Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will significantly reduce the number of new immigrants in the country after acknowledging his government failed to get the balance right coming out of the pandemic. Trudeau’s Liberal government had targeted bringing in 500,000 new permanent residents in both 2025 and 2026. Trudeau now
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CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said Thursday that he would use presidential powers to end Jack Smith’s probe into multiple criminal cases he’s brought against the former president, promising to fire the special counsel who has indicted him on multiple criminal charges. “Oh, it’s so easy. It’s so easy,” Trump said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats trying to win control of the House on Election Day might have their best chance of flipping a seat in central New York. That’s where a moderate Democrat is facing off against a first-term Republican incumbent in a district former President Donald Trump lost by double digits. The
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Please disregard US–Election 2024-Trump-Special Counsel, published on Nov. 6, 2024, and datelined in WASHINGTON. The story, which first was published on Oct. 24, was accidentally published again.
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court has reported Mongolia to the court’s oversight organization for failing to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visited the Asian nation last month. Putin’s visit was his first to a member state of the court since it issued an arrest
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The undead, Medieval-themed suburban restaurants, the mall. Druidism, decapitated chickens, rebirth. Church, sheep slaughter, science fiction. These are a few, not all, of the topics touched upon on the Pixies’ 10th studio album, “The Night the Zombies Came.” It’s a 13-track kaleidoscopic collection of songs that veer from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will lead his Liberal Party into the next election, dismissing a request by some party members to not run for a fourth term. Trudeau met with his Liberal members of Parliament for three hours Wednesday, where he learned that more than 20 signed a
Continue ReadingSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Two former Penn State football players facing felony rape charges are free on bond while they await their next hearing. Kaveion Keys and Jameial Lyons, both 19, are accused of raping a 17-year-old Penn State student at their on-campus apartment in early July. According to the criminal complaint, a second
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer From Boar’s Head deli meat and waffles to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, this year’s illness outbreaks — some deadly — and food recalls may have Americans wondering whether there are new risks in the U.S. food supply. But experts say it’s business as usual when it comes to the complicated task of keeping
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida is suing to force the Justice Department to stop blocking the state’s investigation into the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed the lawsuit Wednesday against Attorney General Merrick Garland after federal officials told Florida to temporarily halt its own investigation while
Continue ReadingAKRON, Ohio (AP) — An elections board is deadlocked about whether a Democratic member of Congress from Ohio resides in her Akron district. Thursday’s tie vote along party lines by the Summit County Board of Elections means the state’s Republican secretary of state will have to break the tie. U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes described the
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé will appear alongside Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally Friday in Houston, a person familiar with the planning tells CNN, the first joint appearance with the music icon whose anthem has been the soundtrack of the Harris campaign. The appearance, in which Beyoncé will
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The Living Desert is hosting its Howl-O-Ween experience this weekend! The weekend long celebration will feature fun everyone with trick-or-treats, spooky animals, face painting and food vendors. There are also photo opportunities throughout the park. New this year, the Living Desert is debuting a kid-friendly haunted house. And they are brining back animal trading cards
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Beyoncé is expected to appear Friday in her hometown of Houston at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to three people familiar with the matter. Harris’ presidential campaign has taken on Beyonce’s 2016 track “Freedom” as its anthem, and the singer’s planned appearance brings a high-level of star
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog said Thursday it’s opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority said it has “sufficient information” to launch an initial probe after it sought input earlier this year on whether the deal would stifle competition. The CMA has until Dec.
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog said Thursday it’s opening a formal investigation into Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority said it has “sufficient information” to launch an initial probe after it sought input earlier this year on whether the deal would stifle competition. The CMA has until Dec.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A confrontation for Britain over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade appears increasingly likely to feature at a summit of nations its empire once colonized, after Caribbean leaders said they would thrust the matter of financial reparations into the spotlight at the event in Samoa. British Prime
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs on Thursday opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter, forcing it to land in Port-au-Prince in the latest attack in Haiti’s capital as violence surges once again. No one was injured as several rounds of gunfire hit the helicopter that was carrying three crew members and 15 passengers,
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said Thursday that he would use presidential powers to end Jack Smith’s probe into multiple criminal cases he’s brought against the former president, promising to fire the special counsel who has indicted him on multiple criminal charges. “Oh, it’s so easy. It’s so easy,” Trump said when
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered his national security agencies to harness new, powerful artificial intelligence technology in a bid to compete with rivals such as China while also applying guardrails to prevent its use for antidemocratic purposes. The new national security memorandum, issued in the final months
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