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North Korea tests new 'high-tech tactical' weapon

Any weapons testing could influence direction of stalled diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang over nuclear arms. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the successful test of a “newly developed high-tech tactical” weapon though it was unclear what sort of armament it was. The viewing on Friday didn’t appear to be a nuclear or missile-related […]

Tenant commits suicide, Kelowna landlord left with ‘biohazard’

Landlord Diana Campbell is back at her rental condo. It’s not something she was planning to do, but Campbell is back because her tenant, who was under the care of Interior Health, died. But she says Interior Health left the place in a mess. “They just picked up her personal effects and walked out the […]

Search and rescue responding to bulk carrier off Newfoundland, no plans to abandon ship

Rescue officials have come to the aid of a bulk carrier that flooded Thursday afternoon off Newfoundland. Joint Task Force Atlantic says the Centennial Harmony was roughly 460 kilometres off St. John’s, N.L., in the Grand Banks with when it reported flooding onboard around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. In a statement Thursday evening, National Defence said […]

Big response as 630 CHED Santas Anonymous gets back into gear

It was a full house on Thursday when 630 CHED Santas Anonymous officially opened its doors to drop-in volunteers. By early afternoon, the charity had so much support already that some people had to be turned away. “We were full right away at 9 a.m. when we opened, it was absolutely fantastic,” Santas Anonymous executive director […]

President Trump to visit wildfire victims in California

The US president initially blamed the blazes, which have claimed at least 58 lives, on state officials and threatened to withhold federal payments. Mr Trump tweeted over the weekend: “There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor.” The number of dead seems […]

US senator to query Facebook about report on treatment of critics

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A Democratic US senator said on Thursday (Nov 15) she will ask Facebook Inc and the Justice Department about a media report that the company hired an outside firm to attack critics, warning that such action could raise campaign finance issues. Senator Amy Klobuchar told the Senate Judiciary Committee she would send […]

A Witness Tells Tales of Gore and Greed at the Trial of El Chapo

The assassin’s bullet whizzed past Jesus Zambada García’s ear and knocked him to the ground. He wasn’t dead, just wounded. The gunshot sliced a deep, red groove into his head. Ambushed by his attackers at a Mexico City store, Mr. Zambada stumbled to his feet and came up shooting. With a panicked spray of gunfire, […]

Neo-Nazi Harassment Not Protected by First Amendment, Judge Rules

A lawsuit accusing the publisher of the neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer of coordinating a “terror campaign” of online harassment against a Jewish real estate agent cannot be dismissed on First Amendment grounds, a federal judge in Montana ruled this week. In his ruling denying a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, Dana L. Christensen, the chief […]

US senators seek clampdown on Saudis over Yemen, journalist's murder

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Republican and Democratic US senators introduced legislation on Thursday (Nov 15) seeking to strike back at Saudi Arabia over the death of a Saudi journalist at a consulate in Turkey and for its role in Yemen’s devastating civil war. If it were to become law, the Bill would suspend weapon sales to […]

Pentagon fails its first-ever audit, official says

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The Pentagon has failed what is being called its first-ever comprehensive audit, a senior official said on Thursday (Nov 15), finding US Defence Department accounting discrepancies that could take years to resolve. Results of the inspection – conducted by some 1,200 auditors and examining financial accounting on a wide range of spending […]