Eric Trump’s cryptocurrency firm loses half its value in half an hour

American Bitcoin Corp’s shares fell from \(2.39 to \)1.90 after closing in what some are calling ‘crypto winter’

Shares in Eric Trump’s crypto mining business lost more than half their value in less than 30 minutes on Tuesday.

The nosedive of American Bitcoin Corp, which triggered repeated trading halts, followed the steep decline of many cryptocurrencies and crypto-linked companies into what some observers are calling the onset of a “crypto winter”. Bitcoin’s value has fallen sharply since the start of October and erased a year of large gains.

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Hegseth says he ‘didn’t stick around’ to watch second strike on alleged drug boat; Trump vows land strikes on cartels are coming ‘very soon’ – live

President says countries manufacturing and selling drugs to the US are “subject to attack”, adding that strikes wouldn’t be limited to Venezuela

• Trump says he and Hegseth didn’t know about second strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat

• Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement

Joseph Gedeon is a politics breaking news reporter based in Washington

The FBI director, Kash Patel, is “in over his head” and leading a “chronically under-performing” agency paralyzed by fear and plummeting morale, according to a scathing 115-page report compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts.

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Trump says he and Hegseth didn't know about second strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat – video

President Donald Trump has said he didn't know anything about a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat on 2 September. He also stood by his defence secretary, saying Pete Hegseth didn't know a US navy admiral had ordered a second strike. Hegseth also denied knowledge of it, but stated the admiral 'had the complete authority' to launch it

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Sabrina Carpenter slams ‘evil and disgusting’ ICE video that uses her song

Pop star calls out White House’s ‘inhumane agenda’ after post that soundtracks immigration raids to her song Juno

Sabrina Carpenter has spoken out against Donald Trump’s White House for using her song Juno to soundtrack videos of immigration raids.

In response to a video posted on the official White House X account, which depicts Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officials arresting several people in what appears to be Chicago, the singer wrote: “this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

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State Dept finalizes mass layoffs, says employees won’t be reinstated under shutdown-ending deal

The State Department says laid-off Foreign Service officers will be officially separated from the agency on Dec. 5 — once it fixes some “administrative errors."

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Pentagon says every national guard troop deployed in Washington DC ‘is now armed’

Move to arm all 2,375 estimated troops marks significant shift in rules of engagement for domestic military deployments

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The Pentagon said Tuesday that every national guard troop deployed in Washington DC will now be armed with live weapons, and have begun conducting joint patrols with the local police department.

“I can confirm that everybody in DC is now armed, and a lot of our DC national guardsmen are now also doing joint patrols with members of the police department here in DC,” said Kingsley Wilson, the department’s press secretary, at a press conference.

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Trump administration is ‘selling out’ admiral to shield Hegseth over boat strikes, officials say

White House names Adm Frank M Bradley as officer who ‘directed the engagement’, distancing Hegseth from accountability

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The Pentagon on Tuesday scapegoated a Navy admiral for the extrajudicial double-tap strike that killed survivors of a September attack on an alleged drug boat and vowed to continue operations, even as lawmakers investigate whether the attack constituted a war crime.

At a Pentagon briefing on Tuesday, Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon press secretary said that the decision to restrike the narco terrorist vessel was made by Adm Frank M Bradley, “operating under clear and long standing authorities to ensure the boat was destroyed and the threat to the United States was eliminated”. Wilson added that Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon secretary, “stands behind Admiral Bradley, 100%”.

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US cyber progress isn’t stalled — it’s evolving

The truth is that 2025 marks the year where U.S. cybersecurity finally shifted from policy to practice.

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New York City bill aims to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting gear

Approval of legislation to ban Pfas would be major win for advocates pushing for safer gear alternatives across US

A new bill proposed in the New York city council would ban the use of toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in protective gear worn by the city’s 11,000 firefighters.

The New York fire department is the nation’s largest firefighting force, and approval of the legislation would mark a major win for advocates who are pushing for safer “turnout gear” alternatives across the US. Massachusetts and Connecticut last year became the first states to ban the use of Pfas in turnout gear, and Illinois enacted a ban this year.

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Thrift Savings Plan returns mostly positive in November

The I Fund remains the biggest winner for the year with a total increase of 28.54%.

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Federal panel could call for scrapping of infant hepatitis B vaccines this week

Two-day meeting under new, RFK Jr-appointed chair could see radical overhaul of US childhood immunizations policy

A reversal of a decades-long program of childhood immunizations, including a recommendation to scrap hepatitis B shots for newborn babies, could come as early as this week in a vote by an advisory committee of allies convened by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Speaking to the Washington Post, Kirk Milhoan, the new chair of the federal advisory panel on immunization practices, said members would vote whether to push for the axing of the hepatitis B requirement during its two-day meeting ending Friday.

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Police were skeptical about tip that led to arrest of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect

Officers joked about tip that Luigi Mangione was at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, where they arrested him in the killing of Brian Thompson

Police involved with Luigi Mangione’s arrest were so skeptical that the tip on his whereabouts was true that they joked about a reward sandwich in text messages, Manhattan state court proceedings revealed on Tuesday.

“He said, ‘if you get the New York City shooter, I’ll buy you a hoagie from a local restaurant,’” testified Joseph Detwiler, an Altoona, Pennsylvania police officer, of texts exchanged with a supervisor. “I said, ‘Consider it done.’”

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BREAKING: Trump White House Slams Sabrina Carpenter After Using Her Song in ‘Evil’ Video

The Trump administration has apparently identified its latest enemy of the state.

Serena Williams quietly re-enters drug-testing pool in step toward possible 2026 return

• Williams back in ITIA pool for first time since 2022

• Move required before any potential competitive return

• Could be eligible to play again as early as mid-2026

Serena Williams has taken the procedural move required of any player contemplating a competitive comeback, after the 23-time grand slam singles champion re-entered the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s (ITIA) registered testing pool for the first time since 2022.

Williams, 44, has not played an official match since her run to the third round of the US Open more than three years ago. Although she described her departure at the time as “evolving away” from the sport rather than a hard retirement, she filed the paperwork with the ITIA that September that exempted her from the sport’s stringent whereabouts requirements. To return to competition, however, players must make themselves available for out-of-competition testing for six months before they are allowed to enter an event.

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Costco sues Trump administration over sweeping emergency tariff powers

The wholesale giant claims the White House misused emergency authority and warns importers could lose refunds even if duties are ruled unlawful

Costco is suing the Trump administration over its tariffs, arguing that the White House has exceeded its executive authority in instituting tariffs and that it should be entitled to a refund if the tariffs are found unconstitutional.

In a lawsuit filed to the court of international trade last Friday, the retail giant argued the Trump administration had misused the federal law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), it cited to impose the tariffs.

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From Capitol Hill to GSA, Katy Kale has spent decades behind the scenes making government work

"I really have always believed that public service is more than a job. It's truly a calling," Katy Kale said.

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This GivingTuesday, one campaign aims to turn generosity into a lifeline for military families

"The way military families feel is it can certainly affect their confidence in basically in the support of their families," Robert Ruark said.

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Publisher condemns ‘violent’ use of Franklin the Turtle after Hegseth’s boat strike post

US defense secretary posted meme depicting beloved children’s character aiming rocket launcher at set of boats

• Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement

A post on social media by US defense secretary Pete Hegseth, depicting a beloved children’s character aiming a rocket launcher at a cluster of boats, has elicited condemnation from the book’s Canadian publisher.

Hegseth’s post of the mocked cover of a Franklin the Turtle book titled Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists prompted disbelief and outrage. The image shows a smiling anthropomorphic turtle in military helmet and vest, with a US flag on his arm and a drug-laden boat exploding in the background. “For your Christmas wish list,” Hegseth wrote as the caption.

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What Trump’s asylum ‘pause’ means – and what it doesn’t

The US president has halted decisions on many asylum claims, but the scope, legality and real-world effects of the pause remain unclear

• Asylum seekers across US in limbo over Trump’s policy reversals: ‘devastating’

Donald Trump has ordered a “pause” on asylum claims after last week’s shooting of two national guard members in Washington. The suspect in the shooting, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is a 29-year-old Afghani national who assisted US forces during the two-decade war there and was paroled into the United States in 2021. US citizenship and immigration services awarded him asylum earlier this year.

It is not clear how long the president’s asylum pause will last. Trump told reporters Sunday that the directive “has no time limit, but it could be a long time”.

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Our Better Nature: Plants That Help Solve Crimes

Moss and pollen have been used to find bodies and identify murder suspects in cases that would have previously been unsolvable.

Our Better Nature: Plants That Help Solve Crimes

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A sign investors think the economy will remain strong

Corporate bond spreads, extra compensation that corporate bonds pay out compared to government bonds, have been narrowing this year, which means investors aren’t demanding much additional money to account for additional credit risk. That could indicate that investors think economic growth could pick up in the near term. Also on the program: a trade deal regarding U.K. pharmaceuticals and OPEC's plans to keep oil production flat to start the new year.

Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25bn to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’

Billionaires aim to provide incentive for families to claim new investment accounts for children created as part of Trump legislation

Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25bn Tuesday to provide 25 million American children under 10 an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation.

The historic gift has little precedent, with few single charitable commitments in the past 25 years exceeding $1bn, much less multiple billions. Announced on GivingTuesday, the Dells believe it’s the largest single private commitment made to US children.

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Italian fashion group Prada buys rival Versace

The Prada Group closed the purchase of Milan fashion rival Versace in a \(1.375 billion US (\)1.93 billion Cdn) cash deal that puts the fashion house known for its sexy silhouettes under the same roof as Prada's "ugly chic" aesthetic and Miu Miu's youth-driven appeal.

Who's Funding Kyrsten Sinema's AI Front Group?

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Tickets to FIFA World Cup games in Toronto, Vancouver sold out despite hefty price tag

Tickets to next summer's FIFA World Cup games in Vancouver and Toronto continue to be a hot commodity, despite eye-popping resale prices.

Israel says remains taken for forensic testing after Hamas handover

Hamas on Tuesday handed over the remains of one of the last two deceased hostages still in Gaza, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, under terms of the October ceasefire deal.

Kristi Noem urges sweeping new US travel ban after fatal DC shooting

Homeland security secretary backs broad restrictions after guard member’s killing, echoing Trump’s hardline stance

Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, has advocated for a new travel ban on visitors from an unspecified number of countries following the shooting death in Washington DC of a national guard member by an Afghan national.

Noem posted to X her proposal on Monday night after she said she had spoken with Donald Trump, whose first-term travel ban on seven Muslim countries faced widespread criticism and followed a rocky legal path before it was eventually upheld by the supreme court.

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Canadian NHL player-turned coach Kevin Dineen reveals he has pancreatic cancer

Longtime NHL player-turned-coach Kevin Dineen says he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Asylum seekers across US in limbo over Trump’s policy reversals: ‘devastating’

US paused asylum decisions, halted Afghan visas, and will review green card requests after national guard shooting

• Explainer: what Trump’s asylum ‘pause’ means – and what it doesn’t

News that the Trump administration has paused asylum decisions, halted visas for Afghans who assisted the US war effort and is re-evaluating green card applications for people from countries “of concern” has left asylum seekers across the US reeling – and pushed deeper into limbo.

“People say that fear travels faster than information. And that’s exactly what has happened,” said Reza Hussaini, a 23-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan who came to the US in 2022 and is still awaiting an interview to evaluate his case.

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Bringing a Language Back from the Dead

By reclaiming a long-lost language, the Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts achieved the impossible. What comes next?

Bringing a Language Back from the Dead

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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health

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An industrial boom in a US manufacturing hub in Mexico is contributing to a massive air pollution crisis that is threatening residents’ health, according to new research by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab.

The polluting facilities in Monterrey include factories that are operated by companies from around the world – including the US, Europe, Asia and Mexico – but export largely to the US.

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Manage your health with BCBS FEP. Here for you when you need it most.

Access benefits anytime: 24/7 nurse line, free telehealth, and wellness programs to help you feel your best this Open Season.

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Manage your health with BCBS FEP.

Here for you when you need it most.

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Ex-Honduran president, convicted of trafficking 360 tonnes of cocaine, out of prison after Trump pardon

Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in a drug-trafficking operation that moved hundreds of tonnes of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from President Donald Trump, officials confirmed Tuesday.

Some Nunavimmiut want more answers from Elections Canada into voting failures in federal election

In a report released Thursday , Elections Canada acknowledged a suite of shortcomings that led to polls at half of Nunavik’s 14 villages closing early on election day – and in Akulivik and Ivujivik, there were no voting services that day at all.

‘We’re not playing soccer’: Dart OK with latest big hit during Giants’ loss to streaking Patriots

• New York Giants 15-33 New England Patriots

• Patriots move to 11-2 after comfortable victory

Drake Maye passed for two touchdowns, Marcus Jones had a 94-yard punt return for a TD and the New England Patriots became the first NFL team to reach 11 wins this season, beating the New York Giants 33-15 on Monday night.

It was the 10th straight victory for the AFC-leading Patriots (11-2), the franchise’s longest streak since winning 10 consecutive games in 2015. Coach Mike Vrabel also became the third coach since 1970 to have a win streak of 10 or more games in his first season with a team.

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‘A terror inflicted on our communities’: why ICE is targeting car washes in LA

Andrea Gonzalez and Norma Fajardo of Clean Carwash Worker Center, an advocacy group, describe ICE’s ‘psychological warfare’ as carwash workers are disappeared

In June, Donald Trump’s administration turned Los Angeles into a testing ground for the tactics that have come to define its sweeping mass deportation agenda across the US – launching large scale, public arrests aimed at netting as many people as possible into a growing immigrant detention system.

Throughout the raids, one of the recurring targets of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has been carwash workers.

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Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement

Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing war

Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement.

The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he also repeatedly railed against the constraints placed on “American warfighters” by the laws of war and the Geneva conventions.

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Is it illegal to spoil Christmas? Police in Ontario get complaints about anti-Santa signs

Police in Brantford, Ont., confirmed with CBC News that they received calls from upset residents, as well as online and in-person complaints, after a house along the parade route posted anti-Santa signs in its windows.

Costco wants its tariff money back

If Trump's tariffs are illegal, Costco wants a refund. The lawsuits that brought President Trump’s tariffs before the Supreme Court last month were led by small businesses and Democratic state attorneys general, but now it’s bigger companies — including Costco — that are suing to make sure they’re in line for a refund if tariffs are struck down. Plus, "Marketplace Morning Report" is heading to the moon this week for views on an emerging lunar economy.

California shooting marks 20-year low in US mass killings – but the bigger picture is complex

Experts warn the drop doesn’t necessarily mean safer days are here to stay – and US deaths from firearms are still staggering

A shooting last weekend at a children’s birthday party in California that left four dead was the 17th mass killing in the US this year – the lowest number recorded since 2006, according to a database that tracks them.

The mass killings – defined as incidents in which four or more people are killed in a 24-hour period, not including the killer – are tracked in a database maintained by the Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

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The U.K. agrees to pay more for American meds

From the BBC World Service: The U.K. government has hailed a deal with the United States to keep tariffs on U.K. pharmaceutical shipments into the U.S. at zero, but the agreement comes with a cost. Then, Hong Kong's leader said serious problems in the city's construction industry, as well as oversight, were exposed in last week’s deadly high-rise fire. And, what's behind recruitment problems at Europe's air traffic control?

Cross-country drug bust yields 386 kg of fentanyl, thousands of arrests

Police across Canada have seized hundreds of kilos of fentanyl and charged thousands of people over the course of a five-month bust the RCMP is describing as "significant." But officials detailing the results of the blitz on Tuesday stressed that Canada is still not a major exporter of the drug, despite concerns raised by the U.S. administration.

AFN demands Canada and Alberta scrap their pipeline deal

During a meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday, Assembly of First Nations Co-Chair Adam Fiddler outlines the details of the unanimous vote by First Nations chiefs demanding that Canada and Alberta 'immediately' withdraw from their energy deal signed last week.

🚨 Will Congress Impeach Pete Hegseth?

Lawmakers sense blood in the water around the ‘Secretary of War Crimes,’ former Trump attorney Alina Habba loses big in court, and Costco sues the White House?

Ontario wrote off $1.4B of PPE, is burning expired equipment: auditor

Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021, the province's auditor general found.

It was swamped with garbage. Now, there's swimmers in this Toronto water basin

A group of volunteers have come together to transform a water basin sitting at the foot of downtown Toronto condo building. CBC's Haydn Watters found out why.

David Squires on … making the World Cup great again

Our cartoonist on the people and themes that are fuelling the buildup to next summer’s tournament in North America

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Carney's budget a 'significant setback' with First Nations, AFN national chief says

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, speaking at a national meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday, said the Liberal government's fall budget was a chance to build back some trust with First Nations after the government 'rammed through' major projects legislation 'without consultation.'

How far away are we from humanoid robots doing our chores?

Robots are commonplace in factories, and increasingly in warehouses like those run by Amazon. But what about robots to help with household chores — so-called humanoids to load the dishwasher or fold the laundry?

To find out, we checked in with Ken Goldberg, professor of engineering at UC Berkeley and co-founder of the AI and robotics company Ambi Robotics. He spoke to Marketplace’s Nova Safo en route from a robotics conference in China.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party is not a separatist party

Smith says most of the party's board is still aligned with her and the belief that Alberta can exist within Confederation.

Trial begins for Alberta man accused in 5-year-old foster child's death

The young boy, who can't be named due to a court-ordered publication ban, was found dead on the floor of a vehicle on a rural property in June 2022. The man caring for him at the time has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessaries of life.

Radar revelation stokes fears Caribbean could be drawn into US-Venezuela crisis

Trinidad PM rejects claims installation is in support of US campaign but opposition says ‘they have sold soul of nation’

• How the US pressure campaign against Venezuela unfolded in the Caribbean

The revelation that Trinidad and Tobago has approved the installation of a US military radar facility has stoked fears that the Caribbean could be drawn into the escalating crisis between the US and Venezuela.

Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, had attempted to allay concerns about a US C-17 aircraft that had landed in the country, claiming it was carrying marines to assist with a road construction project. She also claimed she was told that no marines remained in the country.

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B.C. man's 'FIVE-0' licence plate recalled due to police reference

A Kamloops, B.C., man's personalized licence plate is being recalled by ICBC due to its reference to the police. Jimmy Jay, however, says he's had the plates for almost a decade and thinks he should be grandfathered in.

The long-awaited Metroid Prime 4: Beyond dazzles and disappoints in equal measure

When it works, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a sublime new entry in the series, hitting all the points that longtime fans love. But for every awe-inspiring level design or exhilarating boss battle, it tries and fails at something new.

ICE raids have deterred foreign farm workers, but farmers hope to make hiring easier

U.S. farms increasingly depend on foreign workers, but ICE raids have exacerbated the agriculture labor crisis. But some farmers want to make it easier to hire people from abroad using a visa program.

Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings

Shelley Spence made the findings in her annual report released Tuesday, which contains a series of health-related audits that also found very few family doctors are participating in the province's Health Care Connect system — key to helping Ontario meet its goal of attaching everyone to primary care — and the government hasn't adequately planned its medical school expansion

Lovett or Leave It Presents: Bravo, America! (with Rachel Lindsay)

Rachel Lindsay talks about what it’s like to go from being a lawyer, to Bachelor contestant, to the first Black woman to be the Bachelorette.

Laurentian Bank announces sale to Fairstone Bank and National Bank

Fairstone Bank of Canada has agreed to acquire Laurentian Bank of Canada for $1.9 billion in cash. As part of the deal, Laurentian Bank will sell its retail and small-and-medium-sized business banking portfolios and syndicated loan portfolio to National Bank of Canada.

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The House and Senate Armed Services Committees launch an investigation into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after a report that he ordered a second strike on a boat in the Caribbean while survivo...

'Is she alive?': Indonesian man's hopes of finding missing wife fade after flood disaster

In the days since cyclone-induced floods and landslides battered Indonesia's Sumatra island, Abdul Ghani has been carrying around a picture of his missing wife, showing it to everyone he meets.

World Cup 2026 draw: which teams have qualified and how does it work?

Your essential guide to Friday’s draw in Washington DC, including where to watch it, who to watch out for and a look at Fifa’s peace prize

The World Cup draw will start at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center at 12pm local time on Friday 5 December (5pm GMT/4am Saturday AEST). Although don’t worry if you tune in late: based on previous draws there will be a few speeches about Fifa being on the verge of bringing about world peace via the medium of football, some interpretive dance about Fifa being on the verge of bringing about world peace via the medium of football, some videos with kids kicking a ball about to show that Fifa is on the verge of bringing about world peace via the medium of football, and then, hopefully, Fifa actually bringing about world peace via the medium of football. And if you miss any of that, don’t worry Fifa will also be awarding a peace prize to the person most likely to bring about world peace in the next few months (more on that zinger later). At some point in all of that, they’ll place teams into groups and at long last give this expanded tournament an actual schedule.

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Hong Kong leader orders independent inquiry into deadly highrise fire

Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday a judge-led committee will investigate the cause of the city's deadliest fire in decades and review government oversight of building renovations blamed for fanning a blaze that killed at least 151 people.

Online banking fraud leaves Winnipeg woman on hook for $174K debt

A Winnipeg woman is warning others about what can go wrong in online banking after a credit union is holding her responsible for a debt of more than $174,000 from fraudulent transactions.

As women with ‘invisible illnesses’ struggle to be believed, a report on chronic pain could help

Medical professionals say a 2021 report supported by Health Canada could have a major impact on how the medical system can better understand chronic pain and the best ways to diagnose it — but with its release during the height of COVID-19 pandemic, the report flew under the radar, and some doctors and advocates are hoping that can chanage.

Akaitcho First Nations to form working group to decide new name for Great Slave Lake

Last week's annual general assembly of the Akaitcho Territory Government decided to create a working group to select a new name that the Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation, the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation and the Yellowknives Dene First Nation can agree on.

'I might have to shut down': Immigration cuts push Sask. restaurant to the brink

Immigration restrictions and reductions mean Ravinder Kaur could lose the two skilled chefs at her restaurant in Lloydminster, Sask., which she says could force her to close her business.

What a N.S. palliative care unit tells us about Canada’s rural health care challenges

The five-bed palliative care hospital unit in Lunenburg, N.S., is still searching for staff, four years after it was first announced.

Family of P.E.I.'s famous 'Mr. Christmas' keeps holiday lighting tradition alive

James Gallant died earlier this year, and his children are keeping his family tradition alive in North Rustico, P.E.I., setting up thousands of Christmas lights to honour their father's memory.

Insufficient evidence to proceed with charges in N.L. children’s hospital drug theft

Data obtained by CBC News through access to information shows high-risk medication goes missing every year from hospitals across Newfoundland and Labrador.

Lane Kiffin says decision to walk out on Ole Miss for LSU was ‘excruciating’

• Coach’s move has attracted widespread criticism

• Kiffin will earn $4m more a year with Tigers

• LSU will pay Kiffin for any Ole Miss playoff success

LSU coach Lane Kiffin vowed on Monday to make his new team “the best program in all of college football” after walking away from playoff-bound Ole Miss.

Kiffin said that he tried hard to convince Ole Miss officials to let him coach the Rebels in the postseason, but the school wouldn’t let him stay on the job once he committed to LSU, a move that has led to widespread criticism of Kiffin.

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In text messages, Ontario women accused of murder described boy in their care as ‘loser,’ trial hears

The Ontario Provincial Police sergeant who led the investigation into Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney testified at their first-degree murder trial Monday, outlining evidence collected in the case against the couple. The Crown showed multiple images and played audio recordings of women interacting with the boys in their care.

RCMP restricts use of Chinese-made drones — the vast majority of its fleet

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is limiting the use of its 973 Chinese-made drones to non-sensitive operations, stating the devices present "high security risks, primarily due to their country of origin."

Métis in Alberta eye ownership stake in proposed oil pipeline

The Metis Settlements of Alberta say they’re interested in purchasing a stake in a proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast and want to work with First Nations in British Columbia who oppose the project and plan to bring forward an emergency resolution at the Assembly of First Nations meetings in Ottawa Tuesday.

What does suspending Alberta’s clean electricity regulations mean for Canada’s climate goals?

The federal government suspended the regulations meant to rein in Canada’s worst polluter, but it hasn’t explained how it is going to ensure the country’s climate goals will be met. Carbon pricing, though, is expected to play a dominant role.

City of Ottawa pushes to make ByWard Market a national historic site

City of Ottawa staff are looking to ask the federal government to deem the ByWard Market a national historic site to help celebrate its 200th birthday.

Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal

Assembly of First Nations chiefs are demanding the withdrawal of Canada and Alberta’s recently announced new pipeline deal and expressing full support for First Nations on the British Columbia coast that strongly oppose the initiative.

How a camp in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, teaches financial literacy to youth

A three-day camp last month hosted by the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation aimed to promote financial literacy among young people.

Which Trump Official Will Be Fired First?

This time around, Donald Trump has barely fired any senior officials. But here are five people who could be the first to hear ‘you’re fired!’

Survivors, supporters mark 65th anniversary of central Alberta bus crash that killed 17 people

Seventeen teenagers were killed on Nov. 29, 1960 when a train crashed into their school bus as it was travelling from Chipman, Alta., to Lamont.

Manitoba woman pledges to keep fighting for murdered mother, other Indigenous women at vigil

Three years after Winnipeg police charged a man in the deaths of three Indigenous women, a daughter of one of the women vowed that she will continue to fight. Elle Harris told a small group gathered at an outdoor vigil in North Kildonan on Monday evening: "We should not have to fight for this."

White House says second strike on vessel was legal and conducted in ‘self defense’ amid scrutiny – live

Karoline Leavitt defends second strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat; Trump says he believes Pete Hegseth’s statement ‘100%’ that defense secretary didn’t ordered the attack

• Trump reportedly gave Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in Venezuela

The president has picked up where he left off before Thanksgiving, when it comes to his anger at the six Democratic lawmakers who took part in a video urging service members to “refuse illegal orders”.

A reminder, that Trump initially went on a Truth Social tirade, accusing the members of Congress (all of whom are veterans or former intelligence officials) of sedition, adding that their actions are “punishable by death”.

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Chairman of vaccine committee leaves for new HHS job

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has replaced the head of his controversial vaccine advisory committee.

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Too much oil, too little demand

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will hold oil production steady next quarter as global supply remains unusually high, driven by record output from the U.S., Brazil, Canada, and Norway. At the same time, demand is low due to a tipsy global economy and rising EV adoption. Also in this episode: What a no-immigration economy may look like, why Zillow removed climate risk information from home listings, and how food companies introduce healthy versions of staple offerings.

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US north-east braces for ‘significant’ snowfall after storm hits midwest

Prediction for New England area comes after travelers experienced disruption over Thanksgiving holiday weekend

A winter storm is expected to slam much of the north-east United States with rain, ice and heavy snow on Monday night through Tuesday, forecasters have said, with millions of Americans under winter storm advisories.

The bulk of the storm is expected to arrive in the region later on Monday, with the system forecast to develop over the Gulf states then move up the eastern seaboard. Most of the heaviest snowfall is expected to end by Tuesday night, with conditions clearing by Wednesday.

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HHS faces months-long backlog of reasonable accommodation requests from employees

The Department of Health and Human Services expects it will take six to eight months to clear a backlog of reasonable accommodation requests from employees.

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3 federal workforce bills to watch in House Oversight Committee markup

Within a slate of federal workforce bills, Oversight committee lawmakers will consider GOP-led proposals on official time, probationary periods and training.

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What A Day: For Pete's Sake

Top Republicans are increasingly uncomfortable with Donald Trump’s Caribbean killing spree.

Days of our tariffs: The trade war is playing out like a soap opera

The trade war and tariff changes are playing out like a soap opera. So our Planet Money team is checking in on the impacts one life at a time.

#TheMoment scientists came upon a rare photosynthesizing sea slug

Scientists Elli Ofthenorth and Hunter Stevens tell The National about the moment they stumbled across a rare photosynthesizing sea slug that looks like a leaf while snorkelling near Halifax.

Draft memo details DoD plans to cap most reseller fees

The Pentagon would place a 5% cap on most fees charged by resellers starting with a specific SIN for IT products bought through the GSA schedule.

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National guard shooting suspect spent ‘weeks on end’ in isolation, emails show

Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years

The suspect in the shooting of two West Virginia national guard soldiers in Washington DC on the eve of Thanksgiving had been struggling with his mental health, sometimes spending “weeks on end” in isolation, as he struggled to assimilate in the years since arriving in the United States, it has emerged.

According to emails obtained by the Associated Press, Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s mental health had been unravelling for years, leaving him unable to hold a job and flipping between long, dark stretches of isolation and taking sudden weeks-long cross-country drives.

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Luigi Mangione under ‘constant watch’ in prison to prevent ‘Epstein-style situation’

Corrections officer testifies that Mangione had constant watch to prevent him from dying in custody like Epstein

Luigi Mangione was kept under tight supervision in a Pennsylvania state prison last year because officials “did not want an Epstein-style situation”, a corrections officer said during Manhattan state court testimony on Monday.

This striking allusion to Jeffrey Epstein, the well-connected financier who died in jail awaiting trial on sex-trafficking, came during day one of a potentially weeklong proceeding to weigh the legality of evidence gathered during Mangione’s arrest at a McDonald’s restaurant after the killing of a prominent healthcare executive.

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Republican whose child has Down syndrome opposes redistricting after Trump’s ableist slur

Michael Bohacek, an Indiana state senator, says US president’s ‘choices of words have consequences’

An Indiana Republican lawmaker whose child has Down syndrome has promised to oppose efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map to favor his party after Donald Trump aimed a slur for people with intellectual disabilities at a political opponent.

Michael Bohacek, a member of Indiana’s state senate, wrote Friday on Facebook that he has been “an unapologetic advocate for people with intellectual disabilities” since one of his daughters was born with Down. Referring to how the president used an ableist slur to insult Tim Walz, the Democratic Minnesota governor, a day earlier, Bohacek’s post added, “His choices of words have consequences.”

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‘Murder Incorporated’: Netanyahu's Pardon Plea, Trump’s Venezuela Crimes, and a Complicit Media

Plus: Trump’s cognitive spiral, and much more, on this week’s ‘Ask the Editor.’

How the inefficiencies of TIC 2.0 hinder agencies’ cybersecurity progress

TIC 3.0 isn’t simply an evolution of policy; it’s the foundation for how the federal enterprise securely connects to the future.

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California police plead for details on shooting at child’s party with suspect unknown

Search continues after four people, including three children, were killed and 11 were injured in Stockton

Residents of Stockton, California, are reeling after a deadly shooting at a toddler’s birthday party killed four people, including three children ages eight, nine and 14, and injured 11.

Authorities are still looking to understand what happened at the celebration on Saturday, and urged witnesses to come forward.

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White House insists Trump’s recent physical shows ‘perfectly normal’ health

US president, who is 79, had October exam amid concerns over his cognitive abilities and mental fitness

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The White House on Monday released details of Donald Trump’s recent “comprehensive executive physical” after the president admitted on Sunday night he had “no idea” what part of his body had been the subject of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.

Trump, the oldest US president, underwent the procedure during a surprise “ semi-annual physical” on 10 October and faced questions about it from reporters on Air Force One as he traveled back to Washington after a Thanksgiving break in Florida.

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Several protesters arrested after ICE raid thwarted in New York City

Demonstrators blocked the exit of ICE vehicles from a parking lot using garbage bags and metal barriers

A raid by federal immigration authorities on Saturday in New York City was thwarted by about 200 protesters, several of whom were arrested after scuffles with police officers.

The episode was the latest in which citizen activists have stood up to agents enforcing Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda through targeted raids in various cities across the country after his second presidency began in January.

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Calgary man guilty of terrorism offences for fighting with ISIS in Syria

Jamal Borhot, who travelled to Syria with his cousin more than 12 years ago, has been found guilty of terrorism offences after a judge ruled that the evidence shows he was fighting for ISIS.

Flooding recovery efforts underway in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand as death toll tops 1,000

From obsolete to obligatory: 8 best practices for upgrading federal financial systems

Change management in federal finance demands deliberate strategy and a focus on modern, efficient technology.

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FBI under Kash Patel has become ‘internally paralyzed by fear’, new report reveals

Leaked assessment based on confidential accounts from 24 FBI sources describes organization as a ‘rudderless ship’

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The FBI director, Kash Patel, is “in over his head” and leading a “chronically under-performing” agency paralyzed by fear and plummeting morale, according to a scathing 115-page report compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts.

The leaked assessment, obtained by the New York Post and prepared for both congressional Senate and House judiciary committees, is based on confidential accounts from 24 FBI sources.

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NHS to pay 25% more for innovative drugs after UK–US zero-tariff deal

Agreement could cost NHS an extra £3bn a year, industry sources estimate

The UK has agreed to pay 25% more for new medicines by 2035 as part of a US-UK drug pricing deal that will cost an estimated additional £3bn a year.

The transatlantic agreement will also see the health service in England, which currently spends £14.4bn a year on innovative therapies, double the percentage of GDP it allocates to buying such products, from 0.3% to 0.6% over the next decade.

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Any Canadian who asks for HIV prevention drugs should get them, doctors say

For the first time since 2017, Canadian doctors have released updated clinical guidelines for antiretroviral medications used to prevent HIV.

This Ontario bill could change loyalty, rewards point rules

Critics are raising concerns about a provincial bill they say opens the door to changes for consumer rewards programs. But as CBC's Shawn Jeffords reports, the Ford government is denying it will change rules and allow points to expire.

Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?

• Deadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the Caribbean

He was a Latin American president accused of colluding with some of the region’s most ruthless narco bosses to flood the United States with cocaine.

