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The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Prosecutors: Armed man barricaded in basement charged officers with weapon, was shot and killed
EAST GREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say they are investigating the death of a man who officials allege charged...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Man charged with killing 4 university students in Idaho is jailed in Boise after his trial is moved
The man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students has been booked into jail in Boise, where his trial was moved last wee...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Trump is safe after shots were reported in his vicinity in Florida, Secret Service and campaign say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was safe after gunshots were reported in his vicinity Sunday afternoon in Florida, his campaign and the Secre...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Two dead after rescue from burning Winnipeg building; police say fire suspicious
WINNIPEG - Homicide investigators are now part of a probe into a weekend fire in Winnipeg after two people who were rescued from an apartmen...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Trump’s campaign says candidate is safe after gunshots were reported in his vicinity in Florida
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign says he is safe after gunshots were reported in his vicinity Sunday afternoon in Florida.
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Trump is safe after Secret Service opened fire at suspected person with firearm near his golf club
It was not immediately clear whether the reported shots were targeted at the Republican presidential nominee.
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says
The former president was safe and unharmed after the U.S. Secret Service opened fire at a man pointing an AK-style rifle into the club as Tr...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Eby pledges involuntary care for severe addictions in B.C., ahead of October election
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's premier says the province will be opening secure facilities to provide involuntary care under the Mental Heal...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Eby pledges involuntary care for severe addictions in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's premier says the province will be opening secure facilities to provide involuntary care under the Mental Heal...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Federal government extends ban on senior Iranian officials back to 2003
OTTAWA - The federal government is expanding a measure that bans tens of thousands of Iranian officials from entering Canada as part of an e...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
A boat capsizes in Nigeria drowning at least 40 people, president says
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A boat carrying mostly farmers capsized on a river in northwest Nigeria, drowning at least 40 people, President Bola T...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
2 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...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Carbon pricing to cause economic “nuclear winter,” Poilievre tells his MPs
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre signaled the Liberals' carbon price and the economy will remain his prime target when Parliame...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
At least 40 people are missing after a boat capsizes in Nigeria, authorities say
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 40 people have drowned in a boat accident on a river in northwest Nigeria, said President Bola Tinubu on Sund...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Vance doesn’t back away from false claims about migrants in Ohio even amid threats to the community
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance did not back away on Sunday from the false claims he and Donald Trump have...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Top legal adviser to New York City mayor quits as investigations swell
NEW YORK (AP) — The top legal adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned abruptly over the weekend, the latest sign of instability i...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
At least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel
NICE, France (AP) — At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime au...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Army to guard a hospital in Italy after a spate of attacks on medical staff across the country
ROME (AP) — The Italian army will start guarding medical staff at a hospital in the southern Calabria region from Monday, after a string of...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Death toll rises as torrential rain and flooding force mass evacuations across Central Europe
PRAGUE (AP) — Another night of torrential rains pounding Central Europe forced mass evacuations as the death toll rose on Sunday.
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Man pleads no contest in 2019 sword deaths of father, stepmother in Pennsylvania home
YORK, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has entered no contest pleas to charges that he killed his father and stepmother with a sword in their P...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
This small-town map guy visited Toronto. Here’s what he tells us about our city
What insights can a cartographer from Val Marie, Sask., pop. 120, provide about Canada’s most populous city?
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Motorcyclist suffers life-threatening injuries after collision in the Junction
A 21-year-old man operating a motorcycle in the area of Dundas Street West and Chelsea Avenue on Saturday night has suffered life-threatenin...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Torrential rains trigger mass evacuations as rivers surge in Central Europe during record flooding
PRAGUE (AP) — Another night of torrential rains pounding Central Europe forced massive evacuations in the hardest hit areas in the Czech Rep...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Profiles in clean energy: She founded a business to keep EV charging stations up and running
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kameale Terry saw it coming before almost anyone else did. She realized the expanding network of electric vehicle chargin...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Man convicted of trying to arrange the murder of a federal prosecutor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A jury has convicted a man of trying to arrange the murder of a federal prosecutor in Alabama.
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024
Days of preparation and one final warning. How Kamala Harris got ready for her big debate moment
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was almost time for the presidential debate, but Kamala Harris’ staff thought there was one more thing she needed to kn...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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’...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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,...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
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...
The Toronto Star
September 15, 2024