A 2-year-old boy is dead after reportedly falling from a New Jersey high-rise
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who was reported to have fallen from a 20th-story window. Newark police were called to a high-rise apartment building at 7 a.m. Saturday on...
Former NBA guard Patrick Beverley arrested on felony assault charge in Texas
ROSHARON, Texas (AP) — Former NBA guard Patrick Beverley was arrested and charged with felony assault in what police in Texas called a “family violence” incident. Beverley, 37, was arrested early Friday at a home in Rosharon, the Fort Bend...
Suspected Haitian gang members exchange fire with Marines protecting US Embassy in Port-au-Prince
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A group of suspected Haitian gang members fired this week on American forces protecting the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, a spokesman said Saturday, in an incident that highlighted the tense security situation in the...
Pilot dead in eastern Ontario after plane crash, police say
SOUTH GLENGARRY — Provincial police say a pilot is dead after an accident involving two small airplanes in eastern Ontario. OPP say officers were called to a report that two airplanes had possibly collided north of Martintown in South Glengarry...
At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political...
NEW YORK (AP) — Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill...
FAA takes first steps to restore flights after shutdown strain, but some limits remain
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday halved the number of flights that U.S. airlines must cut from their schedules at 40 airports as the country’s aviation system recovers from a shortage of air traffic controllers during the record government shutdown....
B.C. lawyers receiving extortion threats, legal regulator warns
VANCOUVER — The Law Society of British Columbia says it has become aware of lawyers receiving extortion threats for “substantial sums of money.” The legal profession regulator sent out a notice to its members that says lawyers have been targeted...
SIU probing man’s fatal fall at Square One mall in Mississauga
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an 18-year-old man at Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga on Wednesday. Peel Regional Police officers were called about a man in distress who was heading...
‘Land grab’: NDP claims Ford is trying to seize control of Exhibition Place
Some politicians claim the Ford government is looking to gain control over City-owned land at Exhibition Place in what the NDP describe as an “unconscionable land grab.” New legislation introduced by the PC government earlier this month as part of...
Westons, Thomsons to team up for $18M bid on Hudson’s Bay charter: court docs
TORONTO — Two of Canada’s wealthiest families have agreed to team up to open the bidding at $18 million for the royal charter that formed Hudson’s Bay. New court documents filed late Friday say holding companies belonging to the Thomson...