“[Let’s] stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos,” the double-dealing politician once allegedly bragged as he lined his pockets with millions of dollars in bribes and turned his country into what many called a narco-state.

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Northern Ontario steel mill issues layoff notices to 1,000 workers

Polytechnique expands scholarship program to 14 women in memory of 1989 tragedy

Polytechnique Montréal is expanding its scholarship program honouring the 14 women who were killed at the engineering school 36 years ago.

How progressives are taking over swing states – and driving fear into Democratic elites

Left-leaning challengers in the Rust belt are throwing chaos into a divided party struggling to rebuild after Trump’s win

In the run-up to last month’s mayoral election in Dayton, Ohio, candidate Shenise Turner-Sloss found herself up against it.

Her opponent, mayor Jeffrey Mims, was a 78-year-old local Democratic party doyen who had served on school boards and teachers’ unions in the city for decades. His campaign budget was three times hers and an incumbent hadn’t been unseated from the mayoral role in the city for over a decade.

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POGO has new recommendations to improve the 2026 NDAA before it’s finalized

Of the 750 recommendations Congress had for how the Defense Department is run, none had repealing any statutes "with military acquisition," Greg Williams said.

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POGO has new recommendations to improve the 2026 NDAA before it’s finalized

Of the 750 recommendations Congress had for how the Defense Department is run, none had repealing any statutes "with military acquisition," Greg Williams said.

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A new book reveals how a covert US campaign targeted the Sinaloa cartel

"Sinaloa's been around for over a century. They can outfight the government in parts of Mexico and they're as big as a Fortune 50 company," Jake Braun said.

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A new book reveals how a covert US campaign targeted the Sinaloa cartel

"Sinaloa's been around for over a century. They can outfight the government in parts of Mexico and they're as big as a Fortune 50 company," Jake Braun said.

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Risk & Compliance Exchange 2025: Former DOJ lawyer Sara McLean on ensuring cyber compliance under the False Claims Act

The Justice Department’s Commercial Litigation Branch has turned up the heat on vendors who are not complying with federal cybersecurity rules and regulations.

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Iqaluit Pan-Arctic Vision celebrates diversity, community and coming home to your cat

The Eurovision-esque music festival is an international competition that brings together musicians from across the Arctic. In its first time in North America, Iqaluit hosted Pan-Arctic Vision for its 2025 iteration.

US-Russia talks may pile pressure on Kyiv to make concessions, says EU foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas says negotiators should not ‘lose focus that it’s actually Russia who has started this war’

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The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said she fears talks between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will pile pressure on Ukraine to make concessions with the two men expected to meet on Tuesday.

Witkoff, the property developer turned envoy recently exposed for coaching Russian officials on how to win Trump’s favour, is arriving in Moscow after leading a US delegation in talks with Ukraine at the weekend, nearly four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

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'Forever Canadian' petition verified as successful by Elections Alberta

A citizen initiative petition to make it official policy for Alberta to stay in Canada has been verified as successful by Elections Alberta.

Congress faces a packed December agenda and big decisions on healthcare subsidies

"I think there's actually a lot of nervousness right now about what is going to happen with [outgoing Comptroller Gene Dodaro]," Mitchell Miller said.

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Risk & Compliance Exchange: Cyber AB’s Matt Travis on scaling the CMMC ecosystem

As CMMC takes flight, The Cyber AB takes on responsibility of building out an army of assessors to evaluate defense contractor cybersecurity, its CEO explains.

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Fuzzy Zoeller obituary

Popular American golfer hailed for winning the US Masters and the US Open

The golfer Fuzzy Zoeller, who has died aged 74, won two majors – the US Masters in 1979 and the US Open in 1984, both by virtue of a playoff. His Masters success was especially notable for the fact that it was Zoeller’s debut in the competition, making him the first golfer since 1935 (and still only the third) to win on his first appearance. He won the sudden-death playoff against Tom Watson and Ed Sneed with a par and a birdie, sinking a six-foot putt on the second extra hole and hurling his putter high into the air as the ball disappeared into the cup.

Zoeller’s US Open victory at Winged Foot five years later was remembered for his light-hearted interaction with his play-off rival, Greg Norman. When Norman holed a lengthy putt on the last of the 72 holes, Zoeller, who was behind him on the fairway, mistakenly thought the Australian had gone into the lead, and waved a white towel in mock surrender. But Norman’s putt had only drawn him level, and Zoeller was able to secure a par on the last to maintain parity. During the subsequent 18-hole playoff, which Zoeller won by eight strokes, Norman returned the gesture by flapping his own white towel at the 18th.

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I’m part of the triple-decker sandwich generation. You probably are as well

You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. Alissa Quart has experienced this first-hand

It was a crisp autumn day day, but I had been trapped inside for hours, breathing the cold air of one of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s cancer centers with my mom. We were waiting for her latest infusion to finish dripping.

Time in hospitals moves differently – minutes stretch and lose their meaning. Meanwhile, my daughter kept calling. Would I be able to go to her school volleyball game? After a few calls, I had to break it to her: the answer was no.

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Working For The Weekday: The Wiggles don’t do MDMA, Teddy Swims loves using AI

Your Monday explainer of five news stories from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Fabled Variety Show Pioneer Sid Caesar Gets His Due

Sid Caesar, who set the gold standard for comedy-variety shows, is the subject of a much-anticipated new biography.

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Private judges for hire

On today's show, we're lifting the veil on a little-known profession in the legal field: private judges. These are judges that businesses or individuals resort to when traditional courts are too slow, too expensive, or too time-consuming. But first, AI is helping out with our holiday shopping. Adobe Analytics says traffic to retail websites that originated from AI tools like chatbots was up 805% compared to last year.

Cal Foote, acquitted in Hockey Canada sexual assault case, signs with AHL Wolves

Cal Foote has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Chicago Wolves, making him the fourth of five players acquitted of sexual assault in the high-profile trial of members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team to continue his career.

'Outpouring of kindness' for Ottawa Charge head coach after breast cancer diagnosis

Carla MacLeod has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but the overwhelming and positive response to the announcement is giving the Ottawa Charge’s head coach confidence in her fight.

Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba serving unlawfully as US attorney, says appeals court

Habba disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, appeals court says

Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom his administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeals court said Monday.

A panel of judges from the third US circuit court of appeals sitting in Philadelphia sided with a lower court judge’s ruling after hearing oral arguments at which Habba herself was present on 20 October.

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Inuvialuk designer looks back proudly on Project Runway Canada experience

Inuvialuk designer Taalrumiq says her time on Project Runway Canada was a "career highlight" and an opportunity to showcase some of her culture.

Nor'easter to bring snow, rain and wind to the Maritimes starting Tuesday evening

CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon says people should prepare for potential power outages and ferry and bridge delays or closures as wind gusts reach 70-90 km/h.

IG reports that USPS is slow to identify underutilized spaces

The USPS inspector general’s office found the agency hasn’t collected space utilization data for more than 60% of its properties.

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Airbus finds problem with fuselage panels after fixing software glitch

Shares in French manufacturer tumble as second problem comes to light after weekend of flight disruption

Airbus has fixed most of its jets affected by a software glitch after a technical problem grounded thousands of its planes, but its shares tumbled on Monday after it discovered a separate issue with its fuselage panels.

Airlines around the world cancelled and delayed flights over the weekend after the French plane manufacturer ordered immediate repairs to 6,000 of its A320 family of jets, more than half of its global fleet.

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Considering History: When the Federal Government Came for Christmas Films

The movie industry’s complicity in McCarthy’s anti-Communist witch hunts can be seen in the era’s Christmas films, as they turned away from stories like “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

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California dreaming: who is running to succeed Gavin Newsom as governor?

More than 95 candidates have submitted paperwork but here are the early frontrunners for next year’s election

The race is on to succeed Gavin Newsom, the California governor with presidential ambitions whose terms runs out next year – and it’s already a crowded field.

More than 95 candidates have so far submitted paperwork indicating their intention to run, though the official filing period doesn’t start until 9 February.

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Get rewarded for healthy habits. BCBS FEP: Here for you and your health.

Earn rewards for healthy habits: Get \(150 for your annual physical, \)120 for Daily Habits, plus Blue365® discounts this Open Season.

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Carney brings Trudeau-era minister back into cabinet, adds responsibilities to 2 others

Marc Miller is the new minister of Canadian identity and culture, as well as official languages.

Tsuut'ina Nation leadership sworn-in, ready to make changes for the better

Newly elected Head Chief Ellery Starlight and 12 minor chiefs shared their objectives at an inauguration ceremony on Wednesday. The elected members will serve a three-year term leading the community west of Calgary.

Manitoba schools ordered to review safety measures after student grabbed by sex offender

Every school in Manitoba must undertake a safety review and send the assessment to the province's Department of Education, the provincial government says, responding to a child being assaulted last week.

Defense spending will continue to climb as civilian agencies brace for years of cuts, new forecast projects

Defense spending will grow steadily, while cuts will “continue to fall disproportionately on civil agencies until elections change the balance of power."

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Flight of woman in Slender Man case casts spotlight on system that failed her

Morgan Geyser, who stabbed a classmate as a 12-year-old, fled after a decade being raised by state institutions

The haunting apparition of “Slender Man” reappeared last week when Morgan Geyser, a central character in an 11-year-old attempted murder case, briefly absconded from a Wisconsin care home to which she had been transferred after being released from a psychiatric institution over the summer.

Geyser was 12 in 2014 when she pleaded guilty to stabbing a sixth-grade classmate to appease the mythical Slender Man.

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Democrats hope for off-year House upset in Tennessee Maga stronghold

Even a close second could be a bellwether of Republican loss of control of House of Representatives in midterms

Fresh off a wave of successes in November’s off-year elections, Democrats are angling for an audacious victory in a Republican-heavy Tennessee congressional district where an upset win could amount to a major blow against Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.

Voters on Tuesday will cast ballots in a special election to replace Mark Green, a Republican representing a middle Tennessee district who resigned from Congress in July. Drawn by the state’s Republican leaders to ensure its voters favored their party, the district last year backed Trump and Green by 22-point margins.

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A spendy, splurgy Black Friday

Despite wavering confidence, Adobe says consumer spending broke records on Black Friday, clocking in at more than \(11 billion. Shoppers were enticed by bargains, buying up TVs, computers, clothes, furniture, and toys. And Salesforce expects Cyber Week sales to also hit an all-time high of \)78 billion. Also: signs of a continuously struggling housing market and, from Marketplace's "How We Survive," a look at how solar power can aid agriculture.

'Kill Them All' Sums Up Trump's Policies Perfectly

The Pentagon is under fire after a bombshell report on a boat attack, Border Patrol heads to Louisiana, and the death toll from Israel's genocide in Gaza surpasses 70,000.

Death toll from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand passes 1,000, with hundreds missing

Factory output in China falls yet again

From the BBC World Service: Factories in China have long been an engine of economic growth, so it's worrying for leaders in Beijing that a new survey shows activity unexpectedly contracted in November. It's the eighth straight month that production has shrunk. What's it telling us about the world's second biggest economy? And later, Iran is experiencing an unprecedented drought, with rainfall at record lows and reservoirs nearly empty. Officials are pleading with citizens to conserve water.

Canadian injured in West Bank settler attack says they were beaten, passports were stolen

A Canadian activist injured in a settler attack over the weekend in a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank says she and three others were thrown on the ground and beaten by settlers before some of their wallets and passports were stolen.

Complex fire still burning at Toronto buildings days after evacuation

Residents have been staying in hotels since being evacuated Thursday afternoon, waiting to hear when they might be able to return home. Toronto's fire chief said Monday it is one of the most complex fires he's seen in his career, with crews struggling to access slow-burning material inside the walls between two buildings.

Mall-going but budget-constrained: gen-z shoppers shape the future of retail

Malls are popular with zoomers, but they show less brand loyalty and are happy to settle for ‘dupes’ over the real thing

TikTok finds and homemade gifts, trips to the mall and the endless search for “dupes” – gen Z’s shopping habits are shaking up retail in the run-up to Christmas. And with price tags climbing and brand loyalty slipping, retailers this season must work harder to earn this generation’s dollar.

Gen Z’s spending power is expected to near $12tn by 2030. But this year those aged 13 to 28 are expected to cut their holiday spending by a whopping 23% – a sharper decline compared to other generations – according to a recent PwC report.

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Purists be damned: why title-deciding playoffs make soccer sing | Leander Schaerlaeckens

In MLS and NWSL alike, edge-of-your-seat contests have delivered indelible moments that even the best title race run-in can’t match

There’s a TV commercial that’s been running on Apple TV during MLS games for Lowe’s hardware stores. Lionel Messi carefully places a soccer ball on a field, ready to take a free kick. He is flanked by Lionel Messi and Lionel Messi. On the sideline, manager Lionel Messi, assisted by Lionel Messi, gesticulates. Lionel Messi lays off the ball for Lionel Messi, who crosses it to Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi chests and volleys it into the net and is mobbed by another half dozen Lionel Messis (or is it Lionels Messi?).

Facing Inter Miami in the ongoing MLS playoffs must feel more or less like living inside this ad. Before Saturday’s Eastern Conference final against New York City FC, Messi had either scored or assisted on all 12 goals Miami had scored in the postseason. Messi has smashed up the league this year, but he has saved the real savagery for the playoffs.

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What it's like to be in a relationship where wearable AI records your conversations

Marketplace's Matt Levin visits a couple in suburban Sacramento who both use an AI-enabled pendant that acts as a personal assistant — and sometimes, a relationship therapist.

Trump ‘wouldn’t have wanted’ second strike on Caribbean boat survivors

US president says he will look into reports US military was told to conduct follow-up attack on suspected drug vessel

Donald Trump has said he will look into reports that the US military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack.

The US president also said on Sunday he “wouldn’t have wanted” a second strike on the vessel during the incident on 2 September – the first publicised operation in a series of attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that Washington says are aimed at combatting the drug trade.

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B.C. bitcoin mines are transitioning into AI data centres

Iren, the company behind major data centres in northern B.C. is converting its infrastructure from bitcoin mining into AI storage. The Australia-based company is upgrading equipment at its sites in Prince George, Mackenzie and Canal Flats sites.

WHO conditionally recommends GLP-1 drugs for obesity

The first conditional recommendation by the organization advises the use of GLP-1 drugs by adults, except pregnant women, for long-term obesity treatment, while the second suggests interventions like a healthy diet and physical activity to be offered alongside the medicines.

Accenture dubs 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ amid shift to AI

Consultancy’s move to embrace artificial intelligence follows Disney’s use of the term ‘imagineers’

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Accenture has reportedly begun calling its near 800,000 employees “reinventors”, as the consultancy tries to position itself as a leader in artificial intelligence.

The consultancy’s chief executive, Julie Sweet, has already started referring to staff by the new label and the business is now pushing for the term to be used more widely.

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'Rage bait' is the Oxford University Press word of the year, because apparently anger fuels us

Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025.

Crown Royal plant closure now a done deal, union says

"They had made their mind up and they were not changing it," says the head of the union.

The 50 best albums of 2025

A comprehensive and exhaustive list of records spanning far and wide, touching everything from Carolina alt-country and post-R&B to grab-bag pop and Midwestern jazz-rap.

In the NFL’s season of meh, even the battered 49ers are Super Bowl contenders

San Francisco are a flawed team with serious injuries. But with no great teams in the league this year, the playoffs are wide open

The 49ers’ season felt over after Week 6’s loss to Tampa Bay. Yes, they were 4-2. Yes, they were tied with the Seahawks and Rams and had already won head-to-head games against both. But that’s when they hit rock bottom. All Pro linebacker Fred Warner was the latest casualty, following in the footsteps of All Pro edge rusher Nick Bosa with a season-ending injury. Brock Purdy had also struggled with injuries. George Kittle was hurt in Week 1. Both were not expected to return for several games. Brandon Aiyuk had no plans to play any time soon, at least not for San Francisco. By Week 7, the only big names in action were Christian McCaffrey and Trent Williams.

Dire as the 49ers appeared on paper, they hung in. It helped that the Cardinals, Falcons, Giants, and Panthers featured in their upcoming schedule. They beat all four of them, losing only to the Texans and Rams in the next few weeks. None of the wins inspired much confidence, though. The Cardinals outgained the 49ers by 200 yards. Purdy threw three interceptions against the Panthers.

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Calgary recertified as 'bird friendly city' for supporting local and migratory birds

Calgary's efforts to support local and migratory bird populations have earned it a recertification by Nature Canada as a bird friendly city, making it the first city to receive the distinction three times.

Is there room for separatists and Danielle Smith in the same UCP tent?

The premier goes pro-Ottawa as base moves in opposite direction. But she also scored some points at her party's annual meeting.

Allegation of 'abominable abuse' of 6-year-old girl by foster parents under investigation: families minister

Manitoba’s families minister is conducting an internal investigation into the circumstances that led to a six-year-old girl in foster care suffering injuries that may lead to her being paralyzed for life, search warrant documents show.

‘It doesn’t discriminate’: Majority of Sudbury overdose deaths occurring behind closed doors

A report from Public Health Sudbury and Districts shows that most fatal drug poisonings in the region are happening inside people’s homes — not downtown, in encampments or in public spaces.

Breath samples collected by drone hold clues to health of North Atlantic right whales

A newly published study shows the bacteria in the spray from the whales' blowholes can indicate how healthy the individual is.

Cape Breton man claims public trustee misused wife's hospital account

A senior couple from Richmond County, Cape Breton, say Nova Scotia's public trustee office spent the wife's funds on questionable items while she was in Dartmouth General Hospital due to dementia, but the public trustee says decisions were made in concert with a family member.

American podiatrist leaving Nova Scotia over bureaucratic frustrations

A U.S. podiatrist says he is leaving the province because his patients have to wait years to see a surgeon for procedures on their feet, even though he's trained to do the procedures in his clinic.

All of Toronto's speed cameras are gone. How did we get to this point?

Toronto's speed cameras may be gone, but this time there are no mysterious vandals wielding power tools, no blurry suspect photos and no police investigation.

Death toll rises, hundreds missing as Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand struggle to reach flood victims

Recovery and aid efforts are underway in parts of Southeast Asia and South Asia where the full number of dead and missing are not yet known after heavy rains and flooding left a devastating toll in the past week.

Inuit pride still at core of Nunatsiavut, president says, marking 20 years of self-governance

The settlement of a decades-long land claim brought Nunatsiavut to life on Dec. 1, 2005.

Look back on the landmark agreement that created Nunatsiavut as it marks 20 years of governance

Dec. 1 marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Nunatsiavut government, when the Inuit of northern Labrador became the first Inuit region in Canada to achieve self-governance. As the CBC’s Mark Quinn reports, it was a long time coming for many.

Pay high duties or lose U.S. shoppers? Some Canadian retailers forced to choose amid holiday sales

Months after the U.S. ended duty-free shipping on small packages, Canadian online retailers will have to make a tough gamble: pay pricey fees on low-value shipments, or get a holiday sales boost from American customers?

WestJet and Air Transat passengers fight back after airlines falsely claim they can’t film disputes

Jason Huang says a WestJet employee grabbed his phone and threatened to deny him boarding when he began recording his conversation during airport check-in. Legal expert say passengers are within their rights to record these interactions, and video and audio recordings may help in battles for compensation.

Homeowner says she’s out $381K after hiring Ottawa contractor to renovate kitchen

An Ottawa couple says they’ve lost out on more than $381,000 after hiring Ottawa contractor Giuseppe "Joey" Peloso and his company Magnolia to renovate their kitchen, when plumbing broke and flooded their home. Plaintiffs in other lawsuits against Peloso and his business include other customers, subcontractors, investors, the Republic of Austria and Embassy of Niger.

Why excavators may be a tool of choice for some cash-seeking thieves

This unique form of theft has been happening all over the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. Thieves on the hunt for cash break through the walls of banks using excavators that experts say anyone capable of ordering a key online can drive off the lot.

Will the U.S. invade Venezuela?

Over the weekend, Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed. Venezuela’s foreign ministry responded by calling the comments "another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people". Late last week, Trump also said that land action against alleged drug trafficking networks in the country could start very soon. All of this is happening amidst a serious military buildup in the Caribbean and escalating threats to remove Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro from power. Is this the buildup to an invasion? And is it really about drugs? Or do Venezuela's massive oil reserves have something to do with it? Jon Lee Anderson is our guest. He’s a staff writer with The New Yorker, and has written extensively about U.S.-Venezuela relations and U.S. interference in Latin America. For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts]

Montreal-area paramedics have a new dispatch system. They fear it's putting patients at risk

CBC News spoke with five paramedics who say they’ve been sent out to respond to 911 calls unnecessarily — either because the call had already been handled by another team and reappeared in the system, or because several ambulances were dispatched to the same call. Urgences-santé, meanwhile, insists there’s been no impact on patient care since the system was implemented.

Living situation for elder in N.W.T. reflects the community's housing crisis

The door doesn’t have a handle and the windows are held together by duct tape, the result of a shifting ground that damages the infrastructure of the home she’s lived in for over 40 years. Seven people currently live in the home and there are mattresses on the ground to accommodate them all.

Treylon Burks’ one-handed miracle catch draws comparisons to Odell Beckham’s Giants grab

• One-handed TD catch comes on Sunday Night Football

• Catch draws praise from Beckham himself

Odell Beckham’s Jr’s miracle grab in 2014 may remain the best NFL catch this century, but Treylon Burks’ effort on Sunday pushes it close.

During the third-quarter of Sunday’s game between the Commanders and Broncos, the Washington receiver reached behind him as he fell backwards in the end zone and grabbed a Marcus Mariota pass with his right hand. He secured the ball as he fell to the turf and his touchdown tied the game at 13-13.

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Netanyahu's Pardon, Trump's Media Crackdown, and More... Prem and Swin Take Your Questions!

Join us on Monday at 11am ET, 8am PT, 4pm GMT for ‘Ask the Editor’: our weekly, livestreamed Q&A series.

The best movies on HBO Max right now

The best movies on HBO Max include Ghibli masterpieces to silent classics, standing out as one of the deepest streamers.

NFL roundup: Panthers shock Rams as Allen sets TD record in Bills’ win over Steelers

• Bryce Young excels in Carolina victory

• Bills QB scores record 76th rushing touchdown

Bryce Young completed 15 of 20 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns – two of them coming on fourth down – and the Carolina Panthers (7-6) forced three turnovers by Matthew Stafford to beat Los Angeles (9-3) and snap the Rams’ six-game winning streak. Carolina’s defense intercepted Stafford twice with Mike Jackson returning one for a 48-yard touchdown and ended the 37-year-old’s NFL record of 28 straight TD passes without an interception. Derrick Brown, who tipped a ball resulting in one of Stafford’s first pick, came up with a key strip-sack with 2:25 left in the game to preserve the win. Stafford completed 18 of 28 passes for 243 yards with two touchdown passes to Davante Adams, his 13th and 14th of the season.

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Mikaela Shiffrin claims another slalom victory to stay perfect in Olympic season

• American has won four straight World Cup slaloms

• Victory comes on home snow in Colorado

Mikaela Shiffrin dominated her World Cup slalom on home snow in Colorado on Sunday to remain perfect in the discipline during the Olympic season.

Shiffrin extended her winning streak in slalom to four races after also claiming the opening two races this season and the final event of last season. It was Shiffrin’s record-extending 104th World Cup victory and her 67th in slalom – extending the discipline record, too.

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Trump invites families of national guard members who were shot to White House

President plans to honor Sarah Beckstrom, who was fatally shot, as well as Andrew Wolfe, who is in critical condition

Donald Trump said on Sunday that he invited the family of a national guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, adding that he spoke to her parents and they were “devastated”.

US army specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was killed in a shooting on Wednesday in Washington DC. Her fellow service member, US air force staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized in critical condition. Vigils across West Virginia have taken place in their memory.

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#TheMoment the Vancouver Whitecaps advanced to their first MLS Cup final

Vancouver Southsiders president Peter Czimmermann tells The National about the moment the group of Whitecaps supporters travelled to San Diego and watched the team advance to the MLS Cup final for the first time in the club’s history.

B.C. First Nation leaders fear oil spills if new oil pipeline is built

Maureen Nyce, the elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, says there’s little Ottawa could do to get her community on side with a new oil pipeline through B.C. That echoes B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix who is against a pipeline and says there are better alternatives.

Cleanup continues after train derailment and propane leak east of Cranbrook, B.C.

Cleanup is still underway east of Cranbrook, B.C., after a train derailment caused a propane leak and forced the evacuation of some rural properties along the Kootenay River this weekend.

Panthers shock Rams, Texans beat Colts and Bucs best Cardinals: NFL week 13 – as it happened

Chicago Bears are now the No 1 team in the NFC after the Carolina Panthers defeated the Los Angeles Rams

Panthers 7-7 Rams 6:11, 1st quarter

The Rams are quickly back into the red zone. Davante Adams hooks up with Stafford again with a darting run across the field for a 32-yard pickup,

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Belichick remains tight-lipped as UNC season ends in another loss: ‘I don’t have a recap’

• North Carolina beaten 42-19 by NC State in finale

• Belichick’s debut season has been beset by problems

Bill Belichick stood at the microphone in a crowded room of reporters. North Carolina’s season had just ended with a lopsided loss to a fierce nearby rival to cap a four-win season.

And the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach wasn’t in much of a mood to talk about it. A little more than four minutes’ worth, in fact.

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Zeteo’s Powerful Story About Palestinian Survival Wins Award

'Finding My Grandmother’s Ma’amoul Cookie in Brooklyn' by Nadine Apelian Dobb's recently won the AMEJA best culture and lifestyle reporting award.

Ukrainian and US officials meet in Florida to discuss proposals to end Russia’s war

Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Kyiv delegation amid more deadly Russian attacks in Ukraine

Ukrainian negotiators have met US officials in Florida to thrash out details of Washington’s proposed framework to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, as Kyiv faces pressure on military and political fronts.

The secretary of state, Marco Rubio; the special envoy, Steve Witkoff; and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law; sat down with a Ukrainian delegation on Sunday before planned US talks this week in Moscow with Vladimir Putin.

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California police search for suspect who killed four including three children at family party

Victims who died in Stockton attack reportedly between ages eight and 21, while 11 others were wounded

Police are searching for the suspect who killed four people, including three children, and injured 11 in a shooting at a family gathering in Stockton, California, on Saturday night – and they are appealing to the public for any tips people may have.

“If you have surveillance footage, if you’re a local business here, if you’re in the area, live in the area, or maybe you’ve heard rumors – please contact the sheriff’s office,” said Heather Brent, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin county sheriff’s office.

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Winter storm brings foot of snow to midwest over busiest US travel weekend

Plane skidded off runway and 45 cars were piled up as 53 million were under winter weather alerts over Thanksgiving

A Thanksgiving weekend storm system brought over a foot of snow and strong winds across the US midwest and thunderstorms across the south, as 53 million people from South Dakota to New York were under winter weather alerts.

Over the weekend, ahead of one of the busiest travel days of the year on Sunday, a 45-car pile-up occurred on interstate 78 in Indiana and a Delta Air Lines plane skidded off the runway in Des Moines, Iowa, during landing.

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Calgary food hall ordered to close by AHS due to 'pest activity'

A Calgary food hall says it has been closed for the time being due to "pest activity" identified by Alberta Health Services.

Kristi Noem claims suspect in national guard shooting was ‘radicalized’ in US

Homeland security secretary also blamed ‘activist’ judges for defying court order to halt deportation flights

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, claimed on Sunday that the suspect in the national guard shooting in Washington DC was “radicalized” in the US and blamed the Biden administration, though the suspect’s asylum was approved under Donald Trump.

The shooting suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was granted asylum under the Trump administration in April 2025. He worked with CIA backed units in Afghanistan, coming to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program.

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Cross Country Checkup: How can cities make transit riders safer?

Checkup wants to know how safe you feel riding the bus or train. Also, in hour two, what needs to change to make homes more affordable?

Olympic runner Moh Ahmed wins his 1st Canadian cross-country title

In his long-awaited return to the Canadian cross-country championships, Olympic track medallist Moh Ahmed took control late in the open men’s 10-kilometre race and won in 29 minutes 30.4 seconds at Fanshawe Golf Course on Saturday in London, Ont.

A teenager redrew the Alabama voting map – and it’s now state law

Daniel DiDonato, 18, drafted new state senate districts at home on free software – and a judge picked his map ahead of professionals’ efforts to remedy voting rights violations

Earlier this month, after years of litigation, a federal judge in Alabama ordered a new state senate map. In a surprising decision, the map she chose wasn’t one drafted by a court-appointed special master and his expert cartographer, but rather one that had been submitted by an anonymous member of the public, known only by their initials, “DD”.

The decision stunned “DD” – an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Alabama named Daniel DiDonato – who learned his map had been selected as he was preparing to leave for his 9.30am introduction to political science class.

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Ukraine: are we closer to a peace deal? – video explainer

Over the past week, there has been a flurry of diplomatic activity to end Russia's war in Ukraine. As Kyiv battles to minimise Vladimir Putin's maximalist demands, including the cessation of territories in the east, the Guardian's Russian affairs reporter, Pjotr Sauer, explains why despite some advances, the agreement to a peace deal still appears unlikely

• Putin insists Ukraine has to surrender territory for any deal to be possible

• Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainians fly to US for peace talks with Rubio, Witkoff and Kushner

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Children among 4 dead in birthday party mass shooting, California police say

Authorities in California asked the public for tips on Sunday in finding the person responsible for a shooting a day earlier that left four people dead, three of them children, at a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton and wounded many more.

Ottawa Charge head coach Carla MacLeod diagnosed with breast cancer

Carla MacLeod says that while she'll begin treatment this week and will miss the Charge's upcoming game on Tuesday, she plans to return to the PWHL club later this season.

6 Countries That Wooed Trump With Lavish Gifts – And What They Got in Return

US foreign policy is apparently for sale. Here’s how much it costs.

Expect a tale of two holiday seasons as the well-off spend and the rest pull back | Gene Marks

Parts of the US economy are doing just fine but many are struggling to make rent, let alone splurging on gifts

Will retailers and merchants have a strong holiday season? That depends. This year, more than most, the 2025 holiday season will actually be two holiday seasons.

If your business caters to higher-income individuals or if you’re located in a wealthier part of the country, you’ll probably have a decent holiday season. True, even the wealthy are cutting back. But according to the HR firm ADP average salaries have risen between 4.5% and 6.7% depending on whether workers stayed or switched jobs. The stock markets, though increasingly volatile, are up over 13% since the beginning of the year. And in some parts of the country, notably New York, Boston, DC and San Francisco, the average household income is over \(125,000 - almost \)41,000 higher than the national average. People in this demographic may be a little more cautious but they’ll spend.

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Trump grants clemency to executive convicted in fraud scheme – report

David Gentile had just begun to serve a seven-year sentence for role in $1.6bn scheme that defrauded thousands

Donald Trump granted clemency to private equity executive David Gentile, who had just begun a seven-year prison sentence for what prosecutors described as a $1.6bn fraud scheme, reported the New York Times.

The founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GPB Capital, 59 year old Gentile was convicted and sentenced in May to seven years in prison for his role in defrauding thousands of individual investors.

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Virginia Democrat flips seat in state legislature by taking on datacenters

John McAuliff won against a Republican by focusing on something affecting all his constituents: the cost of energy

John McAuliff, a 33-year-old small business owner and former civil servant, was one of the more unlikely Democrats to win election to Virginia’s legislature this month, after a campaign in which he could, at times, come off a bit like a Republican.

McAuliff was among the 13 Democrats elected to the legislature in Virginia’s elections earlier this month, as part of a blowout victory for the party that gives it firm control of the southern state’s government. Along with wins in New Jersey, California and elsewhere, the results put some wind back into Democrats’ sails nationwide, a year after their drubbing at the hands of Donald Trump and the Republicans.

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Environment minister disputes Guilbeault’s claim that Canada is cutting climate policies

Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin is pushing back against claims from Steven Guilbeault, who resigned from cabinet this week over Ottawa’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta and said Canada is dismantling several pieces of its climate plan.

Cooper Flagg passes LeBron to become youngest player in NBA history to score 35 points

• Rookie also holds record for assists for 18-year-old

• Mavericks rally to beat Clippers on Saturday night

Cooper Flagg became the youngest-ever player to score 35 points in an NBA game as he helped the Dallas Mavericks rally to a 114-110 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night.

The 18-year-old went 13 for 22 from the field in his 20th career game. The top pick in this year’s draft also grabbed eight rebounds. The only other 18-year-old to score 35 points in an NBA game is LeBron James, who did so twice in his rookie season. His first came when he was 18 years and 348 days old, five days older than Flagg was on Saturday.

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‘We have become so divided’: Georgia district prepares for life after Marjorie Taylor Greene

Republicans and Democrats alike look to fill congressional firebrand’s House seat when she departs in 2026

Marjorie Taylor Greene for president. Randy Bone rolled the idea around in his hands for a second as he stood inside his wife’s antique shop in Ringgold, Georgia. He’s heard the talk. He’s even seen the prediction market action. He doesn’t have a problem with his boisterous, attention-seeking congresswoman. He just doesn’t think it will work.

“I don’t know. I don’t see her as one that is very attractive … You’ve got to focus on those that are kind of in the middle, and I don’t think that she’s unifying enough,” he said.

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Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US

Tweaks to state laws mean many Americans will be able to benefit from small, simple plug-in solar panels

Acquiring solar panels at home can be an expensive hassle for people in the US. But small, simple, plug-in solar panels for use on balconies are soon to become available for millions of Americans, with advocates hoping the technology will quickly go mainstream.

Earlier this year, Utah became the first state in the country to pass legislation allowing people to purchase and install small, portable solar panels that plug into a standard wall socket.

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College football roundup: Alabama edge Auburn; Ohio State end skid against Michigan

• Buckeyes dominate Michigan to stay perfect at 12-0

• Horton stars as Alabama book SEC title shot v Georgia

• Texas Tech, BYU secure championship-game berths

Isaiah Horton caught three touchdown passes from Ty Simpson to help No10 Alabama survive blowing a 17-point lead to escape with a 27-20 win over rival and host Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday night.

The Crimson Tide (10-2, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) not only clinched a spot in the SEC championship game v Georgia next Saturday with the dramatic victory, but they also likely locked up a spot in the College Football Playoff.

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Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn

Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms

The federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted so thoroughly that it could be laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to “abuse people with impunity”, experts warn.

Former federal oversight officials have sounded the alarm at the rapid dismantling of guardrails against human rights failures – at the same time as the government pushes aggressive immigration enforcement operations.

Border Patrol agents in Arizona forcibly removed a detained man from a cell, handcuffed him and then injected him with ketamine to sedate him in 2023, according to a CRCL document confirming the watchdog’s investigation into the allegation. A Guardian reporter had saved that document just weeks before it was scrubbed from the DHS’s website.

Guards at a privately owned Louisiana detention center systematically mistreated detained immigrants, according to a CRCL document.This included an investigation into a 2024 incident during which correctional staff pepper sprayed around 200 detained immigrants who were staging a hunger strike in protest of detention conditions. Guards then allegedly locked the men in the unit and cut the power and water for hours. A majority of the men were allegedly denied medical care, the original complaint, submitted to the CRCL by RFK Human Rights, said.

In a Florida jail, a 33-year-old immigrant woman with mental health problems was forcibly stripped naked, strapped to a restraint chair and mocked by male guards, according to a CRCL complaint submitted by the ACLU of Florida and RFK Human Rights. The woman was allegedly left with “contusions and marks on her body” after hours in the restraint chair. The whistleblower declaration said the CRCL had launched an investigation into the case.

Agents violated due process during the arrest and detention of Palestinian student and Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, according to the whistleblower complaint.

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Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation.

Indonesian residents hunt for food and water after deadly floods; 193 dead in Sri Lanka

Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from floods and mudslides in that island nation have risen to 193.

Death toll in Hong Kong apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns

The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex  blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift memorial at the scene of the disaster, among the worst in the city’s history.

Will There Be a Blue Wave in 2026?

Can Democrats repeat their big 2025 wins in next year's midterms? Can the party win back the support of white working-class and Latino voters? Can high-quality candidates overcome an unfavorable...

Hotel reservation woes and predators on school-issued laptops: CBC's Marketplace cheat sheet

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches

From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election

A crusading prosecutor in the Balkans comes under pressure to drop a big case. Vietnamese villagers learn they are to be evicted. A convicted crypto kingpin in the Gulf receives a pardon.

All have one thing in common: they appear to be connected to the Trump family’s campaign to amass riches around the world. Since Donald Trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of presidential power to advance personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder. What is less understood – and perhaps even more dangerous – is the damage this is doing everywhere else.

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These Wabanaki artifacts at UNB have sparked archeological collaboration and innovation

The Bailey Collection sat untouched for decades on the University of New Brunswick campus. Now researchers and the Wolastoqey Nation are working together to document the artifacts and chart new ways forward for archeology.

If Trump Cares About Drug Trafficking, Why Is He Pardoning a Convicted Drug Trafficker?

By pardoning former Honduran leader Juan Orlando Hernandez, Trump will be directly helping out one of the most powerful, corrupt, and prolific convicted drug traffickers.

Should kidfluencers be banned? That’s the plan in the EU

With the top kidfluencers in the world earning millions a year, leaders in the EU are worried the lure of lucrative sponsorship deals may tempt some parents to expliot their children in sponsored posts online. So this week, the EU announced plans to ban social media platforms from providing financial or material incentives for kidfluencing. Experts says Canada needs to come up with its own law.

Trump sent federal troops to 'save' Chicago. The 'Midway Blitz' raids forced the Windy City to defend itself

After the death of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk, U.S. President Donald Trump promised "to save Chicago" from crime and migrants. But in the wake of violent immigration raids, Chicagoans themselves are divided over who the criminals are — and who is ultimately responsible for keeping their city safe.

What science can tell us about our relationship to pets and our desire to clone them

More than half of Canadian households have at least one pet. Humans are eager to deepen their connection with animals, but the current science of cloning and decoding animal communication doesn't bring us close enough.

Restorative justice helped me turn my life around — and it started with one drum

Ruby Harry spent many years inside correctional institutions. It wasn't until she learned about restorative justice that she found her way back to her culture and began healing.

A 'more serious public image': How the Princess of Wales is making it clear she's back in the public eye

As Catherine continues her measured and gradual return to public life, there have been signals of her priorities as she defines her role as Princess of Wales.

Neil deGrasse Tyson on deepfakes, being a 'buzzkill' and what keeps him up at night

Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is perhaps best known for his podcast “Star Talk,” where he discusses covers various topics with scientists from around the world. He sat down with CBC News recently to talk about being deepfaked and what it is about the cosmos that keeps him up at night.

What this surgeon from Ukraine is learning in Canada about treating war victims

Dr. Mariia Kuzeikiv, an Ukrainian surgeon, is learning skills that could help her save lives in the war while in Hamilton, Ont.

A priest in Toronto opened a food bank in her garage

When a Scarborough church food bank was nearly forced to shut down because of renovations, the priest took matters into her own hands and moved it to a new location: her garage.

Messi to meet Müller in MLS Cup with Inter Miami set to host Vancouver Whitecaps

• Tadeo Allende hat-trick leads Miami to 5-1 win over NYC

• Early Vancouver goals sink expansion San Diego FC

• MLS Cup matchup repeats Concacaf semi-final

Lionel Messi will play for another trophy. Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets clearly aren’t ready to begin their retirements, either.

Tadeo Allande scored three goals – Alba and Busquets, a pair of longtime Messi teammates who will retire when this season ends, had the assists on his first two – and Inter Miami topped New York City FC 5-1 on Saturday night for the Eastern Conference title and a berth in the MLS Cup final.

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Trump news at a glance: Venezuela suspends all deportation flights after Trump airspace closure warning

Venezuela responds defiantly to Trump comments about closing airspace above country, saying it doesn’t accept foreign orders or threats

The Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump’s statements on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed.

In a statement, the Venezuelan government said Trump’s comments were a “colonialist threat” against their sovereignty and violated international law. The government also said it demanded respect for its airspace and would not accept foreign orders or threats.

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Vancouver Whitecaps to face Inter Miami in 1st MLS Cup final in club's history

The Vancouver Whitecaps are heading to the MLS Cup final for the first time in the club’s history after a commanding 3–1 win over hometown San Diego FC in Saturday night’s Western Conference final.

Organizers admit ‘no plan B’ if hockey arena not ready for 2026 Olympics

• New 16,000-seat venue running behind schedule

• Test events pushed to January with no backup option

• First Olympic hockey game still set for 5 February

There is no backup stadium if the main ice hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Games is not ready on time.

Construction on the arena that is set to welcome NHL players back to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade is behind schedule and its completion is going right down to the wire.

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Venezuela denounces ‘colonialist threat’ as Trump orders airspace closed

President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’

The Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to the heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump’s recent statements on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.

In a statement, the Venezuelan government said Trump’s comments are a “colonialist threat” against their sovereignty and violate international law. The government also said it demanded respect for its airspace and would not accept foreign orders or threats.

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Heavy snowfall expected in Toronto Sunday

A special weather statement has been issued for Toronto, as five to seven centimetres of snow are expected Sunday.

White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories

Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism

The White House rolled out a new section of its official website on Friday that publicly criticizes and catalogs media organizations and journalists it claims have distorted coverage.

At the top of the page, the text reads: “Misleading. Biased. Exposed.” The feature names the Boston Globe, CBS News and the Independent as “media offenders of the week”, accusing them of inaccurately portraying Trump’s remarks about six Democratic lawmakers who released of video encouraging military members to not follow illegal orders.

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The Two-State Solution Has Long Been Dead. Here's How to Bring Peace to Israel-Palestine Instead

In their new book, Dawn's Sarah Leah Whitson and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man lay out a blueprint to end the occupation and transform an undemocratic one-state reality into a democratic one.

Pete Hegseth denies he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’

Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has declared recent reporting that he may have illegally ordered all people to be killed in a military strike in the Caribbean as “fake news” on Friday evening, adding that the series of strikes of people on boats had been “lawful under both US and international law”.

Hegseth lambasted reports about his role in the strike as “fabricated, inflammatory and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland”.

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Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’

Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 children

The leading vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a far stricter course for federal vaccine approvals, following claims from his team that Covid vaccines were linked to the deaths of at least 10 children.

Experts suggest the announcement will make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.

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Maduro slams 'colonial threat' as Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be closed

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace "above and surrounding" Venezuela should be considered as "closed in its entirety," an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. His government accused Trump of making a "colonial threat" and seeking to undermine the South American country's sovereignty.

Evacuation order lifted after train derailment east of Cranbrook, B.C.

The evacuation order for five properties in a rural area in B.C.’s East Kootenay has been lifted hours after a train derailment, east of Cranbrook, prompted local authorities to clear the area.

Northwestern University agrees to pay US government $75m to restore research funding

Agreement will also end series of investigations of university over school’s alleged failure to fight antisemitism

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75m to the US government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.

Donald Trump’s administration had cut off $790m in grants in a standoff that contributed to university layoffs and the resignation in September of Northwestern’s president, Michael Schill. The administration argued the school had not done enough to fight antisemitism.

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Jeffrey Epstein Bought Books About Pedophilia, Woody Allen, and Trump

The disgraced financier’s Kindle library reveals his interests in Lolita, how the elite avoid accountability, and Trump’s many scandals.

Bread, diapers and hope: how Trinity church feeds New York’s hungry

US families queue for groceries, hot meals and baby supplies as demand at Trinity’s Compassion Market soars

On a chilly morning in Lower Manhattan this month, the line outside Trinity Commons, a modern extension of New York’s historic Trinity church, stretched on past the end of the block.

Hundreds of people were standing in the 44F cold, many with young children, waiting to get their turn for the Compassion Market food bank.

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As Epstein files release looms, questions abound on what happens next: ‘Possibilities are endless’

People implicated in the late sex offender’s crimes could face criminal charges or, at the least, social ostracism

As the clock ticks toward the congressionally mandated deadline of 19 December by which Donald Trump’s justice department must release its files related to Jeffrey Epstein, there is intense speculation about the contents of these documents – but also questions as to what happens when they are released.

The US president on 19 November signed a bipartisan bill requiring that the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, disclose these documents to the US public within 30 days. Given that other tranches of materials related to the disgraced financier included damning correspondence with high-profile individuals, many expect that still more names of the rich, famous and powerful will be named.

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Flooding and mudslides kill dozens, displace tens of thousands in Sri Lanka

The death toll from Cyclone Ditwah is expected to rise. Social media posts on Saturday showed several areas affected by overnight mudslides that authorities have yet to reach.

Tom Stoppard, Oscar- and Tony-winning writer, dead at 88

British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s Shakespeare In Love, has died. He was 88.

Teams Jacobs, Homan headed to Olympics after winning Canadian curling trials

Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based team will represent Canada at the Milano-Cortina Olympics in February. Earlier in the day at Scotiabank Centre, Ottawa's Rachel Homan defeated Christina Black of Halifax in the women's final.

They tried to overturn the 2020 US election. Now, they hold power in Trump’s Washington

Those who tried to overturn the 2020 election now occupy key federal roles, shaping rules and sowing doubt for 2026

The people who tried to overturn the 2020 election have more power than ever – and they plan to use it.

Bolstered by the president, they have prominent roles in key parts of the federal government. Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer who helped advance Donald Trump’s claims of a stolen election in 2020, now leads the civil rights division of the justice department. An election denier, Heather Honey, now serves as the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the Department of Homeland Security. Kurt Olsen, an attorney involved in the “stop the steal” movement, is now a special government employee investigating the 2020 election.

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Airlines work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft, causing short-term flight disruptions

Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue plane last month.

Suspect taken into custody after prompting emergency alert in Enfield, N.S.

Nova Scotia RCMP said the arrest was made around two hours after police issued an emergency alert due to what they said was a dangerous man with a firearm between Oldham Road and Rockcliffe Drive in Enfield. Residents were told to stay inside their homes and lock their doors.

Trump’s hate-filled rant ignores facts on immigrant crime and economic benefits

In the wake of the deadly Washington DC shooting, Trump claimed immigrants are ‘destroying everything America stands for’. Here’s what the data shows

Donald Trump’s hateful, falsehood-filled rant on Thursday blaming immigrants for crime, “social dysfunction” and economic hardship is refuted by a wide range of immigration statistics, which show clearly that immigrants dramatically bolster the US economy and commit crimes at far lower rates than people born in the US.

On Thursday evening, Trump condemned immigrants in a broad and vicious invective, painting them as “illegal and disruptive populations” and attacking “those that hate, steal, murder and destroy everything that America stands for”. He vowed to block all migration from “third world countries” to allow the “US system to fully recover”.

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US small businesses sound alarm over Trump’s tariffs amid crucial holiday season

Some small business owners doubt that even strong holiday sales will ease impact of tough year plagued by uncertainty

Donald Trump’s tariffs have increased prices on an array of popular holiday goods and driven a “massive” number of small firms out of business, industry leaders have warned.

On Small Business Saturday, firms have their fingers crossed that strong holiday sales will ease the impact of a tough year. But many aren’t holding their breath.

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JD Vance, Trump Jr, DeSantis? Possible Republican contenders for 2028 run

Next nominee faces enormous task of leading a party that has been entirely reoriented around Trump

Donald Trump hasn’t stopped joking about running again for the White House in 2028, even as he acknowledges it is “pretty clear” he is constitutionally ineligible for a third term. Whether intended as a taunt or a threat, his musings are a reminder that, even barred from the ballot, Trump is likely to remain a central figure in the campaign to succeed him.

The next Republican nominee faces the potentially enormous task of leading a party that has been entirely reoriented around Trump into a post-Trump era. Here’s a look at the Republicans best positioned for a White House run.

Retiring Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem

Health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr

Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin

Georgia governor Brian Kemp

South Carolina senator Tim Scott

Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley

Utah governor Spencer Cox

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Abbotsford, B.C., RV camp residents say province shut off services without notice

The Cole Road rest stop is among a number of encampment sites created along Highway 1 over recent years, and will soon be closed for good.

Time Capsule: Randy Newman, Trouble in Paradise

The Los Angeles pianist’s seventh album comes full of sardonic contradictions, synthy transmissions, and colossal pop symphonies.

Balancing conservation with millions of visitors: Banff National Park at 140

Four million people pour into Banff National Park each year — a level of visitation the park’s first wardens could never have imagined in 1885. As Banff turns 140, Parks Canada is rethinking what it means to welcome so many people while still protecting the landscape for future generations.

First women's pro baseball league since 1950s includes 6 star athletes from B.C.

Six B.C. athletes have been selected to play in the inaugural edition of the Women's Pro Baseball League in 2026. They're hopeful it sets the stage for a sustainable future in a sport where women have been long overlooked.

Couple weds in Nelson, B.C., with little notice — but great support from community

There is no story that encapsulates the vibes of Nelson, B.C., quite like this. Witnesses, a photographer, an officiant and a musician all showed up at Cottonwood Falls Park, with very little notice, to help an out-of-town couple’s dreams come true.

Yukon First Nations poet wins writing contest

The writing contest, which had the theme of family and chosen family, was facilitated by Active Voice, a series put on by Yukon University and the Yukon Arts Centre, with support from CBC North.

'A really good journey': After 39 years at CBC Yukon, Karen Vallevand calls it a day

When Karen Vallevand started as a receptionist at CBC Yukon in the 1980s, she wasn't sure the job would be her thing. But she stayed on and rose through the ranks before retiring this year as station manager.

Max Returns! AI Bubbles, Info Silos, and 67

What happens when the AI bubble bursts, how did Meta get away with it yet again, and…is Elon “Bubba”? Max Fisher pays Offline a visit to take stock of the year in memes, conspiracy theories, and more.

The NBA Cup last eight is set: Heat v Magic, Knicks v Raptors, Suns v Thunder, Spurs v Lakers

• Knicks oust champs as NBA Cup quarter-finals set

• Orlando, Toronto top groups with perfect 4-0 marks

• Thunder v Suns, Magic v Heat headline last-eight ties

The NBA Cup quarter-final field was set on Friday night, with Miami travelling to Orlando and New York going to Toronto on the Eastern Conference side, and an Oklahoma City v Phoenix rematch and San Antonio facing the Los Angeles Lakers in the West.

And the defending Cup champions will not have a chance to go back-to-back in Las Vegas.

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Catarina Macario brace powers USA women past Italy in Orlando friendly

• Macario scores twice in 3-0 US victory

• Moultrie nets again as hosts start fast

• Dickey keeps clean sheet in fifth US cap

Cat Macario scored two goals and the United States defeated Italy 3-0 on Saturday night in a friendly match at Inter&Co Stadium.

It was the first of two friendlies between the teams, with the second scheduled for 1 December in Fort Lauderdale.

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Chicago Bears run riot over reeling Eagles on Black Friday for fifth straight

• Chicago rush for 281 in fifth straight win

• Philly fans boo as offense unravels again

• Hurts’ tush-push fumble turns game

Kyle Monangai rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown, D’Andre Swift ran for 125 yards and a score, and the Chicago Bears finished with 281 yards on the ground to win their fifth straight game, 24-15 over the reeling Philadelphia Eagles on Friday night.

Led by rookie coach Ben Johnson, the surprising Bears (9-3) are alone in first place in the NFC North heading into a 7 December showdown at Green Bay.

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Canada at the defence crossroads: The challenges of thinking long-term

The recent debates over Canada’s next fighter jets and submarines have peeled back the curtain on the shortcomings and short-term thinking in the country’s approach to defending itself.

People nowadays are reluctant to stay out late. Is it killing nightlife?

With people socializing differently, prioritizing health and watching their spending, nighttime businesses and advocates say they’re trying to bring new energy to the after-dark economy.

Is Spotify losing the streaming wars as it faces boycotts, lawsuits and assorted controversies?

The popular listening platform Spotify has dominated the streaming industry for years. But there have been recent calls to boycott the platform over controversies surrounding issues like artist compensation, its CEO and ICE ads. Are listeners finally fed up?

Would the flu shot work better if it wasn't grown in chicken eggs?

For decades, the flu virus in the shots you’re offered every fall has been grown in chicken eggs. Now, scientists are trying more modern methods of developing vaccines that they hope will be even more effective.

Signs of progress with India abound, but so do fears that nothing has really changed

Does the apparent rapprochement between India and Canada actually signal an intention by India to desist from tactics it has allegedly used against Canadian Sikh activists — including assassination?

Therapist tells Ontario women's murder trial she never recommended consistent pureeing of food

A child and family therapist was the latest mental health worker to testify in the trial of two Burlington, Ont., women accused in the first-degree murder of a 12-year-old boy in their care.

The NDP’s leadership candidates aren't fluent in French. Will that hurt the party's future?

Having a leader who can't communicate with the 22 per cent of Canadians whose first official language is French could hurt the New Democrats' credibility as a national party, a concern shared by two francophone former NDP staff.

This paramedic had post-traumatic stress injuries. So he built a healthier workplace

Across Canada, several union officials who represent paramedics have sounded the alarm on the burnout, stress, and post-traumatic stress injuries that many paramedics are dealing with due to working conditions. Miles Randell, an advanced care paramedic, is trying to do something different for frontline health-care workers who need a supportive work environment.

IN PHOTOS | This week's most compelling images

Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here's a selection of the week's top images.

Roommates, 31 years apart in age, free one another from hiding Parkinson's

Roommates Li Jiang and Elaine Jongsma are 31 years apart in age, but they have much in common.

Beleaguered Manitoba Inuit Association loses second board member

A second board member with the Manitoba Inuit Association (MIA) has resigned. The resignations follow a growing #InuitMeToo movement that saw the termination of the organization's former CEO after allegations of sexual assault.

US halts all asylum decisions after national guard shooting

Trump administration says decisions paused until government can ensure ‘every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible’

The Trump administration has announced it is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the national guard shooting in Washington DC, according to a senior immigration official.

Joseph Edlow, the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, said in a post on X on Friday that asylum decisions would be paused “until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible”.

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What is an autopen and why can’t Trump stop talking about it?

The first autopen was patented in the 1800s and has been used by many American presidents

On Friday, Donald Trump claimed that he will reverse everything that Joe Biden has signed with an autopen.

The automated signature machine has been a tool used by presidents at the White House for decades.

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Trump news at a glance: president goes after Biden executive orders with baseless autopen claims

Trump claims without evidence Biden did not sign off on orders himself in latest attack on predecessor – key US politics stories from Friday at a glance

Donald Trump has declared he intends to cancel most of the executive orders signed by Joe Biden, his predecessor as president of the United States.

In a post on social media, Trump claimed baselessly that Biden had not signed off on the orders himself, saying that “the radical left lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him” by signing his name using an autopen – a signature machine, which has commonly been used by nearly all US presidents since the device’s invention.

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The sneaky contracts draining government budgets

Ryan Triplette, the executive director of the Coalition for Fair Software Licensing, explains what lawmakers can do about restrictive software licensing.

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Trump says he will cancel all Biden executive orders signed by autopen – as it happened

In social media post Trump claims baselessly that Biden did not sign off on the orders himself, escalating longstanding campaign against his predecessor

• Trump says he plans to cancel most of Biden’s executive orders

West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey reaffirmed his support for the state’s National Guard members deployed in Washington, DC.

“When you have these terrorists, when you have these evildoers, you’re not going to back down when they go after our servicemen and women,” Morrisey, a Republican, told CNN.

I’m devastated to learn of the passing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard. She was only twenty years old.

As families across the nation come together today to celebrate Thanksgiving, let us take a moment to think of those in West Virginia who have been plunged into unimaginable grief.

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Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US

Hernández was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments

Donald Trump has said he will grant a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US on drug trafficking and weapons charges.

“I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly,” Trump said on Friday in a post on Truth Social.

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'Tis the season for credit card debt

Holiday spending tends to drive up U.S. consumers’ credit card debt. In the past, most households were able to pay down that debt come the new year. But as wallets get squeezed, that may not be the case in 2026. Plus: Monopoly celebrates his 90th anniversary, a family moves from a farm to the city, and we visit a lab growing the chocolate of the future.

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He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s

After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.

Denmark's 'flexicurity' policies help get people back on their feet

If you lose your job in Denmark, it's not time to scream at the skies quite yet. The government has a unique set of policies called "flexicurity" designed to help get you back on your feet.

DC to put national guard on joint patrols with local police after shootings

Move marks shift in how the guard are used in the US capital, days after two members were shot

National guard troops are to be paired with local law enforcement on patrols in Washington DC, according to a report in the Washington Post on Friday, 48 hours after two guard members were shot.

“Officers will conduct high-visibility patrols with the national guard and provide assistance as needed,” according to an email to the district’s leadership obtained by the Post.

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Trump says he plans to cancel most of Biden’s executive orders

Trump baselessly claims his predecessor didn’t sign off on directives himself due to use of autopen machine

Donald Trump has declared he intends to cancel most of the executive orders signed by Joe Biden, his predecessor as president of the United States.

In a post on social media, Trump claimed baselessly that Biden had not signed off on the orders himself, saying that “the radical left lunatics circling Biden around the beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office took the Presidency away from him” by signing his name using an autopen – a signature machine that has commonly been used by US presidents since the device’s invention.

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From "Million Bazillion": What is Black Friday?

Each year on Black Friday, millions of Americans go out in search of the best holiday season shopping deals. But have you ever wondered about the origins of the holiday? The little ones in your life may be wondering about that too. Today, we’re sharing a special crossover episode from Marketplace kids podcast “Million Bazillion.” Bridget and Ryan team up with the hosts of “Forever Ago” to explain Black Friday’s history. Plus, they share tips on how to shop smarter during the holiday season.

4 poultry farms in southwestern Ontario hit with avian flu resulting in 63k birds culled so far

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it has identified additional outbreaks of avian influenza in Strathroy-Caradoc, bringing the total number declared in the last two weeks to four.

The absurd way Texas and California hope to game the 2026 midterms | About That

After Texas sparked controversy for securing five additional House seats by redistricting its congressional maps, California responded with some gerrymandering of its own. Andrew Chang breaks down how gerrymandering works and how it could affect the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections.

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Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’

Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop

A Native American actor known for her role in Northern Exposure has said she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) officers in Seattle, Washington, who told her that her tribal identification “looked fake”.

Elaine Miles, an Indigenous actor, alleges that she was stopped by four masked men while she was walking to a bus stop in Redmond. She offered them her ID card from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon but was told by an ICE agent that “anyone can make that.”

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Minister apologizes for 'poor choice of words' about meeting with B.C. First Nations group

Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says he has apologized to Coastal First Nations for what he says was a “poor choice of words” regarding a meeting he offered to have with the group on Friday.

Inside the Ad Campaign to Convince Trump’s ICE Thugs to ‘Walk Away’

An anti-Trump group is running ads with a message for ICE agents: Quit.

College student deported when flying home for Thanksgiving, despite court order

Student ‘heartbroken’ after being sent to Honduras while trying to travel from Boston to Texas, attorney says

A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, had already passed through security at Boston Logan international airport on 20 November when she was told there was an issue with her boarding pass, said attorney Todd Pomerleau. The Babson College student was then detained by immigration officials and within two days sent to Texas and then Honduras, the country she left at age seven.

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Alaskan tribes sue B.C. gov't over mines in far northwest

Representatives of the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission say they should be included in consultations on major mine projects near the B.C.-Alaska border because they will impact their lands.

Manitoba will begin Brady Road landfill search for remains of First Nations women on Monday

A search of another Winnipeg landfill for the remains of First Nations women will begin on Monday, CBC News has learned.

Indigenous businesses deserve to be at the table in Buy Ontario Act, say advocates

Some Indigenous business advocates say the proposed Buy Ontario Act is a missed opportunity to prioritize Indigenous procurement and fails to acknowledge the significant contributions they are making to Ontario’s economy.

A scourge of "lawless, stateless" vessels

But for years now, Russia has gotten around some of these sanctions through its so-called "shadow fleet" — unidentified tankers sailing with no flag or fake flags. These boats are also often uninsured, and European naval officials say the shadow fleet is growing. Are the rules of the sea now in rough waters? Also on the program: frank reflections on the uneasiness that can come with interacting with AI slop.

Manitoba sticking to U.S. alcohol ban since it's a 'pain point' for Trump: premier

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew showed no willingness Friday to relax his province's ban on American alcohol products. He argued the prohibition, enacted by several provinces, has been one of Canada's responses to the U.S. trade dispute the Trump administration has noticed.

These are the airlines most affected by the massive Airbus A320 recall

Ottawa invests almost $22M in Nunatsiavut clean energy initiatives

The Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations visited Labrador Friday to announce funding for three projects that will reduce reliance on fossil fuels across Nunatsiavut.

Leaked files show far-right influences among Project 2025 applicants

Applicants reportedly cited Nazi theorists and other extremists as inspiration for Trump administration roles

Hacked materials from the powerful rightwing thinktank the Heritage Foundation show that applicants to a Project 2025-branded effort to create a talent pool for the Trump administration cited the influence of Nazi political theorists and other far-right thinkers on their political views.

Not all applicants revealed in the hack ended up with Trump administration jobs, but some current appointees did make applications.

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South Africa Has Accused Israel of ‘Cleansing’ Gaza of Palestinians after Shadowy Flights. Here's What to Know

Palestinians are charged thousands of dollars by a little-known organization for a seat on a plane and they aren't told where they're being taken.

Crown seeks jail for former Saskatoon Christian school principal guilty of assaulting student

The Crown prosecution says Duff Friesen should serve jail time for assaulting a student. His lawyer wants a conditional discharge.

Chicago’s faith leaders on front lines of resistance against ICE crackdown

Religious leaders’ ‘powerful prophetic and moral compass’ comes to fore amid ICE arrests, teargas and violence

For weeks, Chicago has been at the center of the Trump administration’s brutal immigration crackdown. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security officials have arrested 800 people as of 1 October, while also using violent tactics such as body-slamming and deploying teargas in residential areas.

Amid the raids and arrests, which have created a pervasive sense of fear, faith leaders have stepped up, putting themselves on the front lines of resistance.

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Fewer one night stands, more AI lovers: the data behind generation Z’s sex lives

Shaped by lockdown and two Trump presidencies, gen Z are grappling with a lot in love, dating and the bedroom

The sex lives of gen Z are of great interest – to politicians, to parents, to influencers and dating app executives and to you, apparently. Are gen Z so lonely they are falling in love with AI robots? Are they forming polycules across the US? Are they having enough sex? Are they having sex at all?

Gen Z is defined roughly as young Americans aged 13 to 28. This generation came of age with information about sex readily available to them, for better (the internet provides both sex education and community) and arguably for worse, too (in 2022, 54% of US teens reported first seeing online pornography at age 13 or younger). They are more likely to embrace non-traditional identities and are progressive on issues such as abortion rights and same-sex marriage – especially gen Z women.

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Liberals say caucus is united despite former environment minister's resignation from cabinet

Some Liberal MPs are insisting their caucus remains united despite Steven Guilbeault’s decision to quit cabinet over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta that could lead to a pipeline to the B.C. coast.

Era of reconciliation is 'over' amid pipeline agreement: Indigenous activist

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding for a new pipeline agreement. Several B.C. chiefs say their 'answer is still no,' and vow to use 'every tool in our toolbox' to stop the project. We speak with Riley Yesno, a University of Toronto lecturer and Indigenous rights activist, about the reaction from Indigenous communities and what the deal could mean for negotiations going forward.

Student grabbed by sex offender in Winnipeg elementary school bathroom, police say

Winnipeg police say a child was grabbed by a stranger in a St. Vital elementary school bathroom Thursday, leading to charges of assault and forcible confinement against a 28-year-old man who is a registered sex offender.

News of the Week: Black Friday, Typewriter Repair, and Recipes from the Grave

In the news of the week ending November 28, 2025, are the demise of Black Friday, the rise of closed-captioning, and ideas for all of those leftovers.

News of the Week: Black Friday, Typewriter Repair, and Recipes from the Grave

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What We’re Reading This Fall

When they’re not bringing you stories from around the nation, the editors at the Post are always reading. Here are some of the books they’re enjoying this fall.

What We’re Reading This Fall

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'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine

In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.

Nolan’s Last Crash

Nolan might be getting too old to drive.

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The hunt for deals begins. Ready, set, go!

Black Friday still brings more shoppers into stores than any other day of the year. For many, it’s the official kick-off to the holiday shopping season. And while Black Friday may be dominated by the Targets and Walmarts of the world, millions of shoppers will go to mom-and-pop retailers on Small Business Saturday. We'll preview this weekend's retail extravaganza. Also, Social Security benefits can act as a financial buoy for the children and spouses of deceased individuals.

Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m

Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution

Trump administration orders to keep an ageing, unneeded Michigan coal-fired power plant online has cost ratepayers from across the US midwest about $113m so far, according to estimates from the plant’s operator and regulators.

Still, the US energy department last week ordered the plant to remain open for another 90 days.

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A pipeline to transport Albertan oil to Canada's Pacific Coast

From the BBC World Service: Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has struck a deal for a 700-mile pipeline carrying 1 million barrels of oil a day to Canada's West Coast in an attempt to pivot away from reliance on the U.S. economy. The project is likely to face multiple legal challenges, however. Plus, Kenyan farmers have won a case over food sovereignty and a Russian "shadow fleet" is suspected of covertly generating billions for Moscow.

Surging measles cases could augur poorly for other diseases, World Health Organization says

Measles deaths dropped 88 per cent over 24 years thanks to global immunization efforts but the number of cases surged in 2024, the World Health Organization says.

Toni Heron back in as chief of Salt River First Nation

In the election Thursday, 185 people voted for Heron as chief while 136 voted for competitor Frieda Martselos.

First Thing: Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting

President’s remarks followed the death of Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two guard members shot. Plus, Palestinian-American 16-year-old released after nine months in Israeli jail

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Donald Trump has said he will “permanently pause migration from all third world countries”, a day after two national guard members were shot in Washington DC in an attack that authorities suspect was carried out by an Afghan national.

What do we know about the other guard member? Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still fighting for his life, according to the president.

What does Trump mean by ‘third world ’? He did not identify the countries he intended to target or specify what he meant by the phrase.

What has Warren said about Staley? She said he allegedly protected Epstein’s access to the banking system while working at JP Morgan in the early 2000s.

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Olympian Moh Ahmed 'will command a lot of respect' in Canadian cross-country return

Olympian Moh Ahmed is leaving track running, for a day, and returning to the Canadian cross-country championships for the first time in 13 years on Saturday in the open men's 10-kilometre race in London, Ont.

National guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom has died after Washington DC shooting – Trump

One other member of the guards, Andrew Wolfe, is still ‘fighting for his life’, according to the president

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One of two US national guard soldiers shot in a targeted attack near the White House this week has died, while the second is fighting for his life, Donald Trump has announced.

As part of his Thanksgiving call to US troops late on Thursday, the US president said he had been informed that Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had succumbed to her wounds.

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Bus driver admits mixing narcotics and booze on charter trip with Saskatoon school kids

A former Prince Albert bus driver admits he drove a charter with 52 Saskatoon grade school students while high on fentanyl, hydromorphone and hard liquor.

Spirit of Walt but no Mickey Mouse in Disney’s planned desert community

The entertainment giant is building almost 2,000 homes in California’s Palm Springs area so beloved by its founder

The Coachella valley typically brings a few things to mind: hot desert sun, the most Instagrammable music festival in the country, and even more sun. What it doesn’t bring to mind, however, is the family-friendly, Mickey Mouse-eared nostalgia associated with all things Disney. But that may be changing.

In 2022, Disney announced plans to build a first-of-its-kind branded residential community, which they have named “Storyliving by Disney”. The first of the Storyliving communities, Cotino, is officially welcoming residents into model homes in Rancho Mirage, a city nestled in Coachella valley. When all plans are finished, the 618-acre community will feature almost 2,000 residential units, including single-family homes and condos.

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‘The new Hamilton’? Show with Mary Todd Lincoln as drunken first lady comes to London

The one-act play Oh, Mary! – ‘the stupidest, funniest thing possible’ – to open after blockbuster run in New York

What if, in the final weeks before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the first lady could not care less about the American civil war and was instead hell-bent on becoming a cabaret star?

That is the question posed by Oh, Mary!, the smash-hit show that reimagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a gloriously unhinged alcoholic who despises her closeted husband.

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There will be no government money for Amelia Earhart restoration, says minister

Newfoundland and Labrador's new minister of Women and Gender Equality says there is no longer a need for government money to replace or restore the stolen Amelia Earhart statue, and is describing a media campaign by a Liberal MHA as "disingenuous."

Sask. child-care deal extended for 5 more years, expands eligibility for kids turning 6

The federal and Saskatchewan governments have reached a deal to extend the province’s $10-a-day child-care agreement for another five years, beginning in the 2026-27 fiscal year.

From Fugee to felon: how Pras ‘betrayed his country’

Ex-member of the hip-hop group was convicted of money laundering and campaign finance violations after funneling money from a rich Malaysian

From the moment the Fugees shot to fame in the mid-90s, Prakazrel “Pras” Michél was discounted as an incidental member of the hip-hop superstars. He was the unremarkable New Jersey rhyme spitter by way of Brooklyn who was lucky enough to be a high school classmate of the mesmerizing Lauryn Hill and a cousin to mercurial Wyclef Jean. On the group’s breakout album The Score, Michel’s eight-bar features were minor contributions, relative to Hill’s adroitness as an emcee and balladeer and Jean’s compositional polymathy.

“From Hawaii to Hawthorne, I run marathons, like / Buju Banton, I’m a true champion, like / Farrakhan reads his daily Qur’an / It’s a phenomenon, lyrics fast like Ramadan,” Michél raps on the band’s breakout single Fu-Gee-La, in one of his more pedestrian efforts.

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Amid ‘instability and fear’ in Trump’s economy, Americans are cutting holiday spending

In addition to rising prices and tariffs, readers cite growing unemployment as a reason not to exchange gifts this year

Americans are feeling rattled about the state of the economy. Donald Trump has batted away question after question from reporters on concerns over higher prices, just a year after he won an election promising to bring down costs.

While the White House has tried to reduce concern, floating tariff-funded $2,000 stimulus checks and removing import levies on certain agricultural imports, many consumers remain anxious.

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AI's role in improving accessibility

Accessibility has long been aided by the advancement of technology. When it comes to artificial intelligence, accessibility is top of mind for Taylor Arndt, Chief Operations Officer at Techopolis Online Solutions. Arndt has been blind since birth, and so accessibility has been a lifelong battle. When she was in school, she often received physical materials she was unable to read. So, she bought her own hand-held scanner and downloaded a screen reader. At 14, Arndt taught herself to code. Now as a coder working on AI, Arndt says in order for it to help others, the AI models need to be trained on data that has already incorporated accessibility measures.

Ottawa launches AI register showing how the tech is being used within federal departments

Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali announced Friday morning the federal government has launched its first public AI register that outlines how artificial intelligence is being used or tested within federal departments.

School activities — even on weekends — drives high student attendance in Pond Inlet

At 85 per cent, the attendance rate for students at Ulaajuk Elementary School is well above territorial averages, according to Nunavut’s Department of Education. The school’s principal, Sandra Rutledge, credits after-school activities and community engagement for its high attendance rate.

The 25 greatest albums of 1995

These are the 25 greatest albums of 1995, featuring debuts, superstar-breakouts, legacy-defining releases, and career-saving pivots.

From value-adds to networking superconductor: how the weird language of tech dulled sport | Aaron Timms

Tech investors promise to disrupt everything from padel to basketball, but their pitch-deck jargon is slowly draining the humanity from sport itself

Finally, a sector more ludicrously hyped than AI. Speaking to Yahoo Sports recently about the launch of Project B, a startup global women’s basketball league, co-founder Grady Burnett declared that “women’s basketball is growing right now as fast as AI”. Come again? There’s no question that women’s basketball is growing nicely, a development that we should all cheer: this year’s WNBA season was the most watched ever. But it is testing credulity to suggest that the sport is growing at anything like the same speed as AI, which since 2022 has gone from the technological margins to the very center of the US economy: by some reports, AI spending accounted for half of the growth in US GDP in the first half of this year. Perhaps I’m missing the real story here and the Federal Reserve is actively keeping tabs on attendance figures at Washington Mystics v Golden State Valkyries games for signs of potential overheating in the US economy. But it seems unlikely.

Claims like Burnett’s are par for the course in the hyperventilating world of sports investment, in which new leagues intent on world domination are launched seemingly every week and the pitches, delivered at investment conferences by slick men with gleaming teeth and spotless sneakers, grow more and more clammily self-satisfied by the hour. Burnett’s league, which he co-founded with former Skype co-founder Geoff Prentice, was briefly associated with Maverick Carter and LeBron James over the summer but that pair now seems to have been removed from the picture, and the league is emerging from “stealth mode”, to use a wormy bit of tech jargon, as the pure, uncut essence of bored Silicon Valley rich guy calculation. In a crowded field, Project B may be the most insanely overcaffeinated, tech bro-addled pitch for a new sports league yet.

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US regulators ‘taking seriously’ allegations of bankers’ support for Epstein

Exclusive: It follows calls from US senator Elizabeth Warren to investigate bank executives including ex-Barclays boss Jes Staley

US regulators say they are taking allegations that top banks may have facilitated Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activity “very seriously”, as they faced calls to investigate executives including the former Barclays boss Jes Staley.

In correspondence seen by the Guardian, bosses from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said they had reviewed a letter from the Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren, which raised concerns over bankers’ alleged support for the convicted child sex offender Epstein.

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This expert watches shoppers like a hawk. Here's her holiday forecast

Retail expert Katie Thomas scours her local shopping mall in Pittsburgh to divine what Americans' shopping habits reveal about the economy and the nation's future.

Johnny Cash’s estate suing Coca-Cola over impersonation

According to a new lawsuit filed by Johnny Cash’s estate, Coca-Cola allegedly hired a tribute singer to impersonate the outlaw country hero’s voice in a new commercial without permission.

Are toys more expensive? A look at prices this holiday season after tariff warnings

Earlier this year, toy makers said tariffs would put Christmas "at risk." NPR's A Martinez gets an update on the price of toys from Jay Foreman, CEO of Basic Fun.

Retailers eye holiday shopping season as consumers tighten belts amid uncertainty

The holiday shopping season is here, but a lot of shoppers are more cautious about spending as the Trump administration pleads for patience on the economy.

The last Fed meeting of the year is approaching. Here's where we could be headed

NPR's A Martinez speaks with the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago about the economic outlook ahead of the last Fed meeting of the year.

Buy Canadian movement appears to be losing steam. Can holiday sales revive it?

UN calls for independent investigation into 'apparent summary execution' of 2 Palestinians in West Bank

Human rights groups are condemning the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces, saying video capturing the incident showed the men appearing to surrender while unarmed before being shot dead.

Canada's economy sees surprise boost in 3rd quarter, avoiding a technical recession

The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday, avoiding a technical recession largely due to a surge in defence spending.

‘A step-change’: tech firms battle for undersea dominance with submarine drones

As navies seek to counter submarines and protect cables, startups and big defence companies fight to lead market

Flying drones used during the Ukraine war have changed land battle tactics for ever. Now the same thing appears to be happening under the sea.

Navies around the world are racing to add autonomous submarines. The UK’s Royal Navy is planning a fleet of underwater uncrewed vehicles (UUVs) which will, for the first time, take a leading role in tracking submarines and protecting undersea cables and pipelines. Australia has committed to spending $1.7bn (£1.3bn) on “Ghost Shark” submarines to counter Chinese submarines. The huge US Navy is spending billions on several UUV projects, including one already in use that can be launched from nuclear submarines.

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Ukraine peace plan, or Russian ‘wish list’?

After a week full of leaks, counter proposals, and frenzied negotiations, is the possibility of a peace deal in Ukraine actually on the table?

If you want to shop ethically this holiday season just buy less, Guelph prof says

While it’s not always easy to shop with workers rights, animal welfare and the environment in mind, a University of Guelph professor says many customers want to support products made in Canada, with fair labour, or using environmentally-friendly practices.

‘Cash for keys’ offers are making people homeless, say housing advocates in northern Ontario

Housing advocates in the northern Ontario city of Sudbury say “cash for keys” agreements are making people homeless over the long term.

As Ottawa pushes for ‘nation-building’ infrastructure, could N.W.T.'s Mackenzie Valley Highway have a shot?

The N.W.T. government has been promoting the Mackenzie Valley Highway as worthy of federal investment and fast-tracking. But the road would primarily serve a small population, and with an estimated price tag over a billion dollars, an economic case for it may be difficult to make.

Matawa First Nations Management says lessons learned from Constance Lake inquest

The CEO of Matawa First Nations Management (MFNM) says the organization is reviewing the verdict and 79 recommendations from an inquest into the deaths of five members of Constance Lake First Nation.

Sask. woman medals in international strongman competition after trans athlete disqualified

33-year-old Martensville woman Jackie Osczevski placed 3rd at the Official Strongman Games World Championships. She moved up in the standings after a trans woman was disqualified from first place.

After the flames: Lac La Ronge Indian Band begins replacement of homes destroyed by wildfire

The Lac La Ronge Indian Band in northern Saskatchewan has begun replacing homes lost in June 2025 when the Pisew wildfire ripped through its settlements. Ready-to-move homes are coming from three Saskatchewan suppliers.

Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting

In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting

• US politics – live updates

Donald Trump has said he will “permanently pause migration from all third world countries” a day after two national guard members were shot in Washington DC in an attack that has become a political flashpoint in the president’s ongoing crackdown on immigration.

In a social media post beginning with “a very happy Thanksgiving”, sent after 11pm on Thursday, the US president said his administration would “end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens” and remove “anyone who is not a net asset to the United States”.

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Jamaican farm workers in N.S. prepare to head home to hurricane devastation

Jamaican farm workers in Nova Scotia are bracing for a difficult time when they return to their home country still reeling from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa.

Some commercial lobster fishers say Indigenous treaty fishing threatens stocks. Government memo says otherwise

The fifth estate investigates misconceptions and allegations fuelling conflict in Canada’s largest lobster fishery, where Mi’kmaw fishers face broad opposition when exercising treaty rights.

My outlook on aging changed when my friend died. Here’s the clarity I found as I enter my 60s

Dana Kobernick never saw aging as a privilege. Then her longtime friend died, and her perception changed. As she enters her 60s, she’s learning to face life’s next steps with courage and gratitude, inspired by her friend’s resilience.

Military family inspires some young Canadians to enlist, despite recruitment hurdles

Against a backdrop of increased tensions with the U.S. and dismal labour prospects for young Canadians, some students are looking to the military for their future careers. They tell CBC News why the Canadian Armed Forces has captured their interest and where they're at with recruitment.

Why the White House blames National Guard shooting on program that brought Afghan nationals to the U.S.

The Trump White House is blaming Operation Allies Welcome, a Biden-era program that brought thousands of Afghan nationals to the U.S., for bringing the suspect in Wednesday's National Guard shooting to the U.S. Here's what we know about the program.

Government demanding public servants reimburse years-old Phoenix overpayments

Federal public servants are being threatened with legal action if they don’t repay money they were mistakenly overpaid during the error-plagued rollout of the Phoenix pay system nearly a decade ago, Radio-Canada has learned.

The Carney-Smith agreement surely won't make pipelines 'boring again'

Guilbeault's resignation — the rare cabinet resignation due to a disagreement over government policy — both adds to and underlines the test of national and political leadership that Mark Carney signed up for when he put his signature on that memorandum.

Christmas tree farmers forced to adapt to climate change and affordability crisis

Christmas trees are a long-running tradition for many, but modern-day circumstances are slowly transforming the tree farming industry.

NFL on Thanksgiving: Cowboys 31-28 Chiefs, Lions 24-31 Packers – as it happened

Dak Prescott shone in a dramatic win for the Dallas Cowboys against the Kansas City Chiefs at AT&T Stadium

Lions 0-3 Packers 4:01, 1st quarter

That sack Goff didn’t take on 3rd down in the previous drive, he just took it on this one. Green Bay’s defensive line is dominating so far. Micah Parsons and Kingsley Enagbare share the QB takedown. Punt.

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Trump officials announce sweeping immigration reviews after national guard shooting

Donald Trump signaled after attack that refugee and asylum cases would be scrutinized

Trump administration officials say they are undertaking a broad re-examination of asylum cases and green cards issued to citizens of certain countries, after the shooting of two national guard members near the White House in Washington DC on Wednesday.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) named the suspect in the shooting as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the US under a policy set up under Joe Biden after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and continued under Donald Trump.

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Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with agency-backed military units during US war in Afghanistan

• Washington DC national guard shooting: what we know so far

The suspected shooter of two national guard members in Washington DC on Wednesday worked with CIA-backed military units during the US war in Afghanistan, the agency has confirmed.

The alleged gunman, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, came to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program that gave some Afghans who had worked for the US government entry visas to the US. He was granted asylum in April this year, under the Trump administration, Reuters reported.

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Molson Canada accuses ex-managers of multimillion-dollar fraud scheme

Molson Canada has accused former managers of embezzling millions of dollars in an intricate fraud scheme allegedly involving fake vendors, shell companies, the president of a major pub chain and a pair of married couples.

#TheMoment a wrong number in the group chat forged new friendships

Three friends tell The National about the moment a wrong number added to their group chat turned into years of friendship.

NFL Thanksgiving games: Love powers Packers over Lions; Cowboys and Bengals win

• Packers sweep Lions and strengthen division tiebreaker

• Prescott and Davis feature as Cowboys beat Chiefs

• Burrow helps Bengals spoil Ravens’ Thanksgiving

Jordan Love converted a pair of fourth downs with touchdown passes in the first half and finished with a career-high-matching four TD throws, leading the Green Bay Packers to a 31-24 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday.

The Packers (8-3-1) swept the season series to earn a potential tiebreaker in the NFC North and are in second place in the division behind Chicago (8-3), who play at Philadelphia on Friday.

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Holiday hiring doldrums

Retailers don’t seem to be looking for many temp workers this holiday season. But it’s not the only sector that hires winter workers — event venues, transportation and warehousing still have some demand. Also in this Thanksgiving episode: There’s a growing market to manage kids’ screen time, a musician combats AI scraping, and a family explores stock market investing.

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Odermatt wins super-G at Copper Mountain as Kilde’s return leaves Shiffrin in tears

• Swiss ace wins by 0.08sec in Copper Mountain super-G

• Kilde returns 700 days after devastating Wengen crash

• Shiffrin cries as fiancé finishes emotional comeback run

Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt started the World Cup super-G season with a Thanksgiving win at Copper Mountain on Thursday, while Aleksander Aamodt Kilde reduced fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin to tears by making his comeback after nearly two years out.

Odermatt has already won the opening giant slalom – at Sölden in the Austrian Alps last month – in what is an ominous start to the season by the world’s best men’s skier leading up to the Milan Cortina Olympic Games in February.

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For Trump, there’s Columbus Day and Victory Day, but no World Aids Day

Administration said ‘awareness is not a strategy’, but here is a short list of orders the president has signed to do just that

For the first time since 1988 the US government said it will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, which honors those who have lost their lives to the disease, celebrates efforts to combat the epidemic and raises awareness.

“An awareness day is not a strategy,” a state department spokesperson, Tommy Pigott, told the New York Times.

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Some Wisconsin residents split on whether Trump helping or hurting economy

Many voters think the federal government should focus on lowering prices, including in the battleground state of Wisconsin, where some say they are concerned about the state of the economy.

Robert AM Stern, architect dubbed ‘King of Central Park West’, dies aged 86

Stern, credited with designing 15 Central Park West, sought to design buildings that invoked pre-war splendor

Robert AM Stern, an architect who fashioned the New York City skyline with buildings that sought to invoke pre-war splendor but with modern luxury fit for billionaires and movie stars, has died at the age of 86.

Dubbed “The King of Central Park West” by Vanity Fair, Stern was credited with designing 15 Central Park West that, in 2008, was credited as being the highest-priced new apartment building in the history of New York.

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'The answer is still no': B.C. chiefs react to new pipeline agreement

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement to make way for a new bitumen pipeline from the Alberta oilsands to the B.C. coast. 'We will use every tool in our toolbox to ensure that this pipeline does not go ahead,' said Heiltsuk Nation Chief Marilyn Slett.

From "How We Survive": The Dry Line

Hey Smarties! Happy Thanksgiving. Today we’re sharing an episode from the latest season of Marketplace’s climate podcast, “How We Survive,” that has to do with the future of what’s on your dinner table. As the planet heats up, the climate of the Midwest is changing. It’s pushing the invisible line separating the humid East and arid West eastward which has major implications for our food supply. In this episode, Amy Scott drives across Kansas to find out how farmers are adapting.

Trump Collectively Punishes Afghan Community After Wednesday Shooting

The administration quickly politicized and sought to weaponize the tragic shooting.

Judge dismisses wildlife federation's call for halt to Bloodvein checkstop

First Nation leaders are celebrating after a judge dismissed a request from the Manitoba Wildlife Federation to stop a checkstop near Bloodvein River First Nation that allegedly prevented licensed moose hunters from crossing earlier this fall.

Lake Erie shipwreck spotted off Kingsville, Ont., uncovered by strong winds

Strong winds that prompted an Environment Canada alert this week have laid bare shoreline not often seen. But they also uncovered a rarely-seen shipwreck near Kingsville.

Fuzzy Zoeller, two-time major winner haunted by racist Tiger Woods joke, dies aged 74

• Masters champion in 1979 and US Open winner in 1984

• Post-career reputation marred by remarks about Woods

• Trump pays tribute to ‘remarkable person and player’

Fuzzy Zoeller, the two-time major champion whose genial public persona was overshadowed by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods that came to define the latter part of his career, has died aged 74.

No cause of death was immediately available. Brian Naugle, tournament director of the Insperity Invitational in Houston and a longtime colleague, said Zoeller’s daughter notified him of the death on Thursday.

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Macy’s Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade 2025: in pictures

The 99th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of the largest in the world, dazzled crowds in Manhattan, New York, on Thursday. Thirty-two balloons, three giant balloons, 27 floats, four special units, 33 clown groups, 11 marching bands, performance groups, and music stars parade to welcome ‘Santa Claus and the holiday season’

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Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation

Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years

Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.

A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk’s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side.

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Annual Inuit Christmas party in Ottawa to be completely virtual

Inuit in Ottawa say they're disappointed by a local organization's decision to host their annual Christmas party completely online this year.

US midwest and north brace for storm as nearly 82m people travel for holidays

Several flights are delayed and parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan could see six to 10 inches of snow

Parts of the US midwest and the Great Lakes region are bracing for a strong storm this weekend, as an estimated 82 million Americans travel to gather in celebration of Thanksgiving.

Some parts of the country are expecting cold, snowy conditions, and the weather has already caused some travel delays. On Thursday morning more than 800 flights were already delayed, most in the northern states.

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New trial ordered for Ontario man who spent 23 years in prison for 10-year-old girl’s murder

Ontario’s court of appeal has set aside a conviction and ordered a new trial for a man who spent 23 years in prison for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1989 — but by all accounts, it’s unlikely that trial will ever happen.

Washington DC national guard shooting: what we know so far

On Wednesday, Rahmanullah Lakanwal shot troop members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe

Two national guard members shot on Wednesday in Washington DC are in critical condition. Here’s what we know so far:

At 2.15pm on Wednesday, a man is alleged to have launched what Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, has called an “ambush-style” gun attack two blocks north-west of the White House on two members of the West Virginia national guard.

The guard members – named as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, both newly sworn-in – are currently hospitalized in critical condition.

The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was shot at the scene by a third guard member and is being treated in hospital after being arrested. His wounds are not believed to be life-threatening.

Lakanwal faces charges of assault with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, though if the national guard members die, the charges could be upgraded to first-degree murder.

His motives remain unclear: Pirro has said that “it’s too soon to say” and Jeffery Carroll, an executive assistant DC police chief, said that investigators had no information on a motive and the suspect “came around the corner” and immediately started firing at the troops.

He had driven across the US from the home he shares with his wife and five children in Bellingham, Washington state, allegedly to conduct the attack.

He is believed to have acted alone.

Lakanwal worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and came to the US in 2021 as part of a program to resettle Afghans who had aided US operations there. The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, said Lakanwal was “a member of a partner force in Kandahar”.

The Trump administration has responded to the shooting by ordering 500 more national guard members to Washington, and calling for the reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered under the Biden administration.

US citizenship and immigration services also said it has stopped processing all immigration requests for Afghan nationals “pending further review of security and vetting protocols”.

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Deep personnel cuts jeopardize Space Force’s ability to implement Hegseth’s acquisition reforms

“We're in a troubling time. We are in a situation where we barely have enough acquirers to do all of the work that we have now,” Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said.

The post Deep personnel cuts jeopardize Space Force’s ability to implement Hegseth’s acquisition reforms first appeared on Federal News Network.

US will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, reports say

State department has told employees and grant recipients to not publicly promote or make event on 1 December

For the first time since 1988, the US government will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, according to reports.

The state department has directed its employees and grant recipients not to use US government funds to mark the event – which falls annually on 1 December – and not to promote the day publicly. The news was first reported by the journalist Emily Bass and confirmed in an email viewed by the New York Times.

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Why the Haisla Nation opposes a pipeline to B.C.’s coast

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney have signed a deal, paving the way for a pipeline to B.C.’s northern coast. But B.C.’s government, Haisla Nation and other coastal Indigenous communities, say they don’t want it.

Latest fiscal update shows Alberta’s budget deficit holding steady at $6.4B

The outlook for Alberta's budget in its second-quarter update remains largely unchanged from the previously grim forecast provided in August.

Ontario signs nearly $40M deal with another First Nation in Ring of Fire region

As part of its ongoing plans to develop in the mineral-rich Ring of Fire region, the Ontario government has signed a community partnership agreement with Marten Falls First Nation. Here's how the agreement builds on other deals the province has made with communities in the region, and why some First Nations are critical of the province's fast-tracked development approach.

Florida professor may have solved mystery of Peru’s Band of Holes

Charles Stanish surmised indentations were rudimentary market place and later adapted as accounting and storage system

A Florida archaeologist’s decades-long persistence has helped solve one of Peru’s most puzzling geographical conundrums: the origin and purpose of the so-called Band of Holes in the country’s mountainous Pisco Valley.

Charles Stanish, professor of archaeology at the University of South Florida, and an expert on Andean culture, spent years studying the more than 5,200 curious hillside shallow pits known to local residents as Monte Sierpe - serpent mountain.

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US officials name soldiers injured in Washington DC shooting – video

The US attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, confirmed the identities of the two national guards critically injured in a Washington DC shooting on Wednesday as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24. The suspect was Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, a man from Afghanistan living in Bellingham, Washington state, the FBI director, Kash Patel, confirmed

• Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms

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3 Calgary police officers accused of sexual misconduct involving 7 women

Three Calgary police officers have been charged with criminal offences linked to allegations of sexual misconduct involving seven women, one of whom was allegedly photographed while partially naked and in custody.

Judge dismisses wildlife federation's call for halt to Bloodvein First Nation checkstop

A judge has dismissed the Manitoba Wildlife Federation's request for court intervention to stop a First Nation's checkstop, which allegedly prevented licensed moose hunters from crossing earlier this fall.

Teaching students to be ethical AI users

It's been almost three years since ChatGPT went live to the world, and it quickly became a helper or shortcut for students. (Ora tool to cheat.) Like it or not, artificial intelligence is with us. Today, we hear the story of one educator who's trying to prepare her students to use AI responsibly. Plus, professional soccer in Britain has long attracted foreign investment — increasingly from folks Stateside. We'll learn how Americans' involvement is shaping the game.

Review: Hamnet — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott

Hamnet is a viscerally gritty, bravely understated account of William Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway.

Review: Hamnet — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott

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Ticketmaster will partially refund fans of singer Olivia Dean after she called out 'vile' reselling

'The prices at which you’re allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes,' U.K. musician and breakout star Olivia Dean said of Ticketmaster on Instagram last week. Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation said they’ll limit the ability to resell tickets above face value going forward, and will refund fans the difference.

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in West Bank who seemed to be surrendering: video

Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men on Thursday who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV news footage showed.

ICE detains Texas father as son’s health declines: ‘Don’t forget about me’

Maher Tarabishi was arrested at a routine visit despite decades in the US, leaving his son with Pompe disease

A 62-year-old father named Maher Tarabishi visited the ICE field office in Dallas, Texas, on 28 October as he has done each year for 17 years. Tarabishi, originally from Jordan, is in the US on a supervision order. Even though his asylum claim was denied, the US government allowed him to remain in the country because he is the primary caretaker for his son, Wael, who was diagnosed at four years old with a progressive muscle disorder called Pompe disease.

Tarabishi’s mandatory annual visits to ICE were never eventful; he’d arrive, an official might ask about Wael’s condition, and then he would leave. This time was different.

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Pilot dies in small plane crash near Nanaimo, B.C., on Vancouver Island

Sealand Flight Ltd., a flight training school based in Campbell River, B.C., said one of its pilots died in the crash, which involved a Sealand Flight Cessna 172 on a private flight.

Ottawa police to share RIDE locations in advance

Ottawa police are taking a new approach to their annual holiday season RIDE campaign — they're letting drivers know in advance where the sobriety checkpoints will be.

Soup firm Campbell’s dismisses executive over alleged ‘poor people’ comments

Senior figure allegedly referred to customers buying ‘highly processed food’ and denigrated Indian employees

Campbell’s has dismissed an executive who allegedly referred to the soup company’s products as being made for “poor people” and denigrated its Indian employees.

Martin Bally, who was the vice-president of Campbell’s information technology department, was recorded making the alleged comments by another employee.

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Curry limps off with quad bruise in NBA Cup loss as Warriors brace for MRI

• Warriors star exits late in loss with bruised quad

• Team says MRI will determine severity of injury

Stephen Curry limped away from the bench late in Golden State’s 104-100 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night after bruising his right quadriceps.

He will undergo an MRI exam on the injury to determine his status.

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Thanksgiving Football, An American Tradition

Football on Thanksgiving is an American tradition almost as old as the holiday itself.

Thanksgiving Football, An American Tradition

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A flawed but authentic COP30 in the Brazilian Amazon

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we hear about the surprises faced by reporters at the UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil; find out why plug-in hybrids aren't turning out to be as green as expected; and meet people hosting whale-detecting systems on their oceanfront properties.

Former Grade 8 teacher who sent nude images to students sentenced to 4 years

A former Grade 8 teacher in Port Hope, Ont., who pleaded guilty to sex crimes after persuading students to exchange explicit selfies with her, has been sentenced to four years in prison. Kelly-Anne Jennings was taken into custody immediately.

Fake Grand Theft Auto VI video goes viral, sparking backlash

A bogus video that purported to show leaked footage of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI has angered gamers and raised renewed concern about AI-generated content, after reportedly being seen millions of times.

Court orders Indigenous Services to hand over Frog Lake First Nation financial documents

A Federal Court judge has ruled that Indigenous Services Canada must supply financial records concerning Frog Lake First Nation to a band member who says he is concerned about management of the band’s trust funds.

Trump says US should ‘re-examine’ all Afghan refugees after suspect named in national guard shooting | First Thing

President called the shooting in Washington an ‘act of terror’. Plus, Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 65

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Donald Trump has said the government should review every Afghan immigrant who entered the US during Joe Biden’s administration, after authorities identified the suspect in the shooting of two national guard members in Washington as an Afghan national.

What is the latest on the condition of the national guard members? They remained in critical condition overnight.

Have there been arrests? Yes – police have arrested two directors and an engineering consultant at a construction company.

Our live blog will update you on new developments.

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in photos

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicked off Thursday in New York City, with new balloons depicting Buzz Lightyear and Pac-Man taking to the skies and float favourites such as Tom Turkey gracing the streets.

It's been a rollercoaster for Six Flags

Can a new CEO help turn things around? It’s a rocky time for regional theme parks that aren’t major travel destinations, as they compete for visitors and their discretionary income. Six Flags is hoping new CEO John Reilly, a veteran theme park operator, will help boost ticket sales and revenue. Plus, the future of the CDFI fund and community lender support remains uncertain, and we hear how Social Security offers a lifeline to some grandparents raising grandkids.

7 Things Zeteo Is Thankful for This Year

Happy Thanksgiving from Zeteo to you and your loved ones.

In a Word: Thanksgiving, and All the Other ’Sgivings

The Thanksgivings that aren’t Thanksgivings

In a Word: Thanksgiving, and All the Other ’Sgivings

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US navy accused of cover-up over dangerous plutonium in San Francisco

Advocates allege navy knew levels of airborne plutonium at Hunters Point shipyard were high before it alerted officials

The US navy knew of potentially dangerous levels of airborne plutonium in San Francisco for almost a year before it alerted city officials after it carried out testing that detected radioactive material in November last year, public health advocates allege.

The plutonium levels exceeded the federal action threshold at the navy’s highly contaminated, 866-acre Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. It was detected in an area adjacent to a residential neighborhood filled with condos, and which includes a public park.

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A tax-raising budget for the U.K.

From the BBC World Service: The U.K. government's economic outlook response document was accidentally published a half hour early on Wednesday, before Finance Minister Rachel Reeves began her 2025 budget speech. Reeves set out a string of tax hikes, which will bring the country's tax take to an all-time high of 38% of GDP in the coming years. Plus, we take a look at why U.S. investors have soccer in their sights.

Nova Scotia to sell off remaining $14M worth of American booze

Alberta premier defends Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally over alleged election law breach

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending a member of her cabinet who’s facing accusations that he breached election laws in his official response to a recall petition targeting him.

Meet the NFL outsiders: the players and coaches not born in the USA

A few years ago James Cook worked in a Surrey cinema and Max Pircher played in Austria. Now they’re in the NFL

By No Helmets Required

The United States is a country of immigrants but the NFL remains dominated by players born in the USA. Only 5% of players are born abroad and the majority of them make the step into the sport by going to college in the US. True outsiders are unusual and foreign coaches are especially rare, which makes James Cook’s story remarkable.

Cook has been in charge of player development at Cleveland Browns for the past six months. That’s an achievement in itself but it’s extraordinary considering he grew up in Surrey, is in his late 20s and never played professional sport. Cook discovered the NFL as a 12-year-old when he was channel-flicking with his dad and came across “this weird and wonderful” sport. He started playing locally and soon wanted to become the first NFL quarterback born in Europe. He got as far as playing for Great Britain but his plans to go to college in the US proved financially prohibitive.

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Here's what to know about Canada's landmark energy agreement with Alberta

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have jointly agreed on a path forward for a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast — a hugely significant development that the federal government is framing as a chance to further develop Alberta's energy sector, diversify Canada's economy and lessen dependence on the U.S.

As The Last Waltz lives on, its rendition of “Helpless” remains eternal

Thanksgiving now is much more an act of memory than it is a celebration of food and dialogue. “Helpless” is a ballad answering for both—a document preserving a town and what goodness is left of it.

Alberta energy deal was 'the last straw,' says Guilbeault after cabinet resignation

Notes on “It Makes No Difference,” the emotional ballast of The Last Waltz

If the Last Waltz performance of The Band's Northern Lights - Southern Cross centerpiece confirms anything, it’s that Rick Danko sang the poetry of my life and yours so beautifully.

Wild turkeys off the menu in Maine after ‘forever chemicals’ found in birds

Contamination of wildlife with Pfas, which can increase risk of cancer, a growing problem in US

Hunters in Maine have been warned not to eat wild turkeys in parts of the state, after the birds were found to contain “forever chemicals” that can cause an increased risk of cancer.

Maine officials warned that high levels of Pfas – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – have been detected in wild turkey and deer killed and harvested in areas in the south-west of the state.

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National guard shooting will likely make Trump crack down even harder

The attack makes the troops’ Washington DC exit less likely and offers a convenient data point for rightwing narratives

“Washington DC is considered a safe zone,” Donald Trump declared on Tuesday, veering off topic at the national Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House. “This was one of the most unsafe places anywhere in the United States. It is now considered a totally safe city.”

A day later, two national guardsmen from West Virginia were shot in a busy area a few blocks from the White House in downtown Washington. The ambush took place outside the Farragut West Metro railway station within sight of the Guardian’s office (I had been in the station three hours earlier and witnessed national guard troops milling around).

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Can digital apps help solve Africa’s unemployment crisis?

Sub-Saharan Africa has a youth unemployment problem. The latest figures from the International Labour Organisation show more than one in five young people there are "NEET": Not in Employment, Education or Training. Structural issues like the lack of political stability in many countries and lagging infrastructure remain major barriers to high quality job creation. But the gig economy has been growing rapidly thanks to the proliferation of digital platforms. The The BBC's Wairimu Gitani reports.

Carney’s energy deal went down very differently, depending on who you ask. Here’s how the day played out

Immigration minister denies knowledge of U.S. diplomatic directive to get Canada, allies to lower immigration

Federal Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she’s unaware of a reported directive sent to the U.S. Embassy from the Trump administration ordering its envoy in Ottawa to press Canada to lower most immigration levels.

The Super Bowl Shuffle at 40: how a goofy rap classic boosted the Bears’ title run

A new documentary charts how a song that featured a 335lb rapper and bad dancing went viral in the pre-internet era

The Chicago Bears are 8-3 and soaring in this season’s NFL standings. For a fanbase that’s grown accustomed to looking up at the division rival Green Bay Packers and looking ahead to the next season’s prospects, it’s reason to smell the roses and indulge in some light strutting. But even as fans find themselves looking forward to the Bears’ first playoff berth in five years, something that once seemed unthinkable with a second-year quarterback and a rookie head coaching helming a squad that managed only five wins last year, no fan is thinking the 2025 Bears have a Super Bowl run in them – not without a rap song to lay the marker down.

Before the 1985 edition of the Bears romped to victory in Super Bowl XX, they tempted fate by recording The Super Bowl Shuffle. Although the song only peaked at 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, the accompanying video came to rival Michael Jackson’s Thriller for popularity as it popped up endlessly on TV during the Bears’ title run. “The Super Bowl Shuffle went viral in an age where there was no viral existence like we know it today,” the song’s recording engineer, Fred Breitberg, says. “It was a phenomenal entity as well as being a good record.”

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US banks announce UK expansion projects hours after budget

JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs reveal plans for London and Birmingham as sector is spared tax rises

Two of Wall Street’s biggest banks have announced substantial expansion plans in the UK, hours after they were spared increased taxes in Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget.

JP Morgan on Thursday revealed plans to build a 3m sq ft tower in Canary Wharf, which will serve as its new UK headquarters and house more than half of its 23,000 UK staff. It is understood the London project will cost £3bn.

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Pope Leo warns of conflicts endangering humanity on 1st overseas trip

Pope Leo lamented that the world was seeing an unusual number of bloody conflicts during his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday, and he warned that a third world war was being "fought piecemeal" with humanity's future at risk.

In Chad, inside camps for Sudan’s refugees

Sudan’s civil war is the worst displacement crisis in the world. Michelle Shephard brings us a rare on the ground report from inside two refugee camps near Sudan’s eastern border.

God, gears and gun jewellery: Route 1 revisited – in pictures

Anastasia Samoylova took a photographic journey up the US east coast – and found herself in America’s unreconciled past just as much as its fragmented present

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Rural Manitoba food bank fears new rules may limit garden, farm donations

A Manitoba food bank worries new national accreditation standards ignore the realities of small communities. Killarney Food Bank says Food Banks Canada's accreditation involves a lot of paperwork and would change what it can distribute.

Dozens of women plan class action lawsuit against Toronto club promoter, several nightlife companies

Dozens of women have come forward with allegations of negligence by some of the biggest companies in Toronto’s nightlife industry in connection to decades of alleged abuse by a well-known club promoter, according to a Canadian advocacy organization for survivors of abuse.

Year-long elevator shutdown leaves Sudbury tenants with disabilities struggling

A Sudbury woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome says a year-long elevator outage at her five-storey building has made daily life painful and costly for many tenants with disabilities, while the building’s manager and safety regulator point to unresolved issues delaying its return to service.

‘It’s not rocket science’: Diabetic says getting coverage under N.S. programs a struggle

A Type 1 diabetic who recently moved to Nova Scotia said they paid hundreds of dollars out of pocket while trying to apply for provincial programs that help cover the costs of insulin and supplies.

She found the Amelia Earhart statue but instead of a reward, she's become a suspect

Instead of receiving a big cash reward, the woman who found the stolen Amelia Earhart statue says her life has become a nightmare.

2 National Guard members shot in an ambush attack just blocks from the White House

Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot Wednesday afternoon just blocks from the White House.

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Is this actually the first image of dark matter?

What we see in our universe only accounts for roughly five per cent of what’s out there. The remaining 95 per cent is invisible. But now, a researcher at the University of Tokyo says he's seen at least part of that invisible universe.

Hundreds of animals killed by trains on B.C. railways, documents reveal

Documents obtained through freedom of information requests by The Narwhal and shared with CBC News show hundreds of animals have been killed in collisions with trains on B.C. tracks owned by Canada's two biggest railways. Scientists and advocates say if the information was more complete and accessible, it could be used to reduce the number of animals killed.

Charity for first responders disbands amid fraud allegations against CEO, treasurer

A charity for Canadian first responders and their families is suing its former CEO and treasurer, alleging massive fraud and misappropriation of donor funds. CBC News has learned that the Hamilton-based Canadian Critical Incident Stress Foundation quietly ceased operations late last year and is suing former CEO Renee Jarvis and her daughter, former treasurer Kelsey Pitt.

After a spate of fatal crashes, coroner's office calls for clearer definition of e-bikes in Ontario

An expert panel is calling on the Ontario government to tighten its definition of what counts as an e-bike, in an attempt to improve safety and reduce the number of fatal crashes.

Conservatives have a new campaign manager. How much has really changed?

After feeling the chance to form government slip through their fingers, many Conservatives are publicly gushing over their party’s choice to lead the next campaign. But the question still hanging in the air is just how much will actually change.

If the grizzly that attacked a B.C. school group is found, what happens next?

Efforts to locate the bear that attacked a school group near Bella Coola, B.C., last Thursday are still underway. The rare attack that injured four people is prompting questions about what should happen to the animal if it's found.

Italian actresses say country has become safe haven for men accused, found liable of sex assault

While Hollywood, Canada and other parts of Europe have confronted allegations against powerful men through the #MeToo movement, Italy has become a land where directors and actors facing multiple accusations, or who have been found guilty or civilly liable for sexual assault, continue to work freely.

Ontario could avoid recession this year, even as Trump's tariffs take hold: fiscal watchdog

Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province could avoid a recession this year, but the findings of his latest report show the trade war with the U.S. is taking a bite out of Ontario’s economy. The data is part of the latest update from the province’s Financial Accountability Office.

Montreal mayor, STM say efforts being made to curb rise in transit violence

Montreal transit officials and the city’s new mayor say they are taking steps to address growing concerns about safety on the city’s bus and Metro systems following a CBC analysis showing a rise in transit-related assaults in major Canadian cities.

Sport complaint process needs to improve, advocates say after helping bullied Hamilton teen hockey player

A Hamilton couple says it wasn’t until they connected with an athletes advocacy group that they felt supported after they made a complaint about the behaviour of players on their son's hockey team in 2024. The group says structural changes are needed to complaint processes.

Spills, spies and Tim Hortons boycotts: A look back at the 'fight for Canada's soul' over Northern Gateway

The details of the decade-long, fractious debate over the Northern Gateway pipeline may have faded in memory, but that fight takes on a renewed relevance today, as Ottawa and Alberta come together with a new vision for a pipeline through British Columbia.

Washington DC shooting: Trump calls shooting of national guard members ‘an act of terror’, vows new scrutiny of immigrants – as it happened

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Bloomberg’s scoop showing how Trump aide Steve Witkoff coached the Kremlin on the best way to get into Trump’s good graces is extraordinary for what it tells us about Witkoff’s dubious loyalties, and the Kremlin’s potential influence over US negotiation efforts. But equally interesting is the leaked material itself and where it may have come from.

The story covers two intercepted phone calls: one between Witkoff and top Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, and another between Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, who has been deeply involved in negotiations with the Trump White House.

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The first step in a veteran’s disability claim can make or break the outcome

"What is VA doing to oversee the quality of these disability exams? We took a comprehensive look at all aspects of their oversight," Elizabeth Curda said.

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New food bank opens in Kugluktuk, Nunavut

A new emergency food bank has opened up in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, and more than 200 bags filled with groceries were handed out on the opening day.

Trump news at a glance: president orders more troops to Washington DC after shooting of national guard members

Two national guard members were critically wounded in attack near White House – key US politics stories from Wednesday 26 November at a glance

Two West Virginia national guard members were hospitalized in critical condition after they were shot near the White House in Washington. Local officials and federal authorities called the shooting a “targeted” attack and have a suspect in custody.

The shooter was later identified in multiple media reports as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a man from Afghanistan. Lakanwal is said to have entered the United States in September 2021, and been living in Washington state, law enforcement officials told the Associated Press and other outlets.

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Two national guard members in critical condition after Washington DC shooting

Suspect in custody after two West Virginia guard members shot in ‘targeted’ incident, Washington mayor says

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Two West Virginia national guardsmen shot near the White House remained in critical condition on Wednesday in an attack that rattled the country’s capital.

The incident comes amid a controversial deployment of troops to Washington DC ordered by the Trump administration. FBI director Kash Patel, Washington mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials confirmed in a press conference that both the guardsmen were in the hospital and described the shooting as “targeted”.

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This Week in Democracy – Week 45: Trump Gets Away With Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election – Again

Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

Shock and dismay after national guard troops shot near White House

Amid a frenetic scene, some residents said Trump’s militarization of the capital had much to answer for

The scene around Washington’s Farragut Square on Wednesday afternoon seemed to fit Donald Trump’s most lurid stereotypes of a crime-ridden capital in need of federal troops to bring a firm smack of law and order.

An area normally the preserve of professional office workers, coffee shops and lunch venues instead bore the hallmarks of a major crime scene as news spread that two national guard troops had been shot. Authorities later said the shooting suspect had been identified as an Afghan man.

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Some DoD civilians are still waiting for back pay weeks after shutdown’s end

When the shutdown ended, DoD civilians were told they would get paid the following week. Many have yet to receive back pay they are owed.

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What comes next for federal workers after AI takes over the mundane tasks

"Who is going to leverage the proper tools out there to accomplish the job in the most efficient, effective and cost-based area? That's key," Bob Venero said.

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Judges allow North Carolina to use Republican-drawn congressional map

New map takes aim at state’s only swing seat and gives Republicans chance to flip seat as part of Trump campaign

A federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a seat to Republicans as part of Donald Trump’s multi-state redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 elections.

The new map takes aim at North Carolina’s only swing seat, currently held by Democrat Don Davis, an African American who represents more than 20 counties in the state’s north-east. The first district has been represented by Black members of Congress continuously for more than 30 years.

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OPM advises agencies to consider reducing senior executive staffing

OPM said reducing allocations for senior-level staffing may be especially important, considering the Trump administration's broader federal workforce cuts.

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Predicting the Fed's every move

Yields on government bonds can tell us how investors think the Federal Reserve will act. In this episode, we break down what falling yields on short-, medium- and long-term Treasuries tell us about where we’re headed. We also explain why people and firms across the economy bet on the Fed’s decision making. Plus: Jobs data paints a blurry picture of the labor market, PG movies dominate box office sales, and AI toys make their way to kids’ Christmas lists.

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#TheMoment a sea lion lunged at cold plungers

Andrew Wierzbicki and Ennio Titarenko tell The National about the moment a large sea lion lunged at them while they were cold plunging in Victoria, B.C.

JD Vance addresses DC shootings at army base in Kentucky – video

JD Vance addressed the shooting of two members of the West Virginia national guard near the White House in a Thanksgiving Day speech at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

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Federal court blocks Trump administration’s plan to scrap 4 small agencies

A judge found the decision to conduct widespread layoffs and cut programs at these agencies “undermined their ability” to perform functions required by law.

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High volume travel week means high stakes customer experience at TSA

Even as their job has gotten harder, TSA and its officers are dedicated to making your security experience more seamless and safe.

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B.C. man who bought drugs for compassion club surprised by Health Canada's lack of 'urgency' on crisis

A co-founder of Vancouver's Drug User Liberation Front said he was surprised by Health Canada's lack of "urgency" about the deadly toxic drug crisis, and the absence of a pharmaceutical-grade supplier meant the club had to turn to the dark web to get pure substances.

Trump Is Sending Myanmar Nationals to ‘Prisons, Torture, and Death’ by Ending Their Protected Status

Human rights groups slammed DHS’s decision to end TPS for nearly 4,000 Myanmar nationals, as the country continues to face a brutal military dictatorship and bloody civil war.

Family medicine clinic in Hudson, Que., to close citing Quebec's Bill 2

A family medicine clinic in Hudson, Que., west of Montreal, will close citing the implementation of Quebec's controversial Bill 2.

Georgia prosecutor confirms final criminal case against Trump is ‘over’

State prosecutor dismisses charges against US president and others in election interference case

The case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia ended on Wednesday with a filing for dismissal by the state prosecutor who took over after the removal of Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney.

Pete Skandalakis, the prosecutor and the executive director of the prosecuting attorneys’ council of Georgia, confirmed to the Guardian that “it’s over”after superior court judge Scott McAfee issued a one-page order on Wednesday dismissing the 2020 racketeering case. Skandalakis said he would be making no further comments about the matter.

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When federal judges fear for their families, the entire justice system is under attack

"They are going to do their jobs despite these threats, which makes them all the more important for us to protect them," Dustin McDaniel said.

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Blue Jays finalize 7-year, $210 million US deal with starting pitcher Dylan Cease

Dylan Cease is joining the Toronto Blue Jays on the largest free-agent contract in franchise history, with the team saying it has agreed to a seven-year deal worth $210 million US with the starting pitcher.

Trump officials halt protected status for Haitians in US

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem says allowing Haitians to remain is ‘contrary to US national interest’

The Trump administration has once again moved to halt humanitarian protections for Haitians living in the US, this time announcing that their temporary protected status (TPS) will expire on 3 February.

According to a new Department of Homeland Security notice issued on Wednesday, TPS for approximately 340,000 Haitian migrants will be terminated next year.

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Gordon Lightfoot's performance guitar sells for more than $300,000 at estate auction

A large collection of personal items belonging to legendary Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot, like awards, instruments and rare photographs, were auctioned off today by A.H. Wilkens in Toronto.

A look back at secularism laws in Quebec ahead of another bill limiting religion

Quebec tables bill putting limit on public prayers, extending religious symbols ban to daycare workers

Connors State College basketball player Ethan Dietz dies after suffering head injury in game

• Forward died on Tuesday after injury in weekend game

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Ethan Dietz, a sophomore basketball player at Connors State College in Oklahoma, died on Tuesday from an injury suffered during a game, school officials said.

Dietz, a 6ft 8in forward from Vilonia, Arkansas, was injured during the second half of the game on Saturday in Texas, the school said in a statement posted to its Facebook page. A spokesperson for the junior college said that initial reports indicate Dietz suffered a head injury.

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Customer satisfaction with federal benefits and services sees a two-decade high

The Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Homeland Security are among the agencies with lower customer experience scores.

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‘Living an American nightmare’: LA hearing details lasting trauma of ICE raids

Southern California residents shared disastrous effects of Trump’s immigration crackdown at a congressional hearing

The Trump administration’s ICE raids across southern California have had disastrous effects on the region’s immigrants and swept up US citizens in the process, community leaders and residents said at a congressional hearing in Los Angeles on Monday.

Andrea Velez, an American arrested by US immigration officials over the summer, described how she was accosted by masked agents while on her way to work. She said she was charged with assaulting an officer and held for two days in a federal detention center, where detainees had to pay for a cup in order to have water. The charges against her were ultimately dismissed due to what her attorney described as a lack of evidence.

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Sask. government to renew $10-a-day child care deal on Friday: premier

Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan will sign a renewed deal with Ottawa to extend the federally subsidized $10-a-day childcare program.

4 Indigenous takes on Thomas King announcing he's not Cherokee

Author Thomas King announced Monday that he learned he has no Cherokee ancestry after meeting with the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds, a U.S.-based organization.

Trump calls New York Times reporter ‘ugly’ in latest insult to female journalist

In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after an article questioned whether he was slowing down

Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday against a New York Times reporter, calling her “ugly inside and out” in his latest personal insult against female members of the media after last week calling another “piggy”.

In a Truth Social post, Trump criticized the newspaper for an article suggesting he was running low on energy in his 80th year, insisting he had “never worked so hard in my life”.

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Louis Plamondon honoured as MP with longest continuous service in Canadian history

Louis Plamondon is now the longest continuously serving member of Parliament in Canadian history, with his colleagues in the House of Commons honouring him for his record of service.

Two key North Coast B.C. leaders meet with Alberta premier ahead of federal pipeline MOU

The mayor of Kitimat, B.C., and elected chief of the Haisla First Nation say they reminded Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of the longstanding opposition to an oil pipeline in the region.

Federal Indigenous Art Collection has over 100 artworks 'not accounted for'

Officials with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada are looking to track down over 100 works of Indigenous art held in a federal collection that are unaccounted for.

Hegseth reportedly plans to cut support to US scouts group for being ‘genderless’

Scouting America decries accusations by defense secretary that the organization is attacking ‘boy-friendly spaces’

Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America, has said it is “surprised and disappointed” by a report that the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, could sever all military ties to the organization for being “genderless” and failing to “cultivate masculine values”.

In a draft memo to Congress obtained by NPR, Hegseth criticized Scouting America, which began admitting girls in 2018, for purportedly attempting to “attack boy-friendly spaces”.

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The Miss Universe drama somehow got worse. Is this the pageant's breaking point?

The  chaos of this year's Miss Universe pageant didn't end after Miss Mexico was crowned the winner last week in a competition plagued by controversy. Some contestants have now renounced their titles, organizations have signalled they could cut ties, and arrest warrants have been issued for two pageant co-owners.

Common misconceptions about federal retirement benefits

With so many currently heading for the exit, it’s a good time for federal employees to improve their understanding of the retirement process.

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Calgary continues to use sodium chloride on roads after it likely contributed to water main break

After a recent snowfall, the use of road salt has resumed, following last year's report suggesting Calgary's reliance on sodium chloride played a role in the rupturing of the city's largest water feeder.

‘Traitor’: US representatives call for Trump envoy Witkoff to be fired after leaked Kremlin call

Republicans and Democrats warn Witkoff ‘cannot be trusted’ after reportedly advising officials on peace plan

A handful of US representatives have reacted furiously to a leaked recording in which the special envoy to Ukraine reportedly coached Moscow on how to handle Donald Trump, but most have so far remained mute on the revelation that American officials were advising a US adversary.

Don Bacon, a Republican representative, called for Steve Witkoff’s immediate dismissal. “For those who oppose the Russian invasion and want to see Ukraine prevail as a sovereign & democratic country, it is clear that Witkoff fully favors the Russians,” the Nebraska lawmaker wrote on X.

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Woman dies after waiting over 30 hours for care in Manitoba, family says

Manitoba health officials are investigating a critical incident after the family of an 82-year-old woman said she died following a more than 30-hour wait for hospital care in last week.

Advocates worried about the long-term future of Jordan's Principle

Advocates for First Nations children say Ottawa’s latest budget has them concerned about the future of Jordan’s Principle, despite assurances from the minister of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) that funding will continue.

Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador, justice department says

Justice department maintains that Trump administration didn’t violate judge’s order to return flights to US

The Department of Justice said in a statement that Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, was the one who made the decision to continue with the deportation flights of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador in March, despite a federal judge’s directive that the flights must be returned to the United States.

In a court filing on Tuesday, the justice department said that “Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove provided DHS with legal advice regarding the court’s order as to flights that had left the United States before the order issued, through DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara” and that “after receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador”.

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A tricky time to be a recent college grad

New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland finds that earning a college degree can still help you keep a job and get higher wages, but it’s less of an advantage than it used to be. ​The unemployment gap between college graduates and those with just a high school diploma is narrowing. Also: a handful of stocks driving economic growth, a potential trade agreement between the U.S. and Taiwan, and life as a 67-year-old retiree.

John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31

Exclusive: Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit

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Australia’s government, which will preside over the next UN climate summit, should gather the world’s 25 biggest greenhouse gas emitting countries and push them to draw up a roadmap to end the era of fossil fuels, former US secretary of state John Kerry has said.

Only by “hard-nosed” confrontation with fossil fuel producers, and reducing their consumption in major economies, would the world be able to tackle the climate crisis, he said.

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Here on Main Street: No Thanks

There are many things in our lives that don't fill our hearts with gladness and warmth — the things that we're simply NOT thankful for.

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National Guard members 'ambushed' in Washington, D.C. shooting, police say

1 of 2 National Guard members shot on duty in Washington, D.C., has died: Trump

Trump vows to clamp down on migration from developing nations after D.C. attack

Suspect in deadly U.S. National Guard shooting now charged with 1st-degree murder

Mother 'disgusted' after Hamilton man found not criminally responsible in cousin's stabbing death

A Hamilton man who stabbed his cousin to death in 2023 has been found not criminally responsible, a Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday.

Trump’s EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution

EPA had previously said rule reducing fine particle matter from vehicles and industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year

The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources.

The action follows moves by the administration last week to weaken federal rules protecting millions of acres of wetlands and streams and roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live. In a separate action, the interior department proposed new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics say could harm coastal communities and ecosystems.

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How to Actually Talk About Politics at Thanksgiving

We should all stop mimicking the same political class that’s made us feel so polarized in the first place.

The U.S. says a peace deal for Ukraine is close. But Kyiv and Moscow remain far apart

As Washington ramps up its negotiations with Ukraine and Russia and U.S. President Donald Trump expresses optimism that a peace deal could be close, there are still some very critical and contentious issues on which Kyiv and Moscow are in deep disagreement.

How an ‘unknown’ organizer became Seattle’s next mayor: ‘People want to see themselves reflected in office’

Katie Wilson’s rise from transit campaigner to city hall shows how trust, volunteers and years of organizing overcame big-money politics

While a blue wave was sweeping key races in New York City, Virginia, and New Jersey on 4 November, Seattle progressives were biting their nails down to a quick. At 8pm, only the first round of ballots had been counted in Seattle, and Katie Wilson, a longtime community organizer and the progressive challenger in the mayoral race, was behind by seven points.

But it was far from over. Because Washington tate votes almost entirely by mail, that first ballot count was less than a quarter of the vote. As the week wore on, and progressives’ fingernails disappeared, Wilson’s share of the vote crept up, slowly but steadily. Eight days after the election, Seattle declared that Wilson would be the next mayor of Seattle.

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President of George Soros’ non-profit says it would take legal action to fight Trump’s attacks

Binaifer Nowrojee, Open Society Foundations president, said the organization would ‘go to court if need be’

As Donald Trump menaces the Open Society Foundations (OSF), which funds a long list of progressive causes, Binaifer Nowrojee, the OSF president, says the global grant-making network will pursue legal action against the federal government if it must.

“Open Society Foundations supports the right of free speech, supports the constitutional rights of organizations to be able to organize themselves, including through peaceful protest and is willing to actually ensure that those rights are upheld, including by going to court if need be,” she said.

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Computer maker HP to cut up to 6,000 jobs by 2028 as it turns to AI

US firm says plan to speed up product development and improve customer satisfaction would save $1bn a year

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Up to 6,000 jobs are to go at HP worldwide in the next three years as the US computer and printer maker increasingly adopts AI to speed up product development.

Announcing a lower-than-expected profit outlook for the coming year, HP said it would cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs by the end of October 2028. It has about 56,000 employees.

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Ontario grocers could avoid taking beer and wine empties under new deal

Ontario grocers and the Beer Store have reached an agreement-in-principle on alcohol recycling that will allow the retailers to avoid collecting empties at their stores and gives a renewed role to the brewers, The Canadian Press has learned.

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen answers your questions

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen took questions from across the country before he blasts off to space for the Artemis II mission, where he’ll become the first Canadian to fly around the moon.

Who leaked Witkoff’s call advising Kremlin on how to get Trump on side?

Bloomberg publishes extraordinary transcripts of secret discussions, but their provenance remains unclear

Bloomberg’s scoop showing how Trump aide Steve Witkoff coached the Kremlin on the best way to get into Trump’s good graces is extraordinary for what it tells us about Witkoff’s dubious loyalties and the Kremlin’s potential influence over US negotiation efforts. But equally interesting is the leaked material itself and where it may have come from.

The story covers two intercepted phone calls: one between Witkoff and top Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, and another between Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, who has been deeply involved in negotiations with the Trump White House.

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How will Stranger Things’ final season end? Fans have many theories on that

Stranger Things fans will finally get some answers when Season 5 drops today — but that's not stopping them from speculating about who might die or how the show’s villains might be defeated. They say whether they’re right or wrong, it's fun to predict how the beloved series will come to a close.

Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew detained by US immigration agents

Bruna Ferreira, who has a child with the White House press secretary’s brother, is now in custody at an ICE facility

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Karoline Leavitt’s nephew’s mother has been detained by US immigration agents in Revere, Massachusetts, as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Bruna Ferreira, a Boston-area resident who migrated with her family to the US from Brazil as a child, is now in custody at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Louisiana, according to the Boston radio station WBUR, which first reported the arrest.

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Year after quadriplegic Quebec man chose assisted dying, advocates prepare class action

Advocates and the widow of a quadriplegic Quebec man are preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against the province after the 66-year-old requested medical assistance in dying following a hospital stay last year that left him with a severe bedsore.

Trump envoy Witkoff reportedly advised Kremlin official on Ukraine peace deal | First Thing

Witkoff also offered tactical guidance on how Putin should raise subject with Trump, audio recording suggests. Plus, the female pilots on Ukraine’s frontline

Good morning.

Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, told a senior Kremlin official last month that achieving peace in Ukraine would require Russia gaining control of Donetsk and potentially a separate territorial exchange, according to a recording of their conversation.

What did Witkoff say? “Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere,” Witkoff told Ushakov during the five-minute conversation, according to a transcript of the recording obtained by Bloomberg. “But I’m saying instead of talking like that, let’s talk more hopefully because I think we’re going to get to a deal here.”

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What has changed? It marks a sharp departure from Donald Trump’s narrative to the public every time he has discussed the 21 strikes that have killed more than 80 people, which he has portrayed as an effort to stop overdose deaths.

What have the White House said? A White House official responded that Trump had not been making a legal argument. Still, the president’s remarks remain the only public reason for why the US is firing missiles – when the legal justification is in fact very different.

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My Bloody Valentine join No Music For Genocide boycott

"Free Palestine. Between this American, UK, and Israeli thing, they’re not going to stop unless you make them, you know?" Kevin Shields told a Manchester crowd. "They’re not going to listen to reason."

US police involved in fatal incidents use victims privacy law to hide their identity

In dozen of cases officers have used Marsy’s Law, which gives victims of crime anonymity, to shield their names

For months, Ohio police officer Connor Grubb and his department attempted to hide his identity following an incident that saw him shoot and kill Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn daughter in a Kroger parking lot outside Columbus in August 2023.

Grubb, who on 21 November was acquitted of murder and other charges, claimed that Young, who was stopped for allegedly stealing, attempted to drive over him – which would make him a victim of a crime and eligible to protect his identity from public view through a legal provision called Marsy’s Law. Police footage of the killing shows Young slowly driving the car forward and to the right before Grubb fires through the windshield and into Young’s chest.

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Cartoons: Loony ’Toons

For cartoons this absurd you don’t even need words.

Cartoons: Loony ’Toons

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Report calls on N.S. to apologize to Mi’kmaw, Black communities for environmental racism

A report by a provincially legislated panel on environmental racism contains 14 recommendations — including a call for a formal apology by the Nova Scotia government — and suggests reparations should also be considered, according to a draft document obtained by CBC News.

Oilpatch drilling slows as oil and natural gas prices sink

Low oil and natural gas prices are taking a toll on the industry as drilling activity is falling in Western Canada and job losses are mounting.

The Beast In Me, Task, and the thrill of TV's anti-whodunits

These recent crime dramas lose the guessing games but not the tension.

Slimmed down Medicare prices for diabetes and obesity drugs

Medicare will get a 71% discount off the list price of Ozempic and Wegovy starting in 2027. That will bring the monthly costs of those drugs down from nearly \(1,000 to \)274. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also announced price reductions for 14 other drugs. We'll hear more. Plus, can a market economy that uses fake cash help food banks get the food donations they want?

Dončić will pay teammate’s fine after heated confrontation in Lakers’ win over Clippers

• Slovenian reignites rivalry with Clippers’ Kris Dunn

• Dončić narrowly misses 40-point triple double

Luka Dončić was unhappy with the special NBA Cup court at the Los Angeles Lakers’ downtown arena, calling it “slippery” and “dangerous.”

The Slovenian superstar was much happier about the Lakers’ togetherness and toughness after Jaxson Hayes stuck up for him in his latest confrontation with Kris Dunn – and he plans to pay Hayes’s fine for the resulting technical foul.

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Rightwing influencers spin anti-Muslim rage in Michigan for social media reach

In Dearborn, provocateurs have held anti-Islam rallies, attempted to burn the Qur’an and rile residents for clickbait

White nationalist and rightwing agitators recently descended on Dearborn, Michigan, to hold an anti-Islam rally at which they attempted to burn a Qur’an and manufacture controversy over the city’s large Arab-American population. But the protest has been dismissed by local leaders as a cheap publicity stunt aimed at generating money and clicks for far-right influencers.

But there is little doubt the Michigan city has become a repeated target for the publicity-hungry far-right because it holds the US’s highest percentage of Arab-American residents. Similar provocateurs have marched with a pig’s head on a pole at an Arab-American fair. Meanwhile, Christian evangelists regularly attempt to convert Muslim children at parks or outside schools.

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Ken Pomeroy: The Best of What’s Next

Ken Pomeroy is a Native storyteller with a soprano voice that'll devastate every bit of you and cut up a rug all the same. Her album Cruel Joke also happens to be one of the best country releases of the year.

Critics worry about Liberal plan to fast-track high-speed rail

In an effort to halve the approval time for Canada’s new high-speed rail network, the Liberal government is streamlining how it expropriates land in a way that some say could compromise property rights and lead to costly mistakes.

Millions in funding for First Nations and Inuit policing left unspent, says budget watchdog

A report from the federal spending watchdog shows that although funding has increased for First Nations and Inuit policing services, spending for the programs hasn't caught up, while Indigenous communities say their police services are going underfunded.

Alibaba, clowd growth, and the AI frenzy

From the BBC World Service: Shares in Alibaba rose after the Chinese e-commerce company reported a 34% increase in revenue for its cloud computing division, as well as triple-digit increases in sales for its AI-related products. Then, in energy news, Iranian authorities plan to scrap generous subsidies for gas, and refiners in India rush to secure Russian oil imports ahead of a U.S. deadline. Plus, more international students turn to Bulgaria to complete their medical degrees.

Alibaba, cloud growth, and the AI frenzy

From the BBC World Service: Shares in Alibaba rose after the Chinese e-commerce company reported a 34% increase in revenue for its cloud computing division, as well as triple-digit increases in sales for its AI-related products. Then, in energy news, Iranian authorities plan to scrap generous subsidies for gas, and refiners in India rush to secure Russian oil imports ahead of a U.S. deadline. Plus, more international students turn to Bulgaria to complete their medical degrees.

🦅 House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries?

Republicans fret they may lose their congressional majority even before the midterms, Donald Trump ponders axing FBI Director Kash Patel, and the skyrocketing cost of Turkey Day.

Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals

Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to elections’

Myanmar’s junta applauded the Trump administration on Wednesday for halting a scheme that protected its citizens from deportation from the US back to their war-racked homeland.

About 4,000 Myanmar citizens are living in the US with temporary protected status (TPS), which shields foreign nationals from deportation to disaster zones and allows them the right to work.

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Homan, Jacobs earn spots in finals at Olympic curling trials; Gushue eliminated

Ottawa's Rachel Homan punched her ticket to the women's final and Calgary's Brad Jacobs advanced on the men's side, while St. John's skip Brad Gushue was eliminated after missing a pivotal shot at the 2025 Montana's Canadian Curling Trials.

New prosecutor won't pursue charges against Trump in Georgia election interference case

A judge on Wednesday dismissed the Georgia election interference case against U.S. President Donald Trump and others after the prosecutor who took over the case said he would not pursue the charges, ending the last effort to prosecute Trump for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Pitch Points: is Slot at risk, what’s up with Trinity Rodman and is Birmingham’s stadium a fantasy?

The world of soccer throws up no shortage of questions. Today, Graham Ruthven endeavors to answer three of them

This time last season, Liverpool had just registered their 10th win in 12 games to go nine points clear at the top of the Premier League. It was around this time the narrative around Slot’s team shifted from questioning if they could win the title in their first season post-Jürgen Klopp to predicting just how far ahead of the chasing pack they would finish. A year on, the narrative has shifted tremendously.

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AI-enabled ed tech vendors fail to disclose capabilities and safeguards, report finds

Hannah Quay-de la Vallee, senior technologist at the Center for Democracy and Technology, coauthored a recent report that recommends more transparency on what artificial intelligence education technologies can and cannot do.

So we're just letting Donald Trump greenlight major motion pictures now, huh

There's something powerfully absurd about wielding the supreme power of the executive branch with the goal of creating more Rush Hour movies.

Kushner goes to Moscow: Trump's son-in-law re-emerges as White House dealmaker

Jared Kushner expressed contentment last year with being out of the limelight as his father-in-law Donald Trump embarked on what would be a remarkable political comeback. Without any official title, let alone Senate confirmation, Kushner has been conscripted this year to help end the two biggest wars of concern for the White House.

No Album Left Behind: Ninajirachi’s I Love My Computer is a restless, shapeshifting debut

The Australian DJ and producer’s thumping first proper full-length is an addictively disorienting experience, and a perfectly zillennial ode to her form—solidifying herself as a heavy hitter and a forward thinker in the hyper-online electronic orbit.

Shelter runs out of naloxone as B.C. community sees 80 drug overdoses in 24 hours

Erin Kapela, executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Cowichan Valley Branch, said an estimated 80 toxic drug poisonings were reported from Nov. 18 to 19 — but as of Nov. 25, no resulting fatalities had been confirmed.

The U.S. produces a lot of food waste. This place wants to address it

Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates.

Trump says envoy to meet Putin in Moscow amid efforts to end Ukraine war – video

Donald Trump has said his plan to end the war in Ukraine 'is making progress' and he is sending his special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Vladimir Putin and his army secretary, Dan Driscoll, to meet Ukrainian officials. The US president told journalists aboard Air Force One that his son-in-law Jared Kushner might join the Witkoff-Putin meeting. Trump backed away from an earlier Thursday deadline for Ukraine to agree to a US-backed peace plan, saying: 'The deadline for me is when it’s over'

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The best yet on ice and snow: Excitement builds 100 days out to Winter Paralympics in Italy

More than 600 athletes are expected to compete across 6 sports when the best Para athletes in the world descend on Italy in March.

New project at University of Victoria aims to rebuild Indigenous law

A research project at the University of Victoria’s law school is underway to help five Indigenous communities rebuild their legal systems, in hopes of offering all Canadians new ways to think about complex problems. It’s starting with an initiative led by the Secwépemc Nation.

Steve Witkoff to meet Russian officials again as leaked phone call rankles U.S. lawmakers

Donald Trump is sticking with longtime friend and special envoy for peace missions, Steve Witkoff, even as a report late Tuesday appeared to portray Witkoff as coaching an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin on how to approach the U.S. president.

Unpacking Trump’s Ukraine “Peace Deal”

Tommy and Ben unpack Trump’s rapidly changing “peace deal” to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. They explain how the plan has changed since the first draft leaked last week...

Terminally Online: 3rd Annual Takesgiving

Happy Takesgiving!

At least 44 people dead in Hong Kong highrise blaze, police say

Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 94, hundreds unaccounted for as towers burn for 2nd day

8 more arrested after Hong Kong apartment tower fire kills at least 128

Experts warn the devil is in the details with Alberta's 'experiment' to expand private health care

Some health experts say they’re worried the new legislation designed to expand private health care in Alberta was not properly planned and is missing key protections for the public health system.

Trump envoy Witkoff reportedly advised Kremlin official on Ukraine peace deal

US envoy also offered tactical guidance on how Putin should raise the subject with Trump, audio recording suggests

Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff told a senior Kremlin official last month that achieving peace in Ukraine would require Russia gaining control of Donetsk and potentially a separate territorial exchange, according to a recording of their conversation obtained by Bloomberg.

In the 14 October phone call with Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, Witkoff said he believed the land concessions were necessary all while advising Ushakov to congratulate Trump and frame discussions more optimistically.

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Townhome owners stuck footing $2M bill after stormwater system at new-build complex collapses

Kátł'odeeche First Nation bans 14 people from community amid ongoing drug crisis

Leaders in Kátł'odeeche First Nation (KFN) in the N.W.T. have banned 14 people from entering the reserve over the last two years in an effort to address a growing drug crisis in the community.

Woman at centre of Sask. triple homicide says she shot in self-defence

Madison Jimmy describes the events that led to her being charged with second-degree murder after a triple homicide on a farm near Turtleford, Sask.

Shockwaves felt in N.B. forestry sector as Maine mill halts Canadian imports

U.S. tariffs targeting Canadian timber that came into effect Oct. 14 have prompted a Maine pulp and paper manufacturer to halt the importation of unfinished wood from New Brunswick, cutting off at least one stream of income for dozens of suppliers.

Can you see Newfoundland from Cape Breton? Online photo sparks debate

An online photo has sparked a passionate debate about whether or not it's possible.

Mi'kmaw teen tuning up viola for performance at Carnegie Hall

Earlier this year, Elsipogtog First Nation's Daniel Milliea placed third in an international talent competition. He's been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 20 alongside some of the best musicians from 10 countries.

Israel returns 15 more Palestinian bodies to Gaza as 1st phase of ceasefire nears end

Israel handed over the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Wednesday, a day after Hamas returned the remains of an Israeli hostage.

N.L. sea urchin fishery in jeopardy, says owner of one of the province's only plants

Newfoundland and Labrador's sea urchin fishery is on the verge of collapse, as the fish harvesters and divers are confined to certain overfished areas, says Jerry and Alisha Hodder, owners of one of the province's last urchin plants. They say DFO could fix the problem with the stroke of a pen.

Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities by nearly 300%

A joint investigation by CBC News and the Investigative Journalism Foundation has found that transit violence in some of Canada's biggest municipalities remains well above pre-pandemic levels, despite recent decreases. It has roughly doubled over the past decade in eight major Canadian cities.

F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition

The American-built F-35 fighter jet dominated its Swedish rival Gripen in terms of technical and military capabilities during a competition held by the Defence Department in 2021, according to data obtained by Radio-Canada.

Will the Canada-Alberta 'Grand Bargain' oil pipeline deal lead to more emissions?

A historic oil pipeline deal between the federal and Alberta governments — set to be announced on Thursday — could lead to more production in the oilsands, cementing Canada’s position as one of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers while pushing its climate targets even further out of reach.

'We are rights holders': First Nations chiefs push back on Quebec's draft constitution

First Nations leaders in Quebec are calling out Premier François Legault's government, saying the province's proposed constitution was drafted without their consent and fails to recognize their status as sovereign nations.

Why invoking the notwithstanding clause no longer seems politically taboo

The notwithstanding clause allows for premiers or prime ministers to override rulings on legislation that judges have determined would violate sections of the Charter. But the use of the clause, once viewed by many as a political taboo, has become more frequent in recent years.

New location feature on X sheds light on accounts — but also has errors

Canadian researchers who track online misinformation and foreign interference are welcoming a new feature that reveals the location of an X account but warn that it still has glitches and its results should be taken with a grain of salt.

FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews. It comes a day after the Pentagon announced it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over potential violations of military law. Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin told reporters Tuesday that Trump “is attempting to use the FBI to scare us.” The inquiries mark an extraordinary escalation for federal law enforcement and military institutions that traditionally steer clear of partisan clashes.

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US triples national park fee for non-residents, amid ‘new’ fee for Americans

Interior department, which has defunded conservation organizations, claims fee hike is for conservation

The interior department has announced new “America-first” entrance fees for national parks, commemorative annual passes featuring Donald Trump and “resident-only patriotic fee-free days for 2026” including Trump’s birthday.

Starting next year, entrance fees for international visitors will more than triple.

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Federal agency business forecasts have gone dark, and companies are struggling to plan without them

"This is a real gap in understanding of what the federal marketplace can offer companies. And I do think it will have effects," Stephanie Kostro said.

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OPM says cuts to federal workforce surpassed 2025 goals

The amount of separations is beyond Kupor’s previously shared target of reducing the federal workforce by 300,000 this year.

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Judge orders Trump administration to provide bond hearings to detained migrants

District judge in California says detainees who were already living in the US are legally entitled to a bond hearing

A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond.

US district judge Sunshine Sykes in Riverside, California, certified a nationwide class of individuals who were already living in the United States when they were detained and are legally entitled to a hearing to determine whether they can be released on bond while their deportation cases proceed.

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US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative

Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they’re to stop US overdose deaths

The Trump administration is framing its boat strikes against drug cartels in the Caribbean in part as a collective self-defense effort on behalf of US allies in the region, according to three people directly familiar with the administration’s internal legal argument.

The legal analysis rests on a premise – for which there is no immediate public evidence – that the cartels are waging armed violence against the security forces of allies like Mexico, and that the violence is financed by cocaine shipments.

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Trump’s departure from presidential transition norms highlights need for reform

Before entering the White House this year, Trump’s transition team broke norms. It’s raising questions about the future of the presidential transition process.

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Hegseth orders US Navy secretary to investigate Arizona senator Mark Kelly for ‘potentially unlawful comments’ - live

Donald Trump’s defense secretary sends memo to John Phelan asking him to review Kelly’s comments; House Democrats from video confirm FBI is seeking to investigate

Senator Mark Kelly has responded to the Pentagon’s announcement that it is investigating the Arizona lawmaker for possible breaches of military law after he joined five other Democratic members of Congress in a video calling for US troops to refuse illegal orders.

“I said something that was pretty simple and non controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law,” Kelly said in an MS NOW interview with Rachel on Monday. “And in response to that, Donald Trump said I should be executed.”

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DOGE and its long-term counterpart remain, with a full slate of modernization projects underway

A DOGE spokesperson confirmed DOGE still exists as a temporary organization within the U.S. DOGE Service, and that Amy Gleason remains the acting head of USDS.

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Pete Hegseth orders US navy to investigate Mark Kelly’s comments

Defense secretary escalates attacks by Trump administration on Arizona senator by ordering review

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, escalated attacks by Trump administration chiefs on Arizona senator Mark Kelly on Tuesday by ordering the secretary of the US navy to investigate “potentially unlawful comments” made by Kelly in a social media video with other lawmakers.

Hegseth’s order came in the form of a memorandum to John Phelan asking the Navy secretary to review Kelly and a group of fellow Democrats’ comments in the video last week that sought to remind serving soldiers and intelligence officers that they have the right to refuse unlawful orders.

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Much ado about affordability

“Affordability” — it’s a hot-button issue across the political spectrum. But how does one define or quantify a subjective idea? We called up a linguist and a few economists to hear their thoughts. Plus: Flat wholesale inflation is a warning sign for higher overall inflation, September retail sales merely inched up, and the U.S. dollar is showing signs of recovery after a troubling first half of the year.

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Carney to announce new support measures for aluminum and steel producers

Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce new aid measures Wednesday aimed at helping Canada's aluminum, steel and lumber sectors.

Ottawa to place new limits on steel imports, provide $1B for lumber industry loans

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday afternoon a suite of new measures to help Canada’s steel and lumber sectors that have been battered by U.S. tariffs, including financial assistance and tightening up the Canadian market from foreign products.

B.C. teacher disciplined after talking to student on Grindr, engaging in sexual contact: regulator

A B.C. teacher will not be allowed to be certified for eight years after messaging a student on the Grindr dating app and engaging in sexual relations with them.

Officials find source of leak in Olympic pipeline two weeks after first report

Fuel from the pipeline, operated by BP, was first spotted in a ditch near an Everett, Washington, blueberry farm

Investigators have identified the source of a leak in the Olympic pipeline two weeks after fuel was first spotted in a ditch near an Everett, Washington, blueberry farm.

Oil and gas company BP, the operator of the pipeline, shared in a statement that it had determined the leak occurred in a 20in pipeline and not a neighboring 16in pipeline, allowing that pipeline to be restarted.

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A new center aims to modernize federal lending at a scale few realize exists

"If we're successful, our work will help enhance taxpayer value, importantly, by reducing wasteful spending on duplicated systems," Doug Criscitello said.

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Trump Tried to Disappear This Children’s Hospital Muslim Chaplain. His Community Never Stopped Fighting to Free Him

Ayman Soliman speaks to Asawin about his ICE abduction, his time in detention, and how his community rose up to take on a lumbering, fascist behemoth – and won.

New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal prosecutors.

Gobble-degook: Trump talks turkey and trashes another presidential tradition

The US president made jokes at the annual turkey pardoning ceremony. It went as well as you would expect

Don’t give up the day job. On Tuesday, Donald Trump came to the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House ready to serve up some political satire. It went about as well as you would expect.

Like a startled turkey flapping in zigzags, the US president’s speech ricocheted bafflingly from topic to topic. He told jokes in the worst possible taste and watched them arc through the Rose Garden sky before landing with a thud. And on a day intended for charity and good cheer, he described a state governor as “a big, fat slob”.

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Louisiana official who called Covid-19 vaccines ‘dangerous’ given key CDC post

Ralph Abraham appointed deputy director as RFK Jr continues to reshape US federal health leadership

Ralph Abraham, a top Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination policies and once described Covid-19 vaccines as “dangerous”, has been appointed deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it was revealed on Tuesday.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has not formally announced Abraham’s appointment, but the center’s internal database now lists Abraham as the federal agency’s principal deputy director, effective this week. Abraham’s appointment was confirmed to the Washington Post by an HHS spokesperson.

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Operation Homefront distributes holiday meals to Guard members as food requests surge

“Our case work is up — quadruple — what it was 30 days ago. Undoubtedly, the economic times are difficult for everyone in our country,” Vivian Dietrich said.

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Cub Scout group comes to the aid of 3 unprepared hikers in B.C.'s Golden Ears Provincial Park

A group of young Cub Scouts came to the aid of three unprepared hikers in B.C.'s Golden Ears Provincial Park over the weekend amid torrential rain.

What A Day: Pass the AI Slop

The idea of putting limits on AI could bring the whole family together this holiday season.

Shutdown deal rescinds certain RIFs and blocks new ones — for now

While the language of the CR regarding RIFs is relatively straightforward, it remains to be seen how the administration will interpret this language.

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How prediction markets are transforming sports betting

Business has been booming for the online sports betting industry. Prediction markets threw a curveball. On today’s show, sports betting industry writer and analyst Dustin Gouker joins Kimberly to explain how prediction markets are disrupting sports betting and the legal questions surrounding it. Plus, we’ll get into what it means to live in a world where you can bet on anything, anytime from your phone.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• "Why are sports betting companies getting into the prediction market?" from Marketplace
• "FanDuel, DraftKings Leaving American Gaming Association" from The Closing Line
• "From Kalshi to Polymarket to FanDuel, America Is One Giant Casino" from Business Insider
• "What is Kalshi, the predictions market that’s attracted the NCAA’s attention?" from The Athletic
• "The Sports-Betting Disaster" from The New Yorker
• How to contact the National Problem Gambling Helpline

We love hearing from you. Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email makemesmart@marketplace.org.

Woman behind Slender Man stabbing fled facility ‘because of me’, friend says

Chad ‘Charley’ Mecca says Morgan Geyser ran away out of fear that the two would no longer be able to visit each other

A companion of Slender Man stabber Morgan Geyser who temporarily escaped from her Wisconsin group home says Geyser fled the facility out of fear that the two would no longer be able to visit each other.

“She ran because of me,” Chad “Charley” Mecca – a transgender woman who was detained alongside Geyser at a truck stop just outside Chicago on Sunday night – said in a phone call to Wisconsin news outlet WKOW.

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Explaining whereabouts rules for athletes after swimmer Penny Oleksiak's ban

Olympic multi-medallist Penny Oleksiak has accepted a two-year ban from competitions due to three whereabouts failures. Her former teammate Brittany MacLean Campbell, host of The Ready Room on CBC Radio, discusses the rules and shares her perspective on the violations.

Ontario court dismisses Métis National Council case against former leaders

A lawsuit that accused Métis leaders Clément Chartier and David Chartrand of scheming to destroy the Métis National Council by committing political warfare has been dismissed by an Ontario judge.

When a quarter of polluting facilities ignore the law, who’s left to enforce it?

"What we all care about is, what's the on-the-ground impact on people? We have tens of millions of Americans who can't drink their tap water," Stacey Geis said.

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Trump administration finalizes updating federal employee records

Agencies wrongly asserted that employees’ terminations were connected to their performance.

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Indigenous writers, academics say they aren’t shocked to hear Thomas King’s not Cherokee

After author Thomas King's revelation Monday that he is not part Cherokee, some Indigenous writers and academics say the statement was a good first step, while others believe it lacks accountability.

Quebec’s language law causes confusion for English speakers, federal commissioner says

Changes to Quebec’s French-language law are creating confusion for English-speaking residents trying to access services, according to a midterm report from Canada’s commissioner of official languages.

Campbell’s Soup executive called its products food for ‘poor people’, lawsuit alleges

Executive Martin Bally put on leave after alleged remarks were purportedly recorded and attributed to him in lawsuit

A Campbell’s Soup Company executive has been put on temporary leave after he allegedly referred to the firm’s offerings as “shit for fucking poor people” – a remark purportedly caught on an audio recording and attributed to him in a former employee’s wrongful termination lawsuit.

The lawsuit was filed last Thursday in Wayne county circuit court in Michigan by Robert Garza, who had joined Campbell’s New Jersey headquarters remotely in September 2024 as a security analyst. Garza alleges he was fired in January after he raised concerns about comments made by Martin Bally, Campbell’s vice-president of information technology – including referring to one of the company’s ingredients as “bioengineered meat” while going off on a racist tirade.

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Thomas King revelation ‘a blemish on the entire Canadian literary industry,’ says Niigaan Sinclair

Indigenous scholars say Thomas King case 'shockingly similar' to others falsely claiming ancestry

NHL catch-up: Canadian players hot, Canadian teams cold

CBC Sports' daily newsletter checks in on some NHL trends at the quarter mark of the season, including a great start by some top Canadian players and a bad one for most Canadian teams.

World Cup 2026 draw to adopt tennis-style system for the four top seeds

• Spain, Argentina, France, England will be top seeds

• Fifa says measure will ‘ensure competitive balance’

The four highest-placed teams in Fifa’s rankings have had a pathway cleared to meet in the World Cup semi-finals after tennis-style seeding measures were introduced in the name of “ensuring competitive balance”.

Spain, Argentina, France and England – the top four in descending order – are to be split into different brackets in the 48-team finals tournament, with the aim of preventing Spain from facing Argentina, or England from playing France, before a possible final.

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Pope Leo headed to Turkey and Lebanon for 1st trip abroad as leader of Catholic Church

Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy as the leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, traveling to Turkey and Lebanon, where he is expected to make appeals for peace in the region and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches.

Cristiano Ronaldo clear to start World Cup after Fifa suspends two games of his ban

• Portugal forward was sent off against Republic of Ireland

• He missed Armenia game so is free to play at tournament

Cristiano Ronaldo has been cleared to play in the opening matches of Portugal’s World Cup campaign after he was handed a suspended sentence for his red card against the Republic of Ireland.

The forward, who was a guest of president Donald Trump in the White House last week, had a customary three-match ban for violent conduct commuted by Fifa’s disciplinary committee on Tuesday to a one-game ban, with two further matches suspended under a year’s probation.

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Mark Kelly: call for troops to disobey illegal orders is ‘non-controversial’

Senator hits back at Trump administration after Pentagon launches investigation for possible breaches of military law

Senator Mark Kelly said it was “non-controversial” for him and other congressional Democrats to implore military personnel to disobey “illegal orders” from the Trump administration – hitting back at accusations of “serious allegations of misconduct” leveled against him by the Pentagon.

“I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial – and that was that members of the military should follow the law,” the Arizona Democrat senator, a former US navy officer and astronaut who flew on four separate space shuttle missions between 2001 and 2011, told MS Now on Monday night.

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December 2025 TV preview: Fallout, Stranger Things' finale, and Taylor Swift

Plus, MUBI presents a new drama, Gillian Anderson stars in a bloody Western, and more.

Canada collected over $5.4B in cannabis tax revenue since legalization

Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018.

Can 3D printing limbs help Gaza's war wounded?

Gaza now has more child amputees per capita than anywhere else in the world. CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault meets with organizations in Cairo trying to help, including a Canadian non-profit organization hoping to provide 3D printed prosthetics.

Retiring just on Social Security

If not for Social Security, more than 37% of older adults would live below the official poverty line, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. But even with Social Security benefits, about 10% of older adults still live in poverty. Today, we hear from one North Carolinian living at that economic line. Also: a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "humility pledge" and parsing today's (vintage) government economic reports.

Con Watch: Watch Out for Cryptocurrency ATM Scams

If anyone contacts you about depositing large sums of cash into a cryptocurrency ATM, you can be sure it’s a scam.

Con Watch: Watch Out for Cryptocurrency ATM Scams

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‘Queen of the Zoo’: Gramma, tortoise who lived through two world wars, dies aged 141

Gramma came to San Diego Zoo from Bronx Zoo in 1928 or 1931 and lived through 20 US presidents

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.

Gramma was born in her native habitat and was estimated to be about 141 years old, zoo officials said. She died on 20 November.

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Rheumatology care clinic expanding to second First Nation in northern N.B.

Oinpegitjoig, also known as Pabineau First Nation, will host a new health clinic aimed at helping residents access rheumatology care.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former president Jair Bolsonaro to begin a prison sentence of more than 27 years for plotting a coup in 2022, according to a court document.

After ‘poring over’ docs, new N.L. premier says deficit likely higher than previously reported

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham says the state of the province’s finances is dire, and believes the deficit is higher than $620 million reported in a fiscal update in August.

Holocaust Survivor Tells Mehdi Trump’s Actions ‘Absolutely’ Resemble 1930s Germany

88-year-old Stephen Kapos also explains why he believes he needs to speak out against Israel’s genocide on Gaza.

Israel isn't sure latest human remains returned by Hamas are those of a hostage

Israel on Tuesday said it received human remains that Palestinian militants handed over to the Red Cross, but it was not immediately clear if they were one of three hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip.

Campbell's exec on leave after allegedly mocking 'poor people' who eat its soup

A lawsuit filed by a former security analyst at Campbell's alleges he was fired for reporting inappropriate conduct by a senior executive, including an hour-long rant in which the executive allegedly called the company's products "s--t for f---ing poor people" in a secret recording.

Talking Heads to release Artistics demo on Record Store Day

Before David Byrne and Chris Frantz started Talking Heads, they formed the Artistics at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1973. Now, a recording of their earliest material is leaving the RISD archives.

Food influencer known as ‘dine-and-dash diva’ arrested in Brooklyn

Pei Chung allegedly ate at multiple fancy restaurants around New York City and then skipped out on paying

A would-be food influencer known online as the “dine-and-dash diva” has been jailed in Brooklyn, New York, after multiple previous arrests for allegedly skipping out on the bill at high-end restaurants.

Pei Chung, 34, is said to have developed a habit of going to fancy restaurants around New York City, ordering extensively off the menu – and then trying to get out of paying.

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Excessive run time be damned, Cabin in the Sky is quintessential De La Soul

The group’s first album after Trugoy the Dove’s passing refreshes the quirks that made the trio so charming across their tenure, while taking stock of the matured realities and changes they have been forced to reckon with.

Proposed B.C. class action claims governments misled property owners in light of Cowichan Tribes decision

A proposed class action lawsuit accuses the federal and B.C. governments of keeping property owners in the dark amid the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title ruling.

Republican Jim Justice to pay $5m in back taxes following government lawsuit

Lawsuit filed in West Virginia claimed Justice and his wife received notice of the funds due since 2009 but didn’t pay

Jim Justice, the Republican US senator, and his wife have agreed to pay more than $5m that the couple owes in back taxes shortly after being sued over the 16-year-old debt by the federal government.

The lawsuit, filed on Monday in federal court in their home state of West Virginia, maintained that the Justices had received notice from the US treasury department of the funds due since 2009 but had “neglected or refused to make full payment of those assessments”.

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5 more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14

14 Alberta MLAs are now facing recall drives. Here's how the process works

Paste’s 2025 holiday gift guide for music lovers

It’s time to start thinking about what to get the music lover in your life, and the Paste staff is here to help.

Common Threads: The Origins of Black Friday

For 100 years, retailers and politicians have made sure that Americans were primed to spend their money in the days after Thanksgiving.

Common Threads: The Origins of Black Friday

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JD Vance exploited a brawl to paint Cincinnati as crime-ridden. The fallout has divided the city

National spotlight, after video of violent fight went viral, has led residents to question just how safe their city is or isn’t – and who is responsible for sparking the debate

It took only a few days for footage of a violent brawl in downtown Cincinnati in July to catch the attention of some of the country’s most high-profile figures.

The fight, which saw a white woman punched in the face from behind by an African American man, among other incidents, took place when around 150,000 people were attending events in the city’s urban core.

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MPs recommend criminalizing coercive control to combat intimate partner violence

Members of Parliament have revived calls for Canada to criminalize the concept of coercive control as a way of combating intimate partner violence, after a previous bill died when Parliament was dissolved.

Colleen Jones, champion curler and CBC reporter, dead at 65

'She played to win': Curlers pause during Olympic trials to remember Colleen Jones

Meth worth $10.3m hidden in lettuce shipment seized at US-Mexico border

CBP press release calls seized drugs and lettuce ‘a salad unfit for this year’s Thanksgiving table’

Officials at Texas’s border with Mexico seized roughly $10.3m worth of methamphetamine hidden in a lettuce shipment on Friday, according to US Customs and Border Protection.

A press release from CBP officials called the seized drugs and lettuce “a salad unfit for this year’s Thanksgiving table”, adding that the 500 packages of meth in question weighed about 1,153lb.

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Swimmer Penny Oleksiak banned from competition until 2027 as part of anti-doping regulations

What are 'whereabouts failures' and how did they cause Penny Oleksiak’s swim ban?

Talkin' turkey (inflation)

Are the food prices for dishes on your Thanksgiving table going up, down, or staying the same? Well, it all depends on what's on the menu this year. Today, we'll discuss holiday food prices and the dueling narratives around how they’ll hit your budget. Plus, even people who haven't historically relied on tax credits for health insurance are seeing their premiums for ACA coverage go up next year. Why?

Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats ‘barely exist’, experts say

Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled ‘ridiculous’ as experts say no active threat posed

Experts have told the Guardian the same anti-fascist groups the US state department recently named as foreign terrorist organizations and accused of “conspiring to undermine foundations of western civilization” barely qualify as groups, let alone terrorist organizations, and pose no active threat to Americans.

“The whole thing is a bit ridiculous,” said Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, which tracks extremist movements worldwide, “because the groups designated by the administration barely exist and certainly aren’t terrorists.”

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Watch Joe P's Paste Session from Chicago

As soon as Joe P began playing, the room snapped into focus, as his voice, raspy and sincere, perfectly filled the small space and seemed to quiet even the background hum of Chicago.

How CBC News will use AI responsibly to benefit our journalism — and keep your trust

CBC is launching a new campaign aimed at reminding Canadians how our journalism can provide a safe harbour from the fake news and AI-generated content roiling through our feeds. As the campaign begins, we want to share our updated guidelines for news staff on how we can responsibly use artificial intelligence to the benefit of our journalism and how we can avoid potential pitfalls that may erode public trust.

49ers’ Jennings says he threw punch at Panthers’ Moehrig after ‘cheap shot’ to groin

• Players scuffled after end of Monday night’s game

• Moehrig suspended for one game over actions

• Game report: McCaffrey stars against former team

San Francisco receiver Jauan Jennings said he threw a punch at Tre’Von Moehrig at the end of Monday night’s game after a “cheap shot” from the Carolina safety.

Television cameras caught Moehrig delivering a punch to Jennings’ groin late in the 49ers’ 20-9 victory. Jennings did not immediately retaliate but once the game was over he approached Moehrig and hit him in the helmet before giving him a shove. Jennings then needed to be held back as the teams left the field.

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US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James | First Thing

Judge says interim US attorney for eastern district of Virginia had ‘no lawful authority’ to indict former FBI director and New York attorney general. Plus, where did all the color go from the movies?

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A federal judge threw out the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James yesterday, concluding that the prosecutor handling the cases was unlawfully appointed.

What did the judge say? “I conclude that the attorney general’s attempt to install Ms Halligan as interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia was invalid and that Ms Halligan has been unlawfully serving in that role since 22 September 2025,” wrote Currie, who was appointed to the bench by Bill Clinton.

When did the talks begin? Reports emerged that a fresh round of US-brokered peace talks had begun last night in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, with Dan Driscoll, the US army secretary, flying in to meet a Russian delegation and a Ukrainian team led by Kyrylo Budanov.

This is a developing story. Follow our liveblog here.

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Hamas victims sue Binance

From the BBC World Service: The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, are being sued by victims and family members of victims in the October 2023 attack in Israel. They're accusing Binance of knowingly enabling terrorist groups like Hamas to move more than $1 billion through its platform. Also: a slowdown at Serbia's Russian-owned oil refinery, growing risks to European undersea cables, and rerouted flights after an Ethiopian volcano eruption.

Ontario ballet's stolen Nutcracker set recovered

A moving truck loaded with 'irreplaceable' sets and backdrops for an Ontario-wide tour of The Nutcracker has been found one day after it was reported stolen, ahead of the production’s show in Burlington, Ont.

December Film Preview: Avatar and Marty Supreme Play Ping-Pong for the Holiday Crowd

As killer animatronics and SpongeBob return to theaters, Bradley Cooper, Jim Jarmusch, and James L. Brooks are squeezing down the chimney too.

IN PHOTOS | Magical Christmas markets here and abroad

With Christmas only a month away, many people are getting into the season by taking in holiday markets and tree lighting ceremonies in Canada, the United States and Europe.

⚖️ Trump’s Lawless Toadies Can’t Stop Losing in Court

Lindsey Halligan hands the Trump administration its latest humiliation, the DOD takes aim at Senator Mark Kelly, and was JD Vance’s memoir, 'Hillbilly Elegy,' used to smuggle drugs into prison?

Indigenous-led Red Dress Alert program must be implemented in Manitoba 'without delay': report

A Manitoba Red Dress Alert program must launch no later than June 2026 and be implemented through an Indigenous-led independent organization, says a report released Tuesday.

The full list of US universities at risk of funding cuts over support for DEI

State department proposes excluding 38 institutions from Diplomacy Lab partnership including Harvard and Yale

More than three dozen universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Duke have their participation in a federal research partnership on the chopping block after the state department proposed to suspend them over their diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices.

Last week, the Guardian obtained an internal memo and spreadsheet showing that the state department is moving to exclude 38 institutions from the Diplomacy Lab program, which pairs university researchers with state department policy offices on foreign policy projects. The suspensions would take effect on 1 January, and because the list is not finalized, the school’s have not yet been informed.

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Mystery man who placed flag and saluted Kitchener, Ont., home on Remembrance Day identified

Reg Kirby takes a stroll around his old neighbourhood in Kitchener every Remembrance Day. This year, a security camera caught him placing a flag in the lawn of a home in the area and saluting. He says he lived in the home as a child and his annual tradition honours his parents and the sacrifices they made for him and his brother, Kerry.

8 economic insights we're grateful for

For this Thanksgiving, Planet Money and The Indicator staffers offer economic insights they're grateful for.

Ontario proposes harsher penalties for dangerous driving, including lifetime bans

The proposed law, inspired by the death of a man killed in an alleged dangerous driver incident this summer, would enact lifetime driving bans for those convicted of dangerous driving causing death.

US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out

Trump puts US in unflattering company as lack of representative reveals disdain for climate progress

More than two decades ago, the US railed against the “axis of evil”. Now, after international climate talks spluttered to a meagre conclusion, the US finds itself grouped with unflattering company – an “axis of obstruction” that has stymied progress on the climate crisis.

Donald Trump’s administration opted to not send anyone to the UN climate summit in Brazil that culminated over the weekend – a first for the US in 30 years of these annual gatherings and another representation of the president’s disdain for the climate crisis, which he has called a “hoax” and a “con job”.

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The federal data and tools that "died" this year

In the Trump administration's efforts to shrink and realign the federal government, datasets on climate, health and demographics have disappeared. Some have been scrubbed from public view, others may not be collected anymore.

This data supported apps and interactive tools many researchers relied upon.

Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Denice Ross, senior advisor with the Federation of American Scientists and former chief data scientist for the U.S., who recently wrote a tribute to the data that's been lost.

McGill University's decision to cut 25 sports teams called 'unfortunate' by U Sports CEO

U Sports chief executive officer Pierre Arsenault says McGill University's decision to cut 25 sports teams following the 2025-26 season is "unfortunate."

Quebec economic update includes tax breaks for workers, use of Green Fund to tackle debt

Finance Minister Eric Girard plans to help workers save $1.8 billion over five years through a reduction of contribution rates to the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) and Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP).

The NBA’s dress code was seen as policing Black culture. Instead it inspired a fashion revolution

Twenty years after the league introduced its controversial policy, many players see it as helping them develop self-expression

Lonzo Ball froze in confusion. The question – “What do you think about the NBA dress code?” – hung in the air for a second before he cracked a sheepish grin.

“There’s a dress code?” he said, smiling.

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We're shopping our feelings this Black Friday. Here are 3 things to know

Signs are pointing to deeper discounts this Black Friday, as stores try to coax anxious shoppers into splurging.

20 years ago, Boris released their blown-out, sludgy masterpiece

Pink came at the perfect time for the Japanese trio, who’d been ostensibly carrying forward the traditions of drone metal while chasing after eclectic influences of Merzbow, Keiji Haino, and Michio Kurihara.

Meet the B.C. residents hosting whale detection devices on their properties

From infrared thermal cameras to hydrophones, these B.C. residents offered up space on their properties as researchers look to help safeguard marine mammals.

Stolen Nutcracker set recovered, Ontario ballet says

Jörgen Dance's artistic director and CEO says the moving truck containing set and backdrops, which was allegedly stolen in Etobicoke Monday, has been found. The company had planned to go ahead with its Tuesday show in Burlington regardless.

How Many Republicans Will Follow MTG?

After a public fallout with the President, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene unexpectedly announces that she’ll resign from congress on January 5.

Tennis burnout on the rise as grind of long season brings stars to their knees

Players are being worn down by a cluttered calendar and lack of unity over their welfare from governing bodies

Elina Svitolina simply could not go on. Her hopeful start to the 2025 season had given way to despair as the mental and emotional strain of constant competition, travelling and stress left its mark. The 31-year-old understood that competing would only make things worse and, in September, Svitolina decided to prematurely end her season, citing burnout.

The world No 14 is not alone in feeling suffocated by her sport. This has been another year filled with incredible performances and gripping matches, but the past 11 months have also been defined by the physical and mental ailments endured by many of the sport’s stars.

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Endangered barn owl makes 'extremely rare' appearance in Calgary

The barn owl, one of Canada's most endangered owls, isn't native to Alberta and is considered extremely rare anywhere in the province, which is why wildlife photographers were shocked when one made a surprise appearance in a Calgary park.

Gunshots, arson, threats: B.C’s extortion crisis

Amid a rash of crimes of violence and extortion, will Mark Carney’s thaw in Canada-India relations help or hurt?

Lheidli T'enneh First Nation bans herbicide use across north-central B.C.

The ban takes particular aim at use of glyphosate in forestry, though it's not clear if it will impact private land.

Caregiver wants apology after off-duty RCMP officer arrested woman with intellectual delay

Prestigious Chicago beer brewing school relocating to Montreal amid U.S. regulatory changes

8 years later, N.W.T. education system feeling impact of no teacher training program

That program was taught in Fort Smith and was suspended indefinitely in 2018. Eight years later, the territory’s education system is feeling that loss, with less opportunities for northern Indigenous to teach students from the communities they come from.

N.S. mom alarmed after teen targeted by predators on school-issued laptop

Timestamps on the computer showed that messages were accessed both at home and at school.

N.B. government says none of 40 Sisson Mine conditions met so far

Environmentalists are concerned that the conditions for approval of the Sisson Mine north of Fredericton were too weak when they were issued in 2015, and now many are a decade out of date.

Russian attacks kill at least 7 in Ukraine, as flurry of talks on peace plan proceed

Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least seven people in overnight strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure, while a Ukrainian attack in southern Russia killed three people and damaged homes, authorities said. Meanwhile talks aimed at putting a halt to the hostilities were taking place in Europe and Abu Dhabi.

Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland died after police believed they were pursuing stolen car

• Defensive end died this month at age of 24

• Player’s car reached speeds of more than 145 mph

Body and dash cam footage from law enforcement officials have charted the events leading up to the death of Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland earlier this month.

The 24-year-old was found dead in the early morning of 6 November, hours after being pursued by officers who had attempted a traffic stop in suburban Dallas. Police say Kneeland took his own life.

In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

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Bangladesh man with palliative cancer struggling to raise 2-year-old son, access Canadian medical care

Asif Mahumud Prince has incurable metastatic thyroid cancer, and doesn't have a permanent resident status in Canada. Now, Prince and his lawyer are fighting for his application to get processed, so he can secure a future for his son.

Tracking Palestinian, Israeli deaths since the Gaza ceasefire went into effect

In the first six weeks since Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas reached a truce deal aimed at ending their two-year war, Israeli attacks in Gaza have been reported almost daily.

How Dancing with the Stars made all the right moves with Gen Z

Dancing with the Stars recently celebrated its 20th anniversary — but that's not why it's been the talk of Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and, yes, water coolers everywhere this season. Blending nostalgia with a new kind of stardom, the show has successfully reimagined the dance competition for a new generation.

AI could watch Ottawa's transit cameras for crime, emergencies

OC Transpo is looking to use artificial intelligence (AI) to alert special constables to crime and emergencies occurring within the agency's vehicles and facilities, Ottawa city councillors have heard.

Hamilton is 'ready for the spotlight' with 2026 Juno Awards coming in March, says mayor

Coming off the success of Paul McCartney playing the first concert at TD Coliseum Friday night, Hamilton is getting ready to host another major music event.

Majority of Latino voters disapprove of Trump, Pew study finds

Research shows 70% disapprove of job US president – who won backing of nearly half of Latino voters in 2024 – is doing

A majority of Latinos disapprove of Donald Trump and his economic and immigration policies, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

After receiving support from nearly half of Latino voters in the 2024 election, Trump had lost the backing of a majority surveyed in October. Pew found that 70% of Latinos “disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president”, while 65% disapprove of his administration’s approach to immigration and 61% believe his economic policies have worsened economic conditions.

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*2PM ET TUESDAY*: Hear From the Muslim Chaplain Detained by Trump

Children's hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman was detained by ICE agents this past summer. Now, he joins Zeteo for a live town hall Q&A, to discuss it all.

Outrage over Democrats’ video telling soldiers to refuse to follow illegal orders defies ‘basic morality’, says Ron Paul – live

Former Republican congressman and presidential candidate voices support for six Democrats, saying ‘our illegal process of going into war needs to be addressed’

The president was online early today, and fired off a Truth Social post at 5:38am touting the economic impact that his sweeping tariffs will soon have on the country. He also noted that countries’ efforts to stockpile US goods ahead of the levies kicking in was “wearing thin”.

“These payments will be RECORD SETTING, and put our Nation on a new and unprecedented course,” he wrote. “This Tariff POWER will bring America National Security and Wealth the likes of which has never been seen before.”

Those opposing us are serving hostile foreign interests that are not aligned with the success, safety and prosperity of the USA. They couldn’t care less about us. I look so much forward to the United States Supreme Court’s decision on this urgent and time sensitive matter,” he added.

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Privatized military housing is making service members and their families sick at alarming rates, survey finds

"This is absolutely stunning. This is a national security issue, and we need to start talking about it in that light," Brandon Chappo said.

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Are more Americans working multiple jobs?

The delayed-by-the-shutdown September jobs report showed a stronger-than-expected monthly gain of 119,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted. But dig into the data, and signs point to many of those jobs being second or third jobs. In this episode, more people are working multiple gigs to get by. Plus: China’s got a different AI investment approach than the U.S., the housing market got a boost in October, and your online return probably ended up on the secondary market.

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What Will Democratic Governance Look Like? + Lina Khan (Crooked Con)

Live from Crooked Con, Alex Wagner hosts a discussion with Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Ruben Gallego, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal about what America would look like with Democrats in charge of one or both...

Sedition: Impossible

This week, Donald Trump wings it as our lame duck president, before going hog wild on the press.

Zohran Mamdani’s Offline Campaign

Mamdani and his campaign somehow cracked the code for producing online content with offline results: getting people off the couch to connect with strangers face to face over a shared political goal.

Lawmakers say agencies aren’t reinstating enough laid-off employees under shutdown-ending deal

Sen. Tim Kaine was one of eight Democratic senators who broke ranks to pass the stopgap spending bill, only after Republicans agreed to layoff protections.

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Blue Jays logo on display at Japan boxing match, without apparent MLB sign-off

The Toronto Blue Jays logo was on display during a major boxing match in Japan on Monday, leaving some sharp-eyed viewers intrigued and Major League Baseball (MLB) possibly miffed.

Family distraught as Manitoba refuses to pay for treatment for 30-year-old with degenerative disease

Tears gathered in Jeremy Bray’s eyes as he absorbed the news that his pleas for Manitoba’s government to cover his life-sustaining treatment hadn’t changed the health minister’s mind.

Viola Ford Fletcher, one of last survivors of Tulsa race massacre, dies aged 111

Fletcher spent years pushing for justice after deadly racial attack on thriving Black Oklahoma community in 1921

Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111.

Her grandson Ike Howard said on Monday that she died surrounded by family at a Tulsa hospital. Sustained by a strong faith, she raised three children, worked as a welder in a shipyard during the second world war and spent decades caring for families as a housekeeper.

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Trump signs executive order for AI project called Genesis Mission to boost scientific discoveries

President Donald Trump is directing the federal government to combine efforts with tech companies and universities to convert government data into scientific discoveries, acting on his push to make artificial intelligence the engine of the…

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OPM touts new training programs, aligned with Trump administration’s federal workforce reshaping

The Trump administration is “trying to move towards a performance-based culture” in the federal workforce, OPM Director Scott Kupor told Federal News Network.

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Trump begins process of designating Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist groups

President signs executive order for Rubio and Bessent to submit report on chapters in Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan

Donald Trump on Monday began the process of designating certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists, a move that would bring sanctions against one of the Arab world’s oldest and most influential Islamist movements.

Trump signed an executive order directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio and treasury secretary Scott Bessent to submit a report on whether to designate any Muslim Brotherhood chapters, such as those in Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, according to a White House fact sheet. It orders the secretaries to move forward with any designations within 45 days of the report.

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#TheMoment firefighters freed an eagle stuck in a tree

Tim Cyr tells The National about the moment he and the Squamish Fire Department helped free an eagle that had a wing stuck in a tree.

US justice department renews request to unseal Epstein grand jury materials

DoJ argues that congressional action last week to release the Epstein files permits unsealing of court records

The justice department has renewed its request to unseal grand jury materials from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation that led to the disgraced financier’s federal indictment on sex-trafficking charges in 2019.

The submission, signed by US attorney Jay Clayton for the southern district in New York, says that Congress made clear in approving the release of investigative materials last week that the court records should be released.

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Canadian Para cyclist Mel Pemble turns the page on Paralympic heartbreak with historic world title

Following a heartbreaking fourth-place finish at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Canadian Para cyclist Mel Pemble has bounced back with her best-ever showing at worlds as she sets her sights set on L.A. 2028.

What A Day: MTG vs. Wicked Snow Globe

Marjorie Taylor Greene predicts a grim future for the GOP.

Manitoba, Canada took part in 'intentional destruction' of Red River Métis culture via Sixties Scoop: lawsuit

The Manitoba Métis Federation is suing the provincial and federal governments after the Red River Métis were largely excluded from a class action settlement for Sixties Scoop survivors.

Celebrated author Thomas King expects 'firestorm' as he reveals he's not Indigenous

In an essay titled "A most inconvenient Indian" for the Globe and Mail, the Guelph, Ont.-based King says he learned of rumours several years ago that questioned his heritage. The California-born King says he made a concerted effort this year to find their origin, which brought him to a U.S. organization called Tribal Alliance Against Frauds.

Maga world heads left spinning by Trump’s warm welcome for Mamdani

Members of rightwing base disorientated by cordial Oval Office meeting – but not all Trump supporters downcast

A flurry of social media posts from Maga influencers have laid bare the disorientation felt by members of Trump’s base at the spectacle of Friday’s cordial Oval Office meeting with Mamdani, who the president previously painted as a “communist lunatic”.

“Wild to allow a jihadist communist to stand behind the president’s desk in the Oval Office. Sad to see,” wrote far-right activist Laura Loomer, one of Trump’s most fervent online backers.

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By the numbers: the latest ICE and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US

The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inauguration

Donald Trump campaigned on a platform of mass deportation. Since he took office, his administration has reshaped immigration enforcement across the country. The Guardian US, using data published every two weeks by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is tracking the number of people the administration has arrested, detained and deported.

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Yellowknives Dene and Tłı̨chǫ government sign MOU to take lead on Arctic security corridor

Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty and YKDFN Chief Ernest Betsina signed a memorandum of understanding indicating the two nations will take lead on the Arctic economic and security corridor project.

US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James

Judge says interim US attorney for eastern district of Virginia had ‘no lawful authority’ to indict former FBI director and New York attorney general

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A federal judge threw out the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James on Monday, concluding that the prosecutor handling the cases was unlawfully appointed.

Lindsey Halligan, who Trump named the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in September, had “no lawful authority to present the indictment” against the former FBI director and New York attorney general, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, wrote in her opinion.

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Former Phoenix news anchor sentenced to 10 years for $63m fraud in Covid relief scheme

Stephanie Hockridge and her husband falsified details to obtain PPP loans guaranteed by US small business agency

A former Phoenix news anchor has been sentenced to 10 years after being found guilty of participating in a fraudulent $63m Covid-19 relief scheme alongside her husband.

Stephanie Hockridge’s sentence on Friday came after a jury convicted her in June. Meanwhile, her husband, Nathan Reis, pleaded guilty in August.

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Tips and strategies for navigating career transition conversations with your family during the holidays

With preparation, empathy and honest dialogue, you can navigate this change together and set the stage for a successful new chapter.

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Family speaks out after stepbrother emerges as suspect in death of Florida teen on cruise

Anna Kepner, 18, from Titusville, was found dead of asphyxiation under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship

The grandparents of a high school senior found dead on a cruise ship earlier in November say they fear they have lost two grandchildren after her stepbrother has emerged as a suspect in the case.

“No matter what we find out, no matter what they tell us, it’s not going to bring either one of these children back,” Barbara Kepner, the grandmother of the late 18-year-old cheerleader Anna Kepner told ABC News on Monday.

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North Dakota supreme court revives state’s abortion ban

Decision once again makes it a felony for doctors to perform procedure except in medical emergencies or some cases of rape or incest

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The North Dakota supreme court revived the state’s abortion ban on Friday, once again making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure except in medical emergencies or in some cases of rape or incest.

The supreme court’s decision reverses a lower-court ruling from last fall that had frozen the ban, in part on the grounds that its exceptions were unconstitutionally vague. Although three of the court’s five justices agreed with the lower court, they fell short of the supermajority needed under state law to declare laws unconstitutional.

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What’s happening with the 2026 appropriations bills?

"Discharge petitions matter most when there's a really narrow majority. And you know, there's the majority party and the majority of a day," said Loren Duggan.

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What Everyone’s Missing About the Mamdani-Trump Meeting

Swin and Prem break down Trump’s ‘lazy and cowardly warmongering’ in Venezuela, MTG’s resignation, and the president’s bizarre encounter with NYC’s mayor-elect.

Pentagon investigating US senator over call for troops to refuse illegal orders

Investigation of Mark Kelly after Trump accused Democrats in video of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’

The Pentagon says it is investigating the Arizona senator Mark Kelly for possible breaches of military law after the federal lawmaker joined a handful of other Democrats in a video calling for US troops to refuse unlawful orders.

It is extraordinary for the Pentagon to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. Until Donald Trump’s second presidency, the institution in charge of the US military had usually strived to appear apolitical.

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Why experts say a white nationalist rally in London, Ont., this past weekend won't be the last

An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.

The Trump administration is eliminating expert panels at a historic pace, reshaping how agencies make decisions

"Essentially, there's been about 160 of these committees formally terminated during the Trump administration so far," Robert Iafolla said.

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Trump administration cancels temporary asylum for Myanmar nationals living in US

Homeland security claims country being ruled by military dictatorship ‘no longer continues to meet conditions’ for Temporary Protected Status

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The Trump administration announced it will cancel temporary asylum for about 10,000 Myanmar nationals living in the US, despite the country being ruled by a military dictatorship that has a record of executing dissidents.

On Monday the Department of Homeland Security said it was terminating the designation of Burma (Myanmar) for Temporary Protected Status relief. It claimed that after reviewing conditions in Myanmar and consulting with appropriate US government agencies, “the secretary [Kristi Noem] determined that Burma no longer continues to meet the conditions” for TPS designation.

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New Indigenous court planned in Fort St. John, B.C.

The proposal was a focus of Doig River First Nation’s Walking the Path of Justice  conference last week — where leaders, elders, lawyers and judges from across the province and country gathered to talk about reform in the region.

Basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty to mafia poker charges

• NBA champion accused of playing in rigged games

• Could face decades in prison if found guilty

Portland Trail Blazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several mafia figures and at least one other former NBA player.

Billups, who won a championship with the Detroit Pistons as a player, was arraigned in a federal court in New York City on money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy charges, both of which carry a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison. Some of Billups’ co-defendants are also charged with running an illegal gambling business and engaging in an extortion conspiracy.

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New Quebec secularism bill to ban prayer in schools, restrict offering of religion-based meals

The Quebec government plans to enact a series of measures expanding its secularism rules across public institutions, including a ban on prayer rooms in universities and CEGEPs and restricting the offering of religion-based meals.

If the AI bubble pops, will the whole U.S. economy go with it? | About That

As investors pour billions into artificial intelligence, warnings of a looming AI bubble are intensifying. Andrew Chang explains what's fuelling those fears and breaks down key factors that could contribute to a burst bubble.

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Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers set for USA Basketball camp debuts

• Team preparing for series of games in March

• Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson also named

Caitlin Clark will make her USA Basketball senior national team camp debut at Duke next month.

The Indiana Fever All-Star, who missed the second half of the WNBA season with a groin injury, was invited to a few camps while she was in college at Iowa, but the timing didn’t work out.

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Fox Corp chief told Sean Hannity that Trump could not go on air in 2020 if he attacked network

Even before the 2020 election, tensions were high between Fox News executives and Trump, new documents show

• What happened at Fox News after the 2020 election? Documents reveal new details

New revelations about the tense relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump in the fall of 2020 have emerged in a trove of thousands of court documents released on Sunday as part of a massive defamation lawsuit filed against the network by voting technology company Smartmatic.

One exchange showed that Lachlan Murdoch, the chief executive of Fox News parent company Fox Corp, told star anchor Sean Hannity in a 1 October 2020 text chain that Trump could not appear on Fox again if he attacked the network.

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Trump hints support for fringe theory that Venezuela rigged 2020 election

President’s comment implies hostility to Venezuela may be based on unfounded election-rigging conspiracy theory

Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to endorse the discredited conspiracy theory that Venezuela’s leadership controls electronic voting software worldwide and caused his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden.

White House officials have previously said that Trump’s increasingly bellicose policy toward Venezuela is driven by concerns about migration and the drug trade. But the president’s new comment, made on Truth Social, hints that his hostility to Venezuela may also be based on an outlandish, implausible theory ruled to be false by a judge in 2023.

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California authorities search for man swept into ocean near Big Sur

Three people were pulled into the water and one remained missing, with search efforts hindered by ‘high winds and unsafe water conditions’

Authorities in California are searching for the body of a man who was swept into the ocean at a beach in the Big Sur area, one week after a girl and her father died after being pulled into the water in the same state park.

Three people were pulled into the water from the rocks at the Soberanes Point area of Garrapata state park on Saturday afternoon just after 3pm and began yelling for help, according to a statement from the Monterey county sheriff’s office. Two women who had been dragged into the ocean were able to pull themselves out of the water.

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What happens when a government gives an algorithm a seat at the cabinet table?

"There are always going to be the questions of bias, hallucinations and fabricated results — and even manipulation," said Sam Adebayo

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80 years after the Nazis were tried for war crimes, the documents are online for all to see

Eighty years after prosecutors began trying the leaders of Nazi Germany for war crimes, the documents related to those trials are available in full online, and free of charge.

776 Air Traffic controllers and technicians to get $10,000 shutdown bonuses

The FAA's decision to offer bonuses to employees follows a similar effort by TSA.

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Calgary genealogy society working to uncover secrets of thrift store mystery box

A photograph from a telegraphers union meeting. An Italian restaurant menu from Toronto. A newspaper clipping covering a graduating class of Royal Canadian Air Force engineers. What do all those have in common? That’s what researchers with the Alberta Family Histories Society are looking to uncover after receiving a mysterious box from a thrift store.

Can China spur consumer spending?

The U.S. economy is often buoyed by consumer spending. In China, however, consumer spending is a much smaller part of economic output. And while the government there tries to stimulate spending, young people there are grappling with high unemployment and stalling wage growth. Plus, we'll discuss expectations for inflation and economic growth, as well as consumer shopping figures for this upcoming Black Friday.

Elementary school student dead, another injured after firearm shot in small Quebec town

A minor died and another was seriously injured by a firearm late Sunday afternoon in the municipality of Saint-Vallier in Bellechasse, Que., located across the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City.

Working For The Weekday: GWAR sacrifices Sarah Sherman, Mr. Met loves Geese

Your Monday explainer of the top music news from the previous Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Johnny Carson’s Centennial Inspires a List of 100 Classic Tonight Show Moments

Some serious Johnny Carson fans put together 100 of the talk show host's most memorable moments. Here are ten of our favorites.

Johnny Carson’s Centennial Inspires a List of 100 Classic Tonight Show Moments

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What is the latest Black Friday boycott – and will it work?

While others scramble for deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, activists hope to leverage shopping behavior for societal change

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Building on the momentum of consumer boycotts against Target and other companies earlier this year, grassroots organizers want American consumers to use their economic power this Thanksgiving weekend to protest the Trump administration’s anti-immigration and anti-DEI crackdowns – and the big corporations that won’t oppose them.

The We Ain’t Buying It campaign – organized by many of the groups behind the No Kings protests – is asking Americans to stop shopping at Target, Home Depot and Amazon on Black Friday, one of the busiest retail days of the year, while also encouraging people to shop local and support community businesses.

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Arsenal’s Premier League dominance is not under threat. At least not yet | Jonathan Wilson

Eberechi Eze’s hat-trick and Manchester City’s loss to Newcastle means Arsenal are in control of their own destiny

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So it turns out those who had already handed the title to Arsenal were right after all.

It’s absurd, of course, to start handing out the title in November but a feature of modern football is how obsessed it becomes so early with title races. It’s perhaps a legacy of the Pep Guardiola-Jürgen Klopp rivalry’s peak, when being champion meant amassing more than 95 points. It made sense then to scan the track far ahead for any potential hurdles because there were so few. But less than a third of the way through this season, Manchester City, who remain probably the biggest danger to Arsenal, have already dropped as many points as they did in the entirety of 2017-18, their 100-point campaign.

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US woman behind Slender Man stabbing caught after escaping from group home

Police had issued alert after Morgan Geyser cut off monitoring bracelet, and was reportedly located at a truck stop

The Wisconsin woman who admitted to repeatedly stabbing a sixth-grade classmate to delight the fictional online horror character Slender Man in 2014 has been caught after authorities said she cut off a monitoring bracelet and left her group home.

Morgan Geyser, 23, was found in Posen, Illinois, on Sunday evening, authorities said. Police in Madison, Wisconsin, had issued an alert for Geyser earlier in the day, saying she had last been seen with an adult acquaintance on Saturday evening.

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Los Angeles walks baker’s dozen for city’s first half-marathon devoted to bakeries

A sweet-toothed group of 50 embarked on seven-hour pastry crawl, where they fueled up at local bakeries

Irene Chang had spent the last week praying that it wouldn’t rain.

On Saturday, the 25 year-old, born-and-bred Angeleno hosted Los Angeles’s first-ever bakery half-marathon walk – which took place after the city had been experiencing uncharacteristically stormy weather the past several days. Luckily, with some positive manifestation, Chang woke up on Saturday morning to crisp, clear skies and felt immediate relief.

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EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Creative Minds Behind Zohran Mamdani’s Viral Videos

Mamdani’s video team reveals its secrets behind building his online success.

Charlottetown woman with postpartum depression pleads guilty to killing daughter

A Charlottetown woman accused of killing her infant daughter has pleaded guilty to infanticide instead of the first-degree murder charge that was originally laid against her — a charge she is eligible for because of her mental state at the time.

Truck with travelling Ontario ballet’s entire Nutcracker set stolen in GTA

A ballet company on an Ontario-wide tour of The Nutcracker says someone stole the moving truck storing its “irreplaceable” sets and backdrops.

Vintage Ads: Introducing Hoover to Homemakers

More than one husband bought a vacuum cleaner as a Christmas present for his wife.

Vintage Ads: Introducing Hoover to Homemakers

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Criminal cases against ex-FBI director Comey, Letitia James dismissed in blow to Trump administration

Church employee in Texas allegedly posed as ICE agent to extort woman

Man arrested in Houston is alleged to have used fake ID to demand $400 from woman who had given him massage

A church employee is under arrest in Houston, Texas, after being accused of posing as an ICE agent to extort money from a woman he had booked to give him a massage.

Donald Doolittle, 58, a safety director at the Gateway Community church in Webster, south-east of Houston, has been charged with impersonating a public servant.

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N.L. asks Deloitte to carry out review after 'incorrect' citations found in provincial health plan

Why are ER wait times so long?

Lengthy wait times have become a reality for patients trying to get into emergency rooms across the country. Marketplace investigates why the system is in crisis and how it’s driving more Canadians to walk out of ERs without ever being seen.

Deadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the Caribbean

US has used claims of a ‘war on drugs’ to justify its attacks, which have resulted in 83 deaths that the UN has called extrajudicial executions

Amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas, the US has gathered its largest military presence in the Caribbean since the 1989 invasion of Panama.

Donald Trump’s administration has steadily increased pressure on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of running the “Cartel of the Suns” drug-trafficking organization, and placing a $50m bounty on his head.

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6 more UCP legislature members facing recall petitions, including 5 from Calgary area

While reasoning varies, many of the newly approved petitioners said they were upset the UCP government used the Charter's notwithstanding clause last month to end a provincewide teachers strike. Another common reason given among applicants was that the MLAs being targeted aren't responsive to community concerns or aren't engaging with their constituents.

As Epstein questions linger, Trump falls back into familiar habit: lashing out at female reporters

He called one a ‘piggy’ after being questioned about the files, and reacted furiously to another during a meeting with the Saudi crown prince

Since the early days of his political career, Donald Trump has been critical of the media, but in recent days his hostility has reached a new peak – particularly when it comes to questions about his association with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump invoked the phrase “piggy” – a term he has used before – to describe a female reporter on Friday, and has aggressively responded to at least one other female reporter over the past week, including threatening to revoke ABC’s license.

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US senators call for investigation of scam ads on Facebook and Instagram

Senators cited Reuters reporting that Meta itself estimated its platforms were involved in a third of all scams in the US

US senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal have asked the heads of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate revenue from ads on Facebook and Instagram that promote scams and banned goods.

“The FTC and SEC should immediately open investigations and, if the reporting is accurate, pursue vigorous enforcement action where appropriate” to force Meta to disgorge profits, pay penalties and agree to cease running such advertisements, Hawley and Blumenthal wrote in a letter to the federal agencies.

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What if you got to choose where your tax dollars went?

Americans don’t often have a direct say in how their tax dollars get spent; those decisions are generally left to elected officials. But some places have engaged in “participatory budgeting,” where residents propose projects, then vote on which ones get public funding. Today, we head to Nashville to learn how the process played out. But first: economics at the center of G20 discussions and what Thanksgiving travel plans are looking like.

Flights delayed, buses detoured, collisions stack up as first big snowfall hits Calgary

Canada’s weather warning system has changed. Here’s how

G20 conference wraps up in South Africa

From the BBC World Service: A gathering in South Africa of major economies has ended with a joint declaration committing to "multilateral cooperation." We'll hear more. Plus, India and Canada have agreed to resume discussions on a bilateral trade deal, a three-day national strike is getting underway in Belgium, and the Chinese government is urging young people to spend more to boost the economy — but that’s proving difficult at a time of record youth unemployment.

How did McLaren get it so wrong with their cars in Las Vegas? | Giles Richards

Disqualifications of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri bring unnecessary stress for McLaren in the final two F1 races of the season

As misjudgments go, McLaren’s error in calculations that led to the disqualification of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri from the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Sunday could barely have been more cataclysmic nor more poorly timed. Quite how they got it wrong just when they wanted to close out the drivers’ championship with as little fuss as possible will take no little explanation.

Norris and Piastri, second and fourth respectively to Max Verstappen’s win in Nevada, had been solid enough results until the FIA discovered the skid blocks on their cars had been worn beyond the 9mm limit. In one fell swoop, Verstappen was right back in the fight, alongside Piastri, 24 points back from Norris.

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Hawaiian volcano spews rivers of lava in dramatic burst of activity – video

Time-lapse footage of lava flowing from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii was captured by the United States Geological Survey on Sunday night.

Kilauea, which is is one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting intermittently since last December

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Most Canadians cherish holiday gatherings despite dinner table debates, poll finds

The upcoming holiday gatherings with relatives may feel ripe for conflicts over politics, relationships, and social issues, but an online survey suggests a majority of Canadians still feel it's important to spend time with loved ones.

US senator criticises Republicans’ silence on Trump’s violent threats against Democrats | First Thing

Mark Kelly, a veteran targeted by Trump over military comments, says he is ‘not going to be intimidated’. Plus, DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’

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Senator Mark Kelly yesterday urged congressional Republicans to publicly reject Trump’s threats against him and five other Democratic lawmakers who have said that military personnel are not obliged to follow illegal commands.

What did Kelly say? “His words carry tremendous weight, more so than anybody else in the country, and he should be aware of that, and because of what he says, there is now increased threats against us,” Kelly said of Trump’s accusations.

What does the original plan say? The original 28-point US document leaked last week demanded that Ukraine should hand over territory to Russia, limit the size of its army and agree not to pursue the Kremlin for alleged war crimes.

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😱 GOP Freaks Out at Trump's 'Awful' Numbers

Republicans scramble as Trump’s ratings plummet, MTG resigns after a short stint in Trump enemy territory, and a US senator admonishes Israel’s detention of a Palestinian-American teen.

Trump DoJ’s focus on Maga goals harms other investigations, experts warn

Exodus of lawyers under Trump weakens department’s capacity in civil rights, national security and other areas

Donald Trump’s weaponization of the US department of justice to focus on retribution against political foes, on fulfilling Maga goals and on granting pardons for allies has seen thousands of lawyers depart or be fired and weakened investigations in civil rights, national security and other areas, say ex-prosecutors and legal experts.

Data compiled by the nonpartisan Justice Connection showed that overall DoJ employment has dropped by about 5,500 lawyers and non-lawyers who have left since Trump took office. That included people who were fired, quit or took a deferred resignation program, underscoring a sharp drop in DoJ resources. By contrast, the department last year employed about 10,000 attorneys, according to DoJ data.

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Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’

Physicians say FDA panel conflated two issues and made baseless claims about unproven health benefits

Estrogen-related medications for menopause will no longer carry broad black-box warnings, Marty Makary, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced last week, bypassing the regulatory agency’s typical process and, according to experts, overstating the science behind the medications – with troubling implications for future drug decisions.

The decision to remove an ominous warning from 2003 about the risks of cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and dementia makes sense for local vaginal estrogen products, but systemic estrogen is more complicated, menopause experts said – and more than these nuances, they worried about the scientific process, or lack thereof, in making the decision.

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‘Friends end up blocking you’: Northwestern Mutual sold college grads a dream job. They left in ruin and debt

Expecting to be financial advisers at the Fortune 500 firm, some hires say they were ‘gaslit’ into peddling ‘terrible’ life insurance to all their contacts

Northwestern Mutual likes to think of itself as a storied American institution offering specialized financial advice. The 168-year-old financial giant, ranked 109 on the Fortune 500, and regularly anointed one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by the magazine, describes its financial advisers as “expert listeners” or a “trusted partner who helps you continue to reach goal after goal”.

It also tops Forbes’s list of Best Employers for New Grads, a title that makes it attractive to hundreds of college students desperate for an internship that could launch them into a career in financial services. Each year they file into Northwestern’s glassy offices across the country for a three-month internship that they hope could change their lives. There, they are slotted in beside thousands of full-time “financial representatives”, many of them recent graduates themselves.

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Tranquilizer leaves little room for relaxation

Daniel Lopatin’s latest and eleventh Oneohtrix Point Never album is a compelling, suitable soundtrack for the modern endless scroll.

First Nation groups in northwestern Ontario say federal budget cuts threaten programs

Now that Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget under the Liberal government has been officially passed, First Nation groups in northwestern Ontario say the reality of looming cuts to Indigenous services is starting to sink in. Here's why those at Matawa First Nations Management and the KI Family Law program say they're concerned, and why they want to see more long-term, sustainable funding agreements with the government.

Joni Mitchell and Nelly Furtado to receive special honours at the 2026 Juno Awards

Joni Mitchell will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 55th Juno Awards next year, while Nelly Furtado will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The first round of performers for the March ceremony in Hamilton was also announced.

Trump touts cheap groceries ahead of Thanksgiving. The reality is a mixed plate

President looks to Walmart’s promotion as proof he lowered cost of living. But holiday prices are volatile, economists say

If you feel like the price of Thanksgiving this year is more expensive to gobble up, you’re not alone. Amid widening concerns about the rising cost of living, polls show consumers are increasingly worried about inflation.

Economists say the picture for holiday food prices this year is more mixed – prices are volatile and depend largely on how families shop around for their feast.

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AI-generated "letters to the editor" are flooding academic publications

Dr. Carlos Chaccour, physician scientist at the University of Navarra, noticed something fishy about a letter to the editor the New England Journal of Medicine received shortly after it published a paper of his on malaria treatment in July.

The letter was riddled with strange errors such as critiques supposedly based on other research Chaccour himself had written. So he and his co-author Matthew Rudd decided to dig deeper.

They analyzed patterns of letters to the editor over the last decade and found a remarkable increase in what they call "prolific debutantes" — new authors who suddenly had dozens, even hundreds of letters published, starting right around the time OpenAI’s ChatGPT came out.

Why would academics want to do this? Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Chaccour to find out.

NBA head coach Chauncey Billups enters not guilty plea in illegal gambling case

Portland Trail Blazers coach and basketball Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and at least one other former NBA player.

London, Ont. teen facing weapons charges after sushi restaurant mob attack

A 16-year-old boy has been charged as the result of an investigation into an alleged teen mob attack of a Masonville area restaurant.

Donald Glover says he had a stroke last year

Donald Glover is opening up about a recent health scare that forced him to cancel his tour last year.

Constitutional challenge set to begin for B.C. activists who tested, sold hard drugs

A constitutional challenge by the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front is expected to begin Monday at the B.C. Supreme Court, with the activists arguing that criminalizing alternatives to the unregulated drug supply forces users to rely on deadly street drugs.

R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff: Reggae pioneer dead at 81

The man who brought the sights and sounds of Jamaica to worldwide audiences 60 years ago has passed away "due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," his wife Latifa confirmed in a statement.

Give thanks for the discounts: The feast will cost a little less this year

Shoppers can be thankful for discounts on turkey and stuffing this year. While overall grocery prices are up, this year's Thanksgiving meal should cost a bit less than last year's.

This rubber duck museum in a U.S. border town has lost business. Now it's moving to B.C.

Quirky Point Roberts-based Rubber Duck Museum is coming to Tsawwassen Mills mall in B.C. after increasing tariffs and decreasing tourism have made business in the U.S. exclave unsustainable.

