Two nearly simultaneous moves by the Trump administration on Monday signaled a new and far more transactional approach to the Justice Department’s handling of corruption cases. In the evening, President Trump signed an executive order halting investigations and prosecutions of corporate corruption in foreign countries, arguing such cases hurt the United States’ competitive edge. “It’s … Read more
A Vancouver Island family is fighting to regain access to a rare drug that’s had a life-changing effect on their terminally ill daughter. Nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock was diagnosed with a neurological disorder known as Batten disease, or CLN2, in 2019. She developed seizures and mobility loss and began to decline rapidly — until she was … Read more
The federal government is moving slowly, but steadily, to reentering the aviation business, with its commitment to support potential buyers of Rex Airlines or to take an ownership stake itself if there is no “market outcome”. There are currently no buyers queueing up to take Rex out of administration. Potential investors will now — if … Read more
LA Times business reporter Samantha Masunaga reported President Donald Trump’s return to power sparked a grim paradigm shift in Hollywood. In a piece headlined, “Will Trump have a chilling effect on Hollywood? Insiders say it’s already happening,” Masunaga wrote that two films indicate how the times have changed. The writer contrasted the recent documentary about … Read more
49 minutes ago News Duration 1:30 The Ice Lions hockey team based in Nairobi has its sights set on playing in the Olympics. The team recently celebrated its first title win in a friendly league, facing off against amateurs from ‘colder nations’ on home ice — a rink that was set up by a group … Read more
Jacob Hopper admits he did dream of extending Richmond’s dynasty but says his high-profile trade has brought “so much more” than success. Hopper, 28, was traded from GWS in 2022 at the back end of the Tigers’ golden run of flags. Along with fellow Giant-turned-Tiger Tim Taranto, Hopper was viewed as one of the new … Read more
Maria Teresa Horta, a Portuguese feminist writer who helped shatter her conservative country’s strictures on women, died on Feb. 4 at her home in Lisbon. She was 87. Her death was announced on Facebook by her publisher, Dom Quixote. The Portuguese prime minister, Luis Montenegro, paid tribute to her on X, calling her “an important … Read more
The crackdown on the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) continues across the nation, and law enforcement officials announced the indictment of eight members accused of multiple federal crimes in Tennessee. Robert McGuire, the acting United States attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, along with agency leaders from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department … Read more
Construction work for the west leg of the Valley Line LRT has been ongoing for years along Stony Plain Road and now, a city committee has voted unanimously to move forward with a proposal that would see the work be completed at a faster pace. However, to finish construction at various points of the shop-laden … Read more
Ever since the firehose of new Donald Trump alerts kicked off on inauguration day, we’ve been asking ourselves the same questions in every morning news meeting: how do we cover this story? And should we cover it at all? For the reasons laid out in countless think pieces, Trump will always be tempting for any … Read more