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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
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
Man arrested on allegations he threatened police while livestreaming: Richmond RCMP
RCMP say they received the complaint about the man on Friday morning as he stood outside Richmond City Hall.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Cheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York, with the repeal of a little-known 1907 law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York repealed on Friday a seldom-used law over a century old that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse — a misdem...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Texas Supreme Court overturns ruling that state Attorney General Ken Paxton testify in lawsuit
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that state Attorney General Ken Paxton testify in a whistleblower lawsuit...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
CNN wants the North Carolina lieutenant governor’s defamation lawsuit against it thrown out
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CNN wants a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson that attack...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Storm inundates Northern California with rain, heavy snow. Thousands remain in the dark in Seattle
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — Heavy rain from a major storm prompted evacuations from communities near a Northern California river that forecast...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Michigan elections board smoothly certifies results of 2024 election
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's elections board voted unanimously Friday to certify the results of the 2024 election, a stark difference fr...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Alberta Premier Smith says passenger train system key to meeting tourism goals
CALGARY - Premier Danielle Smith says a robust passenger train system in Alberta will be key to meeting her government's goal of having a $2...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill a hospital director in Lebanon and wound 6 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
Charges dropped against pro-Palestinian protester arrested under mask ban for wearing a kaffiyeh
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in New York dropped charges Friday against a kaffiyeh-wearing, pro-Palestinian protester who was among the first...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
School district defends decision to punish parents for wearing pink ‘XX’ wristbands
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School district officials who punished two parents for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” during a soccer game featuri...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
County official in Arizona pleads guilty to embezzling over $38M in public funds
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An elected official for an Arizona county has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $38 million in public funds that s...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Manitoba RCMP investigate suspicious death in rural area
STONEWALL, MAN. - RCMP northwest of Winnipeg are investigating a suspicious death.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
B.C. school bus crash was ‘tragic accident,’ set off by medical event: police
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say a June school bus crash followed by the death of a pedestrian was a "tragic accident"...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was struck by an NYPD vehicle
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's attorney general announced an investigation Friday into the death of a woman who was struck and killed by an unma...
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024
California case is the first confirmed bird flu infection in a US child
Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor.
The Toronto Star
November 22, 2024