...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Talks with Trump’s team constructive before boosted tariff announced, ambassador says
WASHINGTON - Canada's ambassador to the United States says a lot of progress has been made with her American counterparts on trade — despite...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Boy hit by vehicle while riding bike dies in southern Saskatchewan
OGEMA - Police say a child has died after being hit by a vehicle while riding a bike in southern Saskatchewan.
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Nova Scotia child in hospital from measles, provincewide cases climb to 44
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia health officials say a child has been admitted to hospital because of measles.
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Manhunt launched after 4 killed in a shooting at a Montana bar
ANACONDA, Mont. (AP) — Four people were killed in a shooting at a Montana bar Friday, authorities said as they launched a manhunt for the su...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Multiple people shot at a Montana business, ATF says
ANACONDA, Mont. (AP) — The ATF says multiple people have been shot at a Montana business, and authorities are searching for a suspect.
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Former US soldier is suspected in Montana bar shooting that killed 4, prompting manhunt
A shooting at a Montana bar left four people dead Friday, prompting a lockdown in a neighborhood several miles away as authorities searched...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Montana manhunt continues after 4 killed in a shooting at a bar
A shooting at a Montana bar left four people dead Friday, prompting a lockdown in a neighborhood several miles away as authorities searched...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Toronto police chief says school resource officers are not coming back
In a radio appearance Thursday, Chief Myron Demkiw said the force would not have a “dedicated (SRO) program like we used to.”
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Teen sentenced to 10 months in custody for role in fatal stabbing of Halifax student
HALIFAX - A 17-year-old Halifax-area boy has been sentenced 10 months in a youth detention centre for his role in the stabbing death of a hi...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Appeals judges order ICC prosecutor to recuse himself from Venezuela investigation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday ordered chief prosecutor Karim Khan to recuse him...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Eight charges laid in the shooting death of a man from Langley, B.C., police say
LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Eight charges, including second-degree murder, have been laid in connection to the death of a man in Langley, B....
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
Veteran federal judge T.S. Ellis III, who presided over trial of Trump aide Paul Manafort, has died
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal judge T.S. Ellis III, whose legal scholarship and commanding courtroom presence was evident in numerous high-...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025
US warns of corruption and reported bribery aimed at destabilizing Haiti as crisis deepens
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. officials announced Friday they are aware of “reported bribery attempts” aimed at destabilizing Haiti, rai...
The Toronto Star
August 1, 2025