LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – A suspected illegal immigrant accused of shooting to death a California police officer was arrested on Friday (Dec 28) after a two-day manhunt that President Donald Trump cited in his push for building a wall on the border with Mexico, officials said. Gustavo Arriaga, 33, was arrested in Bakersfield, a city […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The Trump administration announced on Friday (Dec 28) a plan designed to make it easier for coal-fired power plants, after nearly a decade of restrictions, to release into the atmosphere more mercury and other pollutants linked to developmental disorders and respiratory illnesses. The limits on mercury, set in 2011, were the first […]
A black man was staying in a Doubletree hotel in Portland, Ore., when he called his mother from the lobby, only to be told by a white security guard that he was trespassing and be escorted out of the building by the police. The Dec. 22 encounter was captured on cellphone video by the man, […]
GUATEMALA CITY/NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The eight-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in the custody of US border agents this week had the flu before he passed away but the cause of his death is still unknown, state officials said on Friday (Dec 28). Felipe Gomez Alonzo was the second Guatemalan child to die this month […]
Former Wilfrid Laurier University teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd is being sued by two professors who say she should bear the responsibility of a defamation suit against them, according to her lawyer. Nathan Rambukkana and Herbert Pimlott, who teach at the university, were sued by controversial University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson in June, after it was revealed […]
President Donald Trump has threatened to close the US border with Mexico if Democrats in Congress do not agree to fund the construction of a border wall. Mr Trump tweeted on Friday morning that “we will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely” unless a funding deal is reached with “the Obstructionist Democrats”. Mr […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg, criticised for months by lawmakers, privacy advocates and some investors, said he was “proud of the progress we’ve made,” fighting misinformation and protecting users’ personal data during one of the company’s most tumultuous years. “To be clear, addressing these issues is more than a one-year […]
‘Tis a quiet weekend for events in the region of Waterloo with New Year’s Eve soon to follow but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any fun to be had. While Christmas is over, there are still some amazing holiday lighting displays to be seen in and around the tri-cities. The Wonders of Winter remains on […]
LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Motor Vehicles is under renewed scrutiny after a federal government warning that its Real ID protocols do not comply with security standards, the latest in a series of missteps by a state agency struggling to maintain public trust. The Department of Homeland Security notified officials at the California […]
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – A Russian company accused of bankrolling efforts to disrupt the 2016 presidential campaign says that a “nude selfie” is among the materials collected by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in his ongoing probe. A lawyer for the firm, Concord Management and Consulting, made an offhand mention of the purported photo in a […]