Voters in Mississippi will decide the Republican candidate for governor in a runoff Tuesday between the state’s lieutenant governor and a former chief justice of the State Supreme Court who supports expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, 45, won nearly 49 percent of the vote in the Republican primary election […]
HOUSTON (AP) – A passenger who put a camera in an aeroplane bathroom on a California-to-Texas flight has pleaded guilty and could be deported. Choon Ping Lee, a 50-year-old Malaysian man, pleaded guilty to video voyeurism on Tuesday (Aug 27). A judge in Houston sentenced Lee to two months in prison and a US$6,000 fine. […]
A US federal judge has temporarily blocked a new law banning nearly all abortions in the state of Missouri after eight weeks of pregnancy from going into effect, reports say. It was set to take effect on Wednesday. The law would mean that abortions past eight weeks would be banned except in cases of medical […]
Alleged victims of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself this month in his federal jail cell, shared their stories Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom. Courtney Wild said Epstein sexually abused her for years. His suicide “robbed” victims of the chance “to confront him one by one” in court, said Wild, the first accuser […]
A short-lived gas leak forced dozens of Londoners out of their homes and into the late summertime rain on Tuesday morning. Fire crews were called to a reported gas leak on Hill Street west of Wellington Street at around 9:40 a.m. Platoon Chief Shawn Fitzgerald says Enbridge Gas was able to cut off the leak […]
The federal government is investing almost $2 million in an affordable housing project in Hamilton’s north end. Liberal MP Adam Vaughan, the parliamentary secretary to the minister of families, children and social development, made the announcement Tuesday morning at a construction site on James Street North. Hughson Street Baptist Church and Indwell are partnering to […]
Police are investigating a house fire in Yarmouth, N.S., that caused extensive damage. Nova Scotia RCMP say they responded to the blaze on Chebouge Road near Kelly’s Cove just after noon on Monday. Police say they received the call from a motorist who saw smoke coming from the roof of the house. Several fire departments […]
A 15-year-old boy may have drowned Monday night near Île Saint-Quentin in Trois-Rivières, according to police. Rescue teams were called to the area around 6 p.m. but were not able to locate the victim before suspending the search for the night. Trois-Rivières police issued a late-night press release on Monday reporting that a 15-year-old was […]
Saskatoon-based West Wind Aviation is throwing its support behind a call by the chief of a northern Saskatchewan First Nation to improve the airport at Fond du Lac. West Wind said lengthening the runway from 3,800 feet to 5,000 feet and widening it from 75 feet to 150 feet would allow the company to use […]
The pop-up public toilet facility that moved around downtown last summer is back, but now, it’s found a more permanent home: the corner of Main Street and Henry Avenue. This year, the Downtown Winnipeg Biz partnered with Main Street Project to provide the service again — now, with a particular clientele in mind. “In this […]