The Pacific Northwest is bracing for an unusual series of winter storms that started on Friday and is expected to stretch into next week, while parts of California will again get pummeled with snow. Seattle is forecast to get four to six inches of snow during its second bout of winter weather in the past […]
Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest person, revealed in a sensational blog post on Thursday that he believed he was the victim of “extortion and blackmail” by the company behind The National Enquirer. He accused the company, American Media Inc., of threatening to release graphic photos of him. [Read more on the Amazon founder’s accusation and […]
The department responsible for security on Parliament Hill has apologized after an apparent incident of racial profiling took place on the Hill this week. A spokesman for the Parliamentary Protective Service said the force is investigating the incident, which took place Monday during an event known as Black Voices on the Hill. “Our security personnel […]
Ask Virginians what they feel about current scandal engulfing state politics and one reaction is common: the exasperated exhale. Where do you even begin with the past week? First racist photos were uncovered on Governor Ralph Northam’s 1980s college yearbook page. Then Attorney General Mark Herring, a fellow Democrat, admitted dressing up in blackface as […]
Public safety personnel, like firefighters, police, paramedics and prison guards, often find themselves in harm’s way. This puts them at a higher risk of post-traumatic stress injuries (PSTI) than the general population. This is why a series of grants from The Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) are putting $11 million to research the effects […]
A diner has been seriously hurt after a car crashed through a restaurant window throwing people from their seats and pinning one under the vehicle. Six people were injured in the terrifying accident which was caught CCTV as diner sat down to lunch in Spring Hill, Florida. Within seconds of the crash numerous eye-witnesses called […]
A second woman has come forward to accuse the deputy governor of scandal-plagued Virginia of sexual assault. Meredith Watson alleges Lt Governor Justin Fairfax raped her in 2000 when they were both students at Duke University in North Carolina. Mr Fairfax, a Democrat, has denied the latest allegation, saying he is the victim of a […]
A coalition representing Alberta’s agriculture producers wants the province to change its launch date on new training rules for truck drivers. The province says the date will stay in place. Starting March 1, drivers of semi-trucks and commercial buses will need to take more extensive training, including work in the classroom and on the road, […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will express concerns about the growing presence of China’s Huawei Technologies in central Europe when he visits Hungary next week, a senior administration official said on Friday (Feb 8). During his visits to Hungary and Slovakia, Pompeo will also discuss ways to bolster security relationships with […]
Since the blockbuster musical “Hamilton,” tourists have been swarming Trinity Church, part of an Episcopal parish in Lower Manhattan that dates to the 17th century. Alexander Hamilton and his wife, Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, are buried in the cemetery there. Recent years have been good to the church and the rest of its campus. St. Paul’s […]