[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Shyloh Mugler Curet’s home, a Bronx apartment she shares with her 83-year-old grandmother, has not always felt like one. She faced rejection from her family when she came out as gay. “Keep it to yourself,” some relatives told her. […]
The US special representative for Iran said yesterday that Europe has a choice: Do business with the United States, or do business with Iran. The comments by Brian Hook came as European countries made a last-ditch effort to prevent Iran from breaching the terms of a 2015 nuclear deal, a move that could add to […]
A baby girl found inside a plastic bag in the US has families across the world “waiting in line” to adopt the “miracle” child, an official says. The baby, nicknamed India, was found on 6 June in Georgia after residents heard her crying and called the police. Police shared heart-rending bodycam footage of an officer […]
A baby girl found inside a plastic bag in the US has families across the world “waiting in line” to adopt the “miracle” child, an official says. The baby, nicknamed India, was found on 6 June in Georgia after residents heard her crying and called the police. Police shared heart-rending bodycam footage of an officer […]
A special memorial honouring a Canadian war hero has returned to its east London home. The city held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday to mark the return of the Charley Fox memorial artwork installation, which now sits at the roundabout intersection of Trafalgar and Hale streets. The 10-metre high piece was temporarily removed in […]
An iconic Saskatoon landmark, the Mendel Art Gallery, closed its doors in June of 2015. On Friday morning, just over four years later, those doors re-opened as a children’s discovery museum, the Nutrien Wonderhub. Related Saskatoon Children’s Discovery Museum renamed Nutrien Wonderhub “The building is a beloved part of Saskatoon,” Wonderhub executive director Amanda McReynolds […]
Justices also say they’ll hear ‘bridgegate’ and religious school subsidies cases, but won’t take Alabama abortion case. Adding a high-stakes immigration case to its election-year agenda, the Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether President Donald Trump can terminate an Obama-era programme shielding young migrants from deportation. The justices’ order sets up legal arguments […]
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – The second debate among Democrats running for US president attracted 18.1 million television viewers across three networks, a record audience for a Democratic primary face-off, NBC News said on