US & World

The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday.  Hottest January on record just passed, though the level above normal was lower than previous 6 months. The world just experienced …

A major U.S. national-security bill is at risk of a spectacular collapse Wednesday, leaving fragments of unfinished business strewn across several continents. Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the U.S. border — they’re all in the bill Republicans are ditching. Here’s how we got here and what’s likely to happen next.  Funding …

A Michigan mother could face up to 60 years in prison after a jury convicted her on Tuesday on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, after her teenage son killed four students in a school shooting in 2021. Precedent-setting case may have unseen repercussions, say legal experts, A Michigan mother could …

Russia’s main election authority on Thursday refused to allow a politician opposing Moscow’s military action in Ukraine on the ballot for next month’s presidential election.  Main electoral body rules that majority of signatures for Boris Nadezhdin are invalid. Russia’s main election authority on Thursday refused to allow a politician opposing …

A Toronto woman whose car was stolen three times in the past year — and who had a rental car stolen too — says nobody is taking the problem seriously enough. 'It's exhausting,' says Kristin Shensel, who believes more needs to be done to combat auto theft A Toronto woman …

Israel’s chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday that 31 of the remaining hostages held in Gaza were pronounced dead. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been pushing for progress on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal and met Tuesday with leaders of Egypt and Qatar. White House says …

A major U.S. national-security bill is at risk of a spectacular collapse Wednesday, leaving fragments of unfinished business strewn across several continents. Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the U.S. border — they’re all in the bill Republicans are ditching. Here’s how we got here and what’s likely to happen next. Funding …

A jury has found Jennifer Crumbley, mother of a Michigan school shooter, guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors said Jennifer Crumbley was grossly negligent and could have foreseen the violence. A jury has found Jennifer Crumbley, mother of a Michigan school shooter, guilty of four counts of involuntary …

Bombs ripped through two separate political offices in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 29 people and wounding more than two dozen, officials said, the day before the country was set to elect a new parliament. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks. Bombs ripped through two separate …

Hundreds of students staged classroom walkouts on Wednesday morning to protest the Alberta government's planned policies around transgender youth. Young people walked out of classes in Edmonton, Leduc Wednesday morning Hundreds of Alberta students staged classroom walkouts Wednesday to protest the provincial government's planned policies around transgender youth. At 10 …