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The Toronto Star
July 29, 2025
West Kelowna, B.C., has safety, security concerns ahead of MAGA singer’s show
WEST KELOWNA - A British Columbia city says it has "increased concerns" about public safety over an upcoming concert by an American Christia...
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July 29, 2025
B.C. city has ‘increased concerns’ on safety for MAGA singer Sean Feucht’s show
A British Columbia city said it has "increased concerns" about public safety over an upcoming concert by an American Christian musician who'...
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July 29, 2025
Motorcyclist in serious condition following collision with Peel police cruiser in Brampton
Officers responded to the crash near West Drive and Orenda Road around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Peel police said.
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July 29, 2025
Heat warning for Toronto extended until Wednesday along with risk of thunderstorms
Tuesday and Wednesday are now expected to bring humid temperatures in the high 30s before a drop to 25 C on Thursday and Friday.
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July 29, 2025
Anchorage warns hikers after 2 bear attacks in a week
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities are warning hikers to steer clear of streams and rivers where salmon are running and to take precaution...
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July 29, 2025
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ young women from Mar-a-Lago spa, including Virginia Giuffre
Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year, claimed that Ghislaine Maxwell spotted her working at Mar-a-Lago in 2000 as a teenager, and...
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July 29, 2025
22 Democratic-led states sue Trump administration over Planned Parenthood funding cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 20 mostly Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its efforts to cut Medicaid p...
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July 29, 2025
Trump says US will partner with Israel to run additional food centers in Gaza, but details are scant
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will partner with Israel to run new food centers in Gaza to address the...
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July 29, 2025
Senate confirms Trump lawyer Emil Bove for appeals court, pushing past whistleblower claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove 50-49 for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge Tuesd...
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July 29, 2025
Senate confirms Trump lawyer Emil Bove, pushing past whistleblower claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove 50-49 for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge Tuesd...
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July 29, 2025
New whistleblower emerges against Trump lawyer ahead of confirmation vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set to vote as soon as Tuesday evening to confirm former Trump lawyer Emil Bove for a lifetime appointment a...
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July 29, 2025
Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene won’t run for governor in 2026
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Tuesday that she won’t run for governor in Georgia in 2026, putting an end to her...
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July 29, 2025
Police release picture of man wanted for questioning in investigation into Devil’s Den park killings
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas police released a photo Tuesday of a man wanted for questioning in the investigation into the weekend kill...
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July 29, 2025
A 38-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man is charged with capital murder over a deputy’s fatal shooting
A 38-year-old man who previously served time in prison for aggravated robbery and other crimes has been charged with capital murder in Kansa...
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July 29, 2025
Starbucks looks to protein drinks and other new products to turn around lagging US sales next year
Starbucks says it’s confident that new products coming next year -- including a cold foam protein drink, coconut water-based beverages and i...
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July 29, 2025
UN conference backs two-state solution, calls on Israel to commit to a Palestinian state
The two-day meeting, which ends Tuesday, is taking place amid the latest reports that starvation and famine are taking place in Gaza.
The Toronto Star
July 29, 2025
UN conference backs two-state solution, calls on Israel to commit to a Palestinian state
The two-day meeting, which ends Tuesday, is taking place amid the latest reports that starvation and famine are taking place in Gaza.
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July 29, 2025
Bodycam video appears to show Florida officer aiming a gun at Black student during brutal arrest
CHICAGO (AP) —
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July 29, 2025
A settler allegedly killed a Palestinian, and there’s video. Israel released him to house arrest
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A radical Israeli settler accused of shooting and killing a Palestinian activist during a confrontation with unarmed...
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July 29, 2025
Attack on military base in Burkina Faso kills about 50 soldiers, residents say
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An attack by an armed group on a military base in northern Burkina Faso has left about 50 soldiers dead, according to...
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July 29, 2025
‘Unbound by laws’: B.C. court gives man 6 years for illegal sea cucumber fishing
NANAIMO - A British Columbia judge has sentenced a man with the longest record of Fisheries Act violations in Canadian history to six years...
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July 29, 2025
B.C. sea cucumber poacher gets six-year sentence for ‘ravaging the ocean’
A British Columbia judge has sentenced a man with the longest record of Fisheries Act violations in Canadian history to six years in prison...
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July 29, 2025
Italy’s prosecutors investigate an attack on a Jewish man and his young son as a possible hate crime
MILAN (AP) — Prosecutors in Italy are investigating an attack against a Jewish man and his young son at a highway rest area north of the cit...
