[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] When New York expanded abortion rights last week for the first time in 49 years, Democrats across the state were exultant. Now, that jubilation has been met with an equal and opposite reaction. Anti-abortion advocates, from grass-roots activists all […]
At Kameyosek Elementary School, students get their daily news in an unconventional way. A rotating team of Grade 4, 5 and 6 students put together the morning announcements and send them live to broadcast. The students divvy up anchoring, teleprompter, directing and producing duties. Principal Hector Pothier said the junior journalists run an efficient system. “It’s […]
Companies distance themselves from National Rifle Association as boycott calls gain steam online. Companies that have cut ties with NRA Avis Allied Van Lines Budget Chubb Enterprise First National Bank of Omaha Hertz MetLife North American Van Lines Symantec TrueCar Delta Air Lines United Airlines Starkey Wyndham (2017) Others A growing number of US companies […]
Donald Trump participated in just one event per day on average throughout January, according to his public schedule, amid mounting accusations he is not working hard enough as US president. So far this week, Mr Trump’s calendar showed he took part in one intelligence briefing, a lunch with vice-president Mike Pence, and a private Trump […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] As commuters shuffled through the Lexington Avenue-53rd Street subway station on Thursday morning, Tyrone Cooper serenaded the bundled-up passengers with his usual renditions of popular tunes. But Mr. Cooper’s performance also came with a warning: “It’s too cold to […]
Two teens are facing charges after a vehicle was reported stolen from a driveway in east Hamilton. Shortly after 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Hamilton police say a resident on Potruff Road North awoke to the sound of breaking glass and looked out the window to find his 2017 Toyota Rav 4 being taken from his […]
A museum in Washington, DC has dedicated an exhibition to an iconic human rights movement sparked by Martin Luther King 50 years ago. A museum in Washington, DC has dedicated an exhibition to an iconic human rights movement sparked by Martin Luther King 50 years ago. The “Poor People’s Campaign” demanded economic justice for working-class […]
Record-breaking highs are experienced across the eastern US, while there are record lows in the west. Less than three weeks ago, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter during the 126th annual Groundhog Day festivities on February 2. Recent days have seen temperatures more like early summer along the Eastern Seaboard. Warm […]
At least 13 people die, including three children, when a minister’s helicopter crash-landed on way to quake epicentre. A military helicopter carrying top Mexican officials has crashed while assessing damage from a powerful earthquake, killing at least 13 people on the ground, according to authorities. Twelve people died at the scene after the pilot lost […]
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was an inexperienced semi-truck driver dealing with navigation difficulties and distracted by a tarp flapping off the back of his truck when he blew through a stop sign and collided with the Humboldt Broncos bus, his lawyer says. Sidhu’s defence lawyer Mark Brayford made the comments during a sentencing hearing in Saskatchewan […]