The animosity directed at Amazon and the legislators who have opened the velvet rope to the city has been fomenting for weeks, but on Wednesday it reached peak rage. It was then that Amazon executives faced members of the City Council, a body that was locked out of the process of wooing the company here, […]

A police officer shot a man in the Bronx on Wednesday night after the man opened fire and critically wounded another person — then pointed a gun at officers, the authorities said. Officers responded to White Plains Road and Cranford Avenue around 7:50 p.m. when they heard three to five gunshots, Rodney Harrison, the New […]

CHICAGO (AFP) – A Southwest Airlines flight headed from Seattle to Dallas was turned back mid-flight after it was discovered that a human heart had been left on board, officials said Thursday (Dec 13). The plane had was over eastern Idaho – around 950km into the journey – when staff discovered the “life critical cargo […]

Regina Pioneer Village is Saskatchewan’s largest seniors complex, but the provincially run facility has been on life support for years. Now, one longtime resident is speaking out and hoping the province will find a permanent solution to the complex’s infrastructure problems. “This used to be my home. Now, it’s just a death trap,” said Cathy […]

Wall Street Journal reports prosecutors ar looking into whether some donors gave money in exchange for favours. Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating whether US President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee misspent some of the record $107m it raised from donors, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people it said were familiar with the […]

As millions of Canadians prepare to make long haul trips for the holidays, Global News talked to Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) spokesperson Christine Langlois and Halifax Stanfield International Airport spokesperson Theresa Rath Spicer to get tips and updates for travellers. Here are a few things to remember when hitting the road over the […]

Commuters in New Jersey were treated to an early Christmas present as cash rained down from the sky across a busdy road. Dollar bills of different denominations floated through the air between the snow in East Rutherford, near New York, after what appeared to be a traffic accident between a car and an armoured vehicle […]

Vote condemning kingdom comes as bipartisan group of senators vows to apply sanctions pressure on it in 2019. Washington, DC – As the US Senate moved to vote on Thursday on a resolution condemning Saudi Arabia for its conduct of the war in Yemen and the assassination of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a bipartisan group […]

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A woman accused of acting as a Russian agent to infiltrate a powerful gun lobby group and influence US policy towards Moscow pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy in federal court on Thursday (Dec 13) in a deal with prosecutors that could give them insight into Russian meddling in American […]

Kahnawake’s freshly passed Cannabis Control Act will bring legal cannabis to the Mohawk territory south of Montreal, but it will by no means be a free-for-all. “We decided to create a law that would allow some distribution, some manufacturing, some sales within, but we’re certainly having strict guidelines and following Health Canada guidelines,” said Chief […]