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July 29, 2025
Who shot this rabbit? Police seek suspect after shooting outside Newmarket home
Surveillance footage shows a white ford pickup truck stopping outside of a Newmarket residence and shooting a rabbit on the lawn
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July 29, 2025
A derecho with at least one 99 mph gust swept the Upper Plains and Midwest, the weather service says
Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classifi...
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July 29, 2025
Microsoft Authenticator is ending password autofill soon. How to set up a passkey before Aug. 1
NEW YORK (AP) — If you're a Microsoft Authenticator user, like me, you’ve probably received at least one notice that the app's password mana...
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July 29, 2025
Man charged with impaired driving after limo passengers force him to pull over: OPP
Provincial police say a limousine driver is facing charges after his passengers suspected he was driving while impaired and forced him to pu...
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July 29, 2025
Trump administration wants Harvard to pay far more than Columbia as part of settlement
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pressing for a deal with Harvard University that would require the Ivy League school to pay fa...
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July 29, 2025
N.S. Mi’kmaq chiefs call on Ottawa to address income assistance disparity on reserves
Mi’kmaq leaders from Nova Scotia are calling on Ottawa to urgently address the income assistance disparity they say is keeping some families...
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July 29, 2025
Some Ontario beaches deemed unsafe for swimming as heat wave continues
Some Ontario beaches have been deemed unsafe for swimming by public health authorities as a heat warning remains in effect for southern part...
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July 29, 2025
Vancouver airport hijack suspect in brief B.C. court appearance, lawyer to seek bail
RICHMOND - The man accused of allegedly hijacking a plane that triggered a security incident at Vancouver International Airport appeared bri...
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July 29, 2025
Lawyers for Epstein’s former girlfriend say she’s open to interview with Congress, if given immunity
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is open to answering questions...
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July 29, 2025
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, say she’s open to interview with Congress, if given immunity
The committee that wants to interview Ghislaine Maxwell responded with a terse statement saying it would not consider offering her immunity.
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July 29, 2025
Why there hasn’t been a formal declaration of famine in Gaza
The leading international authority on food crises said Tuesday that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza." I...
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July 29, 2025
Pakistani rescuers will try again to reach an injured German climber stranded on a mountain
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A German mountaineer and Olympic gold medalist who was injured while attempting to scale a peak in northern Pakist...
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July 29, 2025
Judges weigh preclearance requirement for Alabama congressional plans
Federal judges on Tuesday sharply questioned lawyers on a request to make Alabama subject again to the preclearance requirement of the Votin...
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July 29, 2025
Dominican authorities chase a boat for more than 12 hours and net 1½ tons of coke
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Tuesday that they chased a boat for more than 12 hours a...
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July 29, 2025
What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a child swimming in a lake
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake.
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July 29, 2025
What to know about the brain-eating amoeba that killed a boy swimming in a lake
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake.
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July 29, 2025
Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to heat in the summertime, but this week's sweltering hot weather set...
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July 29, 2025
New York man charged after multi-vehicle collision on QEW in St. Catharines
Toronto-bound lanes of the QEW at Glendale Avenue in St. Catharines were closed following a collision involving two tractor-trailers and fou...
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July 29, 2025
Maine police chief says Jamaican officer arrested by ICE had cleared federal check for work in May
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — The chief of police in a resort town in Maine has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigr...
The Toronto Star
July 29, 2025
ICE says detained Maine police officer overstayed visa. The chief says he cleared a federal check
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — The chief of police in a resort town in Maine has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigr...
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July 29, 2025
Homicide team investigates suspicious death at B.C. nursing home
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case of a suspicious death at an Abbotsford, B.C., residential care home earli...
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July 29, 2025
Five Alabama jail medical staff indicted in death of mentally ill inmate
Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia afte...
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July 29, 2025
NTSB hearings will focus on fatal Army helicopter-passenger jet crash. Here’s what to know
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold three days of hearings starting Wednesday on January's midair collision...
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July 29, 2025
Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife felt trapped in his marriage, prosecutor says
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by gradually poisoning her wanted out of a marriage he felt trapped...
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July 29, 2025
Seniors advocate says B.C. will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036
VICTORIA - A report from British Columbia's seniors' advocate say the province will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036 to me...
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July 29, 2025
Parents want more warnings after a brain-eating amoeba killed their boy on a South Carolina lake
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina's most pop...
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July 29, 2025