Dharmendra Deol, iconic Bollywood actor of the '70s and '80s, dead at 89

Dharmendra Deol, whose versatile performances made him a defining screen presence of 1970s and '80s Bollywood films, died Monday in Mumbai.

Kai Slater is gonna save rock and roll, one Sharp Pins album at a time

The 21-year-old Chicago DIY savant’s new album, Balloon Balloon Balloon, torpedoes into the monotonous, uniform sounds of the modern day with tape-scratched, yesteryear genius hand-punched by God.

Jimmy Cliff, reggae legend and star of The Harder They Come, dead at 81

Jimmy Cliff, who was a presence at the birth of modern Jamaican music and helped spread the influence of reggae around the world through his albums and starring role in The Harder They Come, has died. He was 81.

Tom Brady’s part-time side hustle with the Raiders is an unholy mess

The most successful quarterback of all-time approached his playing career with ruthless focus. He could do with the same intensity in his retirement projects

Tom Brady played for 23 NFL seasons with a single, maniacal goal: to become the greatest quarterback who ever lived. He achieved it. Now, in retirement, Brady has dabbled in everything. He calls games for Fox. He’s building chimneys in Birmingham. He’s flogged crypto. He’s spreading America’s Game to Riyadh. He has a thriving YouTube account. He cloned his dog. Brady’s post-playing portfolio has been diverse, or aimless, depending on your perspective.

Side hustles are one thing. But running a pro franchise is not a part-time job. Along with his other roles, Brady is also the de facto football czar of the Raiders, the most hapless team in the league.

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Experts call for free nasal naloxone across B.C., as pilot project outcome uncertain

While the province has explored wider distribution of the spray for free as a pilot program, Health Minister Josie Osborne says it has not completed an evaluation of the program initially set to be completed late this summer.

Maskwacis to get slower Holiday Train this year after video poked fun at it speeding through

In 2023, sisters Shennaya and Josie Saddleback videoed the CPKC Holiday Train speeding through Maskwacis, Alta. Thanks to those videos and advocacy from a local band councillor, this year will be different.

Na-Cho Nyäk Dun criticizes regulators over Eagle Mine failure outside Geoscience Forum

The First Nation says it’s still grappling with the impacts of the mine disaster – and outlined a vision for the industry’s future in the territory.

Northern Ontario First Nation hoping for change following inquest into deadly outbreak

The father of the first person to die during the blastomycosis outbreak in Constance Lake First Nation is happy with the 79 recommendations from the coroner’s inquest.

Udo Kier: a life in pictures

The prolific German actor – whose career ranged from camp cult cinema to European films and Hollywood – has died aged 81

• Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Venture, dies aged 81

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After her study on trans athletes lost funding in the U.S., this Canadian researcher is starting over

Canadian-born researcher Joanna Harper has been studying the ways hormone therapy makes a difference in transgender athletes' performance for nearly two decades. Her most recent study, which she was working on in the United States, lost its funding bringing her back to Canada.

Pressure on renters higher in N.S. than any other province, analysis finds

A new tool created by real estate firm Turner Drake & Partners blends multiple indicators of housing markets across Canada to assign scores to be used for comparison. It shows the financial burden on renters in Nova Scotia is greater than in any other province.

She started a diaper bank out of her apartment, and was swamped with need

'I've heard of women using pillowcases and towels and just doing the best that they can to get to payday,' says Halifax woman who started distributing diapers as a passion project.

Dashcams aren’t allowed during Ontario road tests, but this Sudbury teen thinks they should be

A Sudbury teen says dashcams should be allowed during Ontario driving exams because they can protect drivers from being found liable in case of a crash.

Lobster fishermen raise safety concerns before start of new season

With the most lucrative lobster fishery in the country set to open, some fishermen are looking for fresh approaches to make sure opening day gets off to a safer start. CBC’s Michael Gorman has the story.

Suicide bombers kill 3 at Pakistan paramilitary headquarters

Three suicide bombers targeted the headquarters of a Pakistani paramilitary force on Monday, killing three personnel and wounding at least five, authorities said.

A St. John's soldier killed in France 108 years ago has caught the attention of historians

Researchers believe remains found in northern France may be those of a soldier from St. John's, but a family mystery is hindering the identification process.

Booking.com cancelled woman's $4K hotel reservation, then offered her same rooms for $17K

When an Ontario woman made a $4,300 hotel reservation on Booking.com, she never expected the website would cancel it, then offer her the same accommodations for quadruple the price. A digital rights lawyer says such cases show how weak consumer protections allow online platforms to shift risk and costs onto travellers.

Uh oh. The dreaded polar vortex may be making an appearance very soon

In 2014, the term “polar vortex” burst on the scene across Canada and the U.S. as temperatures plunged. In some places, it was colder than it was on Mars. Well, get ready to hear more about it.

The hunt for alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding

At a press conference last week U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi laid out fresh allegations against Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old Canadian and former Olympian who has been on the FBI’s most wanted list since March. Wedding is already accused of orchestrating multiple murders, and these new charges add to the drug and conspiracy allegations he’s facing. We speak to Calvi Leon, a reporter at the Toronto Star who’s been covering this case extensively. For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

Critics call on Ford government to begin mandatory Ontario Greenbelt review

A mandatory review of the Greenbelt that was to have started earlier this year has yet to begin, and critics are demanding “substantive guardrails” around the Ford government’s assessment of the protected lands.

Younger-skewing co-op programs aim to spark teen interest in health care

Co-op programs in health-care spaces regularly enlist post-secondary students, but some are skewing younger to target high schoolers. The hope is to spark interest in a broader pool of teens, especially those from under-represented groups, and get more of them thinking about Canada's health-care system.

How the provincial takeover of an Ontario school board 13 years ago played out

Ontario’s new law meant to make it easier for the province to take control of school boards it deems “fall off the rails,” isn’t a new thing in the Windsor-area.

‘It’s complicated’: What happens when the family cottage gets divided by 8?

Over half a century of family memories and tradition are tied to a property in Prince Edward County for Jennifer Lester Mulridge's extended family. But family dynamics and ownership costs make inheritance challenging, as Lester Mulridge explains in this video made in collaboration with CBC Ottawa's Creator Network.

MLS playoffs: Messi leads Miami to East final as NYC FC end Philadelphia’s season

• Luis Suárez benched for Matteo Silvetti, who scored twice

• Union’s Supporters’ Shield-winning season ends

Tadeo Allende scored a second-half brace, Lionel Messi scored and picked up three assists and Inter Miami pulled away to a 4-0 victory over FC Cincinnati in Sunday’s MLS Eastern Conference semi-final.

Mateo Silvetti, 19, also had a goal and an assist for No 3 seed Miami, who continue their deepest MLS playoff run in club history by advancing to their first East final. Miami will play NYC FC at home after they beat the Philadelphia Union 1-0 later on Sunday.

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Trump news at a glance: Democrats say they won’t be intimidated by president’s threats

Democratic senators condemn Trump after he suggests ‘seditious behaviour’ be punishable ‘by death’. Key US politics stories from Sunday 23 November

Democratic senator Mark Kelly has said he refuses to be intimidated after US president Donald Trump accused a group of Democrats of “seditious behaviour punishable by death” in a series of social media posts.

Kelly, one of several Democrats who released a message to military and intelligence personnel that they are not obligated to follow “illegal orders”, reiterated his call on Sunday, saying that Trump was “trying to intimidate us”. Kelly called on congressional Republicans to reject Trump’s threats.

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NFL roundup: Cowboys roar back to stun Eagles as Sanders wins first Browns start

• Detroit and Kansas City avoid costly defeats

• New England confirm place as AFC No 1 seeds

Brandon Aubrey kicked a 42-yard field goal as time expired after Dak Prescott rallied Dallas from a 21-point deficit and the Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles in a mistake-filled thriller.

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Trump-Mamdani, MTG, Venezuela... Prem and Swin Take Your Questions!

Join us LIVE on Monday at 11am ET, 8am PT, 4pm GMT for ‘Ask the Editor’: our weekly, livestreamed Q&A series.

US senator slams Republicans’ silence on Trump’s violent threats to Democrats

Mark Kelly, a veteran and Democrat targeted by Trump over military comments, says he is ‘not going to be intimidated’

Senator Mark Kelly on Sunday urged congressional Republicans to publicly reject Trump’s threats against him and five other Democratic lawmakers who stated that military personnel are not obligated to follow illegal commands.

“We’ve heard very little, basically crickets, from Republicans in the United States Congress about what the president has said about hanging members of Congress,” Kelly, of Arizona, said on CBS’s Face the Nation.

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#TheMoment grocery stores held dance parties in Winnipeg and Calgary

Joanne Roberts tells The National about the moment she attended a party in a grocery store that brought her closer to her community.

Mamdani reiterates Trump is a ‘fascist’ just days after cordial meeting

New York mayor-elect reaffirms past criticisms of president after agreeing to work with him on cost-of-living concerns

Zohran Mamdani has reiterated his view that Donald Trump is a “fascist” and a “despot” just days after the pair had a surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House.

Speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, the New York City mayor-elect was asked if he still considered Trump a threat to democracy. “Everything that I’ve said in the past I continue to believe,” Mamdani replied. “I think it is important in our politics that we don’t shy away from where we have disagreements.”

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NFL week 12: Chiefs v Colts, Packers v Vikings and Bears v Steelers – live

• Minute-by-minute updates on the 1pm UK time kick-offs

• Any questions or comments? You can email Graham

Chiefs 0-7 Colts 1:00, 1st quarter

The Chiefs pick up a nice chunk of 10 yards with a pass to Worthy then hand it to Hunt who moves the stick again. Chiefs are 1st & goal.

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Vulnerable people could 'come out worse' after stay in Manitoba detox facility, advocate says

Advocates say the Manitoba government's plan to detain people intoxicated with long-lasting drugs like methamphetamine at a Winnipeg detox facility for up to 72 hours could put marginalized people at greater risk.

Dallas Wings win WNBA draft lottery for 2nd consecutive season; Toronto Tempo to pick 6th or 7th

The Dallas Wings won the WNBA draft lottery for the second consecutive season on Sunday night. The league is expanding to 15 teams this season with the addition of the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire. The two teams will also pick sixth and seventh in the draft next April.

Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals

Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature

Many of the most influential personalities in the “Make America great again” (Maga) movement on X are based outside of the US, including Russia, Nigeria and India, a new transparency feature on the social media site has revealed.

The new tool, called “about this account,” became available on Friday to users of the Elon Musk-owned platform. It allows anyone to see where an account is located, when it joined the platform, how often its username has been changed, and how the X app was downloaded.

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Mikaela Shiffrin grabs 103rd World Cup win with huge slalom victory in Austria

• American enjoys comfortable margin of victory

• 30-year-old has three World Cup wins in a row

Mikaela Shiffrin continued her slalom domination with a record-extending 103rd Alpine skiing World Cup win in the Austrian resort of Gurgl on Sunday.

Shiffrin is a big gold medal hope for the US team at February’s Winter Olympics, and the 30-year-old made it two out of two for the season in slalom with another impressively aggressive display. She also won the final slalom of last season, giving her three World Cup victories in a row.

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‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule

Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way out

The “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract, ending a drawn-out campaign of invading federal agencies and firing thousands of federal workers.

“That doesn’t exist,” office of personnel management (OPM) director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about Doge’s status, adding that it was no longer a “centralized entity”.

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‘I used to call him on Father’s Day’: Oakland shattered by football coach’s killing

In a city where football is more than a sport, the gun death of John Beam has provoked an outpouring of emotion

Football in Oakland, California, is more than a sport. It’s a community. In many schools, coaches are like parental figures who get young people through vulnerable times, into universities and sometimes even drafted to the National Football League.

So when gun violence came for longtime Oakland football coach John Beam, whose mentorship had changed the lives of generations of students, the devastation reverberated around the city.

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Black Friday deals arrive early with shoppers eager for deals

Inflation and economic uncertainty have many Canadian shoppers eager to take advantage of discounts and retailers looking to get people in the door by starting Black Friday sales early.

Yoplait Yop yogurt drinks recalled in Canada over plastic contamination fears

Many of Yoplait's yogurts have been pulled from Canadian shelves after the company shared fears over pieces of plastic in some products.

How cult leader ‘Commander Butcher’ plotted to sow mayhem across US

Guilty plea by far-right activist lays bare plans for bombings, school shootings and Santas handing out poisoned candies

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a self-described cult leader who called himself “Commander Butcher”, did not look like a Hollywood vision of a contemporary terrorist, despite the bizarre, almost made-for-TV extremist actions he planned, such as having people dressed as Santa Claus hand out poison candies on the streets of New York.

Chkhikvishvili appeared in a Brooklyn court last week as one might find an office IT tech: close-cropped hair and black-rimmed glasses, attentive, clear-spoken and cooperative as he was questioned about his understanding of a plea that could see him imprisoned for up to 18 years at his March sentencing.

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After decades of championing Indigenous voices, Doug Cuthand steps away from StarPhoenix column

Doug Cuthand, longtime Indigenous columnist for the Saskatoon StarPhoeinx has retired from the paper after a prostate cancer diagnosis.

Epstein survivor condemns Trump for calling file release fight a ‘hoax’

Danielle Bensky, who was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, says president was ‘incredibly disrespectful’ in recent comments

A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse has condemned Donald Trump for dismissing the victims’ fight for transparency as a “hoax”.

Shortly after signing a bill to release the Epstein files, the US president posted a lengthy social media rant accusing Democrats of weaponising the scandal against him.

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Is This Arab-Jewish Movement in Israel the Right Way to Fight Apartheid and Occupation?

Two leaders from the organization ‘Standing Together,’ one Jewish and one Palestinian, explain to Mehdi how Palestinian liberation is good for Israelis, and also respond to their critics.

They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben

Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression

Trumpism’s most revealing and defining moments – not its most important, nor cruelest, nor most dangerous, nor stupidest, but perhaps its most illuminating – came earlier this autumn. In the course of a few weeks, the US president started showing everyone his plans for a gilded ballroom twice the size of the White House and then began unilaterally ripping down the East Wing to build it. Then, after nationwide protests against his rule, he posted on social media an AI video of himself wearing a crown and piloting a fighter jet labeled “King Trump”, which proceeded to bomb American cities and Americans with a graphically vivid load of human poop.

He has done things 10,000 times as bad – the current estimate of deaths from his cuts to USAID is 600,000 and rising, and this week a study predicted his fossil fuel policies would kill another 1.3 million. But nothing as definitional. No other president would have dared – really, no other president would have imagined – unilaterally destroying large sections of the White House in order to erect a Versailles-style party room, with the active collaboration of some of the richest Americans, almost all of whom have business with the government. And no one – not Richard Nixon, not Andrew Jackson, not Warren Harding, not anyone – would have imagined boasting about defecating on the American citizenry. Even the worst American leaders were willing to maintain the notion that they represented all the people; Trump has managed to turn America’s idea of itself entirely upside down. And he has done it with the active consent of an entire political party. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, when asked about the poop video, for once did not bother lying that he had not seen it. Instead he said: “The president uses social media to make the point. You can argue he’s probably the most effective person who’s ever used social media.”

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‘Eating Indigenously’: award-winning chef celebrates Native American cuisine in new cookbook

James Beard-winning chef Sean Sherman’s cookbook Turtle Island pushes readers to view food systems through an Indigenous lens

As a child growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in the 1970s and 80s, Sean Sherman, an Oglala Lakota member and a James Beard award-winning chef, recalls pounding dried bison and mixing it with chokeberry to create a snack called wasná. He and his cousins would often hunt for pheasants and grouse, or harvest wild berries and Thíŋpsiŋla, a wild prairie turnip that’s a staple Lakota food. Sherman’s earliest memories of food were full of history, culture and spiritualism.

His idealistic experiences of harvesting and hunting for food on the reservation were juxtaposed with the legacy of colonialism. Most of the time, Sherman and his family ate government-issued food such as canned beef, or blocks of cow cheese, which diverged from their traditional diet. It’s a tale that Sherman, co-founder of the Minneapolis-based Indigenous restaurant Owamni, shares along with other stories in a new cookbook that highlights Indigenous cuisines throughout North America.

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Bolsonaro claims 'hallucinations' led the ex-Brazil president to tamper with ankle monitor

On his first full day in jail, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro told a judge on Sunday he had violated his ankle monitoring the day before while under house arrest because of a nervous breakdown and hallucinations caused by a change in his medication.

Consumer spending is the U.S. economy's main driver. Here's how it's doing

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy.

Americans are feeling the pain of the affordability crisis: ‘There’s not any wiggle room’

The costs of groceries, housing, childcare, education and healthcare have become intolerable to many

Frozen dinners were useful when no one was home to cook. A fancy cheese or apple roll felt like a family treat. But not any more. “We can’t afford to do those little luxuries any more because they’re just too expensive to feed five with,” says Cat Hill. “There’s not any wiggle room.”

The 43-year-old from Hornby, New York, has been hit by both higher grocery prices and rising costs for her small business running a horse stable. Under Donald Trump, she worries it may get even harder. “With this administration, it doesn’t appear to be stabilising,” she adds. “It’s hard to think about how exactly we are going to ride this out.”

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Trump’s former ‘drone guy’ Dan Driscoll is the unlikely point man for the Ukraine peace deal

The army secretary has little in his résumé to suggest he can end the war between Russia and Ukraine

Little in Dan Driscoll’s résumé – past or present – suggests he has the qualifications to understand the often-tortured and bloody history of relations between Russia and Ukraine.

A former investment banker with a degree in business administration, the current US army secretary’s main calling card for a prominent role in the Trump administration may be a friendship with JD Vance dating from when they were at Yale Law School together.

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Brand-new activists are discovering political movements – and each other: ‘You feel the camaraderie’

Organizers are breaking down barriers and creating clever campaigns to welcome people new to protesting

• People in the US: Have you gotten involved in activism or community organizing this year?

One morning in October, Donna DesRuisseaux headed to a local bridge near her home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, armed with a sign that said: “Honk for democracy.” The 62-year-old business manager was taking part in a new tradition of protesting on various bridges and overpasses throughout the state.

“I’m very worried about our democracy, freedom of speech, social security and health insurance,” said DesRuisseaux, who attended a No Kings protest in Manchester, New Hampshire, later that day, where she ran into some of her “bridge friends”. DesRuisseaux had never protested anything prior to 2025, in part because she was a busy working mom. But after discovering the NH Bridge Brigade for Democracy group on Facebook, she knew she had to do something to express her outrage.

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Carney, Modi agree to launch negotiations on new Canada-India trade deal

Charlotte activists met the immigration crackdown with ‘bless your heart’ resistance

ICE and CBP’s North Carolina operation faced an early-warning system run by thousands of volunteers

“The operation is not over and it is not ending anytime soon.”

The message from the Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin went out to Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday afternoon, in response to an announcement by Sheriff Garry McFadden that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was done with its immigration enforcement sweep.

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China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice

Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system

The Chinese did rather well in the age of globalization. In 1990, 943 million people there lived on less than \(3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the [number was brought down to zero](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY?locations=CN). Unfortunately, the United States was [not as successful](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY?locations=US). More than 4 million Americans – 1.25% of the population – must make ends meet with less than \)3 a day, more than three times as many as 35 years ago.

The data is not super consistent with the narrative of the US’s inexorable success. Sure, American productivity has zoomed ahead of that of its European peers. Only a handful of countries manage to produce more stuff per hour of work. And artificial intelligence now promises to put the United States that much further ahead.

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Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah official in first strike on Beirut in months

Israel carried out an airstrike on a southern Beirut suburb on Sunday, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff Haytham Tabtabai and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild a year after their latest war.

The 50 greatest Beatles songs of all time

From "All You Need Is Love" and "A Day In The Life" to "Let It Be" and "Tomorrow Never Knows," here is our ranking of the 50 greatest Beatles songs.

Basketball and Haida culture woven with battle for Indigenous sovereignty in new documentary

Film director Nang Ḵ’uulas Patrick Shannon’s debut feature documentary Saints and Warriors has been a slam-dunk success on the film festival circuit this year. He spoke to CBC's Daybreak North about how the Haida used basketball to keep their culture alive.

More Canadians are leaving emergency departments before seeing a doctor: CBC's Marketplace cheat sheet

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Alberta food banks grapple with high cost of free beef

Rural Alberta food banks are seeking provincial funding to support a program that sees cattle producers donate animals to organizations that feed people in need.

Nine-man Vancouver Whitecaps dump LAFC, Son Heung-min from MLS playoffs in stunner

• Whitecaps win on PKs after surrendering 2-0 lead

• LAFC hit woodwork three times in extra time

Defender Mathías Laborda scored a first-half goal before delivering the winner in a penalty-kick shootout and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Los Angeles FC in a Western Conference semi-final on Saturday night before a club-record crowd of 53,957 at BC Place in Vancouver.

The second-seeded Whitecaps advance to their first Western Conference final after the two clubs played to a 2-2 draw through regulation and 30 minutes of extra time.

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Small Sask. town rallies to preserve historic bridge a decade after its closure

The town of Saint Louis, Sask., has rallied together to save a historic bridge with a century-old legacy. The former railway bridge is now a walkway designed to teach people about the community's rich Métis culture.

Sask. village rallies to preserve historic bridge a decade after its closure

The village of St. Louis, Sask., has rallied together to save a historic bridge with a century-old legacy. The former railway bridge is now a walkway designed to teach people about the community's rich Métis culture.

Trump news at a glance: Marjorie Taylor Greene is gone, but Trump wonders for how long

The ultra-loyal Maga star announced her departure in typical shocking fashion, but president says he would love to see her back in politics – key US politics stories from 22 November 2025

The surprise resignation of Marjorie Taylor Greene reverberated through Saturday, as figures from across the political spectrum gave responses ranging from criticism to acclaim, including Donald Trump, who hinted at a future political career for her.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic congresswoman and Greene’s frequent sparring partner, criticized her voting record on healthcare and claimed “She’s carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in”, adding: “… her actions have not backed up the rhetoric. For all her talk, she’s still voting with them to gut healthcare … ”

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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins Las Vegas Grand Prix – as it happened

Four-time F1 champion races to victory under the lights as Lando Norris holds on for second

Kravitz, after talking with Crews, extols the virtues of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Great show indeed. One of the last great US TV comedies.

OK, they get Terry. “Vegas was made for F1 and vice versa.”

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This N.B. bird observatory has monitored more than a million migratory birds

The Point Lepreau Bird Observatory is marking 30 years of monitoring the seabird migration in a location perfectly positioned to capture the entire migration pattern of more than 100 different species.

3 generations of Indigenous women talk about their love of drumming

Women from across three generations gathered at Elder Maggie Paul's house in Sitansisk (St. Mary's) First Nation to talk about the joys and challenges of being drummers.

Trailblazing N.L. pitcher Jaida Lee drafted in new Women’s Pro Baseball League

Nineteen-year-old Jaida Lee of St. John's was drafted to play for New York in the Women’s Pro Baseball League on Thursday night.

Plug-in polluter? Why Canada may need to rethink 'transition' EV

Retailers feel Black Friday pressure as Canadians expected to tighten their spending

With trade uncertainty, tariffs and rising prices, Canadian shoppers are expected to pull back this holiday season. Retailers are offering weeks-long discounts —and for some, their first Black Friday deals ever — in the hope of enticing people to spend.

3 ways Canada and China can reset their relations in Trump's new trade world

As Canada starts to diversify its ties with other countries amidst an increasingly unpredictable and unreliable relationship with the U.S., its pivot toward China, in particular, will need to be strategic: the work must be done while balancing the risks and strengthening the country internally.

How the wonderful women of Oz pull back the curtain on L. Frank Baum’s feminism

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, first released 125 years ago, is a seemingly simple story of friendship, self reliance and longing for home continues to speak to us. But another theme shimmers a bit deeper below the surface: feminism, in a world powered by its women, witches and queens.

Greenwashing laws are changing. Businesses are relieved, but environmentalists have concerns

Laws about greenwashing — making a false or misleading statement about the environmental benefits of a product — will remain on the books, but the Liberal government has said it will be making changes aimed at offering businesses more certainty about what runs afoul of the law.

I'm an Acadian at heart even if my accent marks me as an outsider

Bailey Ross has devoted himself to speaking French and promoting Acadian culture. But feeling like he belonged and could call himself Acadian came much later in life.

COP30 failed to land a deal on the fossil fuel transition. Countries are moving forward anyway

Arch Manning has running, passing and receiving TDs as Texas stay alive in CFP race

• Quarterback accounts for six touchdown in 52-37 win

• No 17 Longhorns aiming to make third straight playoffs

Arch Manning passed for four touchdowns, ran for one and caught another as Texas beat Arkansas 52-37 on Saturday to keep the Longhorns clinging to hopes of making the College Football Playoff.

Ranked No 1 in the preseason, the Longhorns (8-3, 5-2, Southeastern Conference, No 17 CFP ) will have to beat third-ranked rival Texas A&M on Friday for a chance to make a case they deserve to be in the playoff for the third consecutive season.

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NWSL Championship: Washington Spirit 0-1 Gotham FC – as it happened

• Rose Lavelle scores winning goal for champions

• Gotham clinch second title in three years

It’s 5:05 p.m. Pacific time, and we have not yet seen the national anthem. This bodes ill for getting started any time soon.

Now it’s 5:10, and the national anthem will be … after these ads.

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Court rules Trump can’t expand fast-track deportation process

Federal appeals court declines to put hold on lower court’s finding that administration violated migrants’ due process

A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to clear the way for Donald Trump’s administration to expand a fast-track deportation process to allow for the expedited removal of immigrants who are living far away from the border.

A 2-1 panel of the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit declined to put on hold the central part of a ruling by a lower-court judge who had found that the administration’s policies violated the due process rights of immigrants who could be apprehended anywhere in the US.

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First rebuilt home in wake of LA fires celebrated in Pacific Palisades

Fire-resistant upgrades are included in replacement structure less than a year after fires destroyed 13,000 homes

• Did you lose your home in the Los Angeles wildfires? We’d like to hear how you’re spending the holidays

Less than a year after the Palisades fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures in Los Angeles, the first completed rebuilt home is being celebrated in Pacific Palisades.

In a statement, mayor Karen Bass confirmed that the Los Angeles department of building and safety had issued the certificate on Friday, certifying that the home had passed inspection and was ready for occupancy.

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'Young People Need to Be Given a Reason to Believe': Cameron Kasky on Israel, AI, Guns, and His Bid for Congress

The New York congressional candidate and Parkland shooting survivor joined Zeteo in a live conversation.

Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, announces terminal cancer diagnosis

Journalist, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, reveals she has acute myeloid leukemia

Tatiana Schlossberg, a journalist and the granddaughter of John F Kennedy, disclosed on Saturday that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, saying her doctor informed her that she has less than a year left to live.

The environmental writer also addressed her cousin, Robert F Kennedy Jr, criticizing the influence his policies as secretary of health and human services have had on her experience with the illness.

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‘He’s the real thing’: Longley feels Chicago connection as Josh Giddey brings Bulls back to the big time | Jack Snape

Three-time NBA champion senses ‘weird deja vu’ as his former side returns to playoff contention with a fellow Australian critical to the resurgence

Luc Longley chooses his words carefully when talking about Chicago Bulls point guard Josh Giddey, not wanting to heap any more expectation on the young Australian still finding his feet in the ferocious competition of the NBA.

He says he doesn’t watch every Bulls game these days – only about half of them. That he hasn’t spoken to Giddey much since his move to Illinois. That Longley’s life in Australia, where he part-owns the Sydney Kings and Flames, takes up most of his energies rather than what is happening on the shores of Lake Michigan.

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Stepbrother investigated in death of Florida high schooler on cruise ship

Anna Kepner, 18, from Titusville, was found dead of asphyxiation under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship

The 16-year-old stepbrother of a Florida teenager found dead aboard a Carnival cruise ship this month has been identified as a suspect in her death.

Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old from Titusville, was found dead under a bed on the Carnival Horizon on 8 November, wrapped in a blanket and covered by life vests, ABC News reported. Preliminary findings indicate she died of asphyxiation from a bar hold – an arm across the neck – with investigators noting two bruises on the side of her neck. A final autopsy and toxicology report are still pending.

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This Week in Democracy – Week 44: Trump Defends MBS, Berates Women Journalists, and Accuses Dems of Sedition 'Punishable by DEATH'

Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

‘This is not right’: grassroots campaign aims to repeal Missouri Republicans’ gerrymandering

A new congressional map was abruptly passed by Republicans in mid-September – but voters have a chance to rebuke politicians and stop it from going into effect

When canvassers fan out across neighborhoods, they usually rely on sophisticated lists that will tell them things like a voter’s political party and how likely they are to support a given cause. Jill Imbler isn’t bothering with any of that.

The 69-year-old has lived in Moberly – a Missouri town of about 14,000 people – her entire life. She doesn’t use a GPS when she drives around, knows where people live, and what time they’re likely to be home. And there’s a pretty good chance that she,or one of her six siblings, knows them personally.

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Politicians shocked by Marjorie Taylor Greene’s surprise resignation announcement

Some Republicans offered congresswoman plaudits, but AOC was scathing in her dismissal of her frequent sparring partner

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s surprise resignation from Congress late on Friday, saying she refused to be a “battered wife” following her public fallout with Donald Trump, has been slammed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic congresswoman and Greene’s frequent sparring partner.

“She’s carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement on her Instagram account, and criticized her voting record on healthcare.

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Santa Monica’s shine has dimmed – can a bold reset revive the beach city’s fortunes?

Years of hollowed out shops, safety worries and stalled leadership have left the famed coastal city searching for a way back

Santa Monica is a city that would seem to have everything. A glorious, wide sandy beach. A fabled pier framed by palm trees and views of the southern California mountains. An aura of Hollywood magic, with a native honor roll that runs from Shirley Temple to Sean Penn. Streets that smell like the Mediterranean, filled with restaurants, cafes and interesting one-off shops.

And yet, for the past several years, almost nothing has gone right for a beach resort known and envied in the Los Angeles area for its beauty, its excellent public schools, and a progressive political culture that has sought to keep the city accessible and affordable to people of all income levels.

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What will a ban on most US hemp products mean?

Ban forbids all products that contain more than 0.4 milligrams of THC per package – a trace amount present in most CBD products

The US hemp industry is preparing for a ban on most hemp products that Senator Mitch McConnell slipped into the spending bill just before the Senate voted to pass it and end the government shutdown.

Many in the industry have criticized the last-minute change, arguing that it should have been subject to open hearings rather than added at the last minute to a bill whose passage was essential for the government reopening. The ban, which goes into effect 12 months after the law’s passage, forbids all products that contain more than 0.4 milligrams of THC per package – a trace amount that is present in most CBD products, not just those whose primary component is THC.

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Trump to end temporary protected status for Somali immigrants in Minnesota

Move could affect hundreds of Somalis who fled civil war in their home country

Donald Trump said on Friday night that he’s “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota, further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has already repeatedly sought to weaken.

Minnesota has the nation’s largest Somali community. Many fled the long civil war in the east African country and were drawn to the state’s welcoming social programs.

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How We Grew Numb to Trump’s Calls for the Slaughter of Anyone He Wants

Is this what we’ve become, at this failing stage of the grand American democratic experiment?

Feeding the Family (bonus episode)

For many people gathering around the table this holiday season, things feel a little different. Maybe it’s the cost of ingredients that’s on your mind, or cuts to USDA funding that have left your food bank running low. Or maybe it’s the simple reality of a packed schedule — there’s a lot to cook, and so little time.

In this special from Marketplace, we bring listeners a collection of stories on the business and economics of food. Our reporters take us across the country to farms, home kitchens, and restaurants. We visit a refugee farmer in Houston, a chocolate-making lab in California, and stop for a bite at an award-winning restaurant in Portland.

Azizi, beloved lion at Moncton zoo, remembered as gentle prankster

Moncton zoo visitors have fond memories of Azizi, an African lion. Azizi was euthanized this week due to declining health.

Devin Haney: ‘They said I couldn’t take a punch. But I got up and I’m still here’

A year and a half after his unstoppable rise was hijacked, the 26-year-old boxing star aims to become a three-weight champion against big-punching Brian Norman Jr

Rain falls in thin, needling lines over Hell’s Kitchen as Devin Haney walks into the Victory Boxing Gym. Somewhere along Ninth Avenue an ambulance threads through the congestion, its siren drawn out into a long, mournful ribbon that slips past the gym’s walls. He nods to a few familiar faces, peels off a Supreme Vanson leather jacket and begins to unwrap himself from the city. His father, Bill, arrives a step behind him, not so much entering the room as taking possession of it.

“The youngest undisputed champion!” Bill cries out, half to the gym, half to himself. “He’s done it on three continents! Twenty-six years old and still writing history! Let the sparks fly!”

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New Orleans braces for Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We have rights’

As many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on the city imminently – despite falling crime

New Orleanians are bracing for a major deployment of US border patrol officers to the city, as Donald Trump forges on with his mass deportation agenda and sweeping federal immigration crackdown in Democrat-led cities.

Despite falling crime, as many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on New Orleans imminently to begin laying the groundwork for “Operation Swamp Sweep”, which the Associated Press reported is due to launch in south-east Louisiana and Mississippi on 1 December with the stated aim of arresting 5,000 people.

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Supreme court blocks order that found Texas congressional map was likely racially biased

Temporary hold on lower court ruling will remain in place while supreme court considers whether to allow new map

The US supreme court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’s 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by Donald Trump likely discriminated on the basis of race.

The order, signed by Justice Samuel Alito, will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map, which is favorable to Republicans, to be used in the midterm elections.

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Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal

The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal

The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November this month by US lawmakers.