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Month: October 2023

Donald Sutherland on Canada Post stamp honour: ‘It’s the biggest thing to me’

By Natasha O’Neill, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Canada Post is honouring the long career of one of Canada’s best-known actors with a new collectible stamp. The legacy of Donald Sutherland, who Canada Post calls one of the country’s “most respected and versatile actors,” spans more

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Houston mayoral candidate Jackson Lee regretful after recording of her allegedly berating staffers

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who is running to be Houston’s next mayor, has expressed regret following the release of an audio recording purported to be of the Democrat berating staff members. The unverified, expletive-filled recording was sent anonymously to multiple news organizations Friday. In it,

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In courtroom faceoff, Michael Cohen says he was told to boost Trump’s asset values ‘arbitrarily’

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former president’s assets to “whatever number Trump told us to.” It was a fraught face-to-face encounter between

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Family, friends, colleagues bid farewell to Philadelphia officer killed in airport garage shooting

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers gathered Tuesday to bid farewell to a Philadelphia police officer killed in an airport parking garage shooting that also wounded another officer earlier this month. Fifty-year-old officer Richard Mendez and another officer saw several people breaking into a car in the parking lot at Philadelphia

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Why some members of Black sororities and fraternities don’t want you to wear their letters

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — A Nashville teacher made headlines this month for removing a White elementary student’s shirt because it was emblazoned with the letters of her historically Black sorority. A spokesperson for Metro Nashville Public Schools told CNN the sorority shirt violated McGavock Elementary School dress code “due to having writing,” but

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Lebanese PM visits troops at border with Israel while Saudi Arabia evacuates families of diplomats

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has visited troops deployed near the border with Israel, and Saudi Arabia is evacuating families of diplomatic staff because of clashes between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops. Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s visit Tuesday to the tense southern province is the first since clashes

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Fact check: DeSantis falsely claims ‘no pro-lifer has ever argued’ to jail a woman for getting an abortion

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis falsely claimed last week that “no pro-lifer has ever argued” that a woman should be jailed for getting an abortion. DeSantis made the claim while criticizing a rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and US ambassador to

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California man sentenced to 1-year in federal prison for cyberstalking, harassing parent of Parkland school shooting victim

By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A California man who sent hundreds of harrowing messages to an activist against gun violence whose daughter was killed in the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting has been sentenced to 1 year in federal prison, according to prosecutors and court documents. James Catalano, 62, of Fresno, California, pled guilty

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Forced labor concerns prompt US lawmakers to demand ban on seafood from 2 Chinese provinces

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some U.S. lawmakers are demanding that seafood processed in two Chinese provinces be banned from entering the U.S. market because of concerns about rights abuses. They also say Chinese facilities using forced labor should be banned from doing business with American companies. The request, sent by the

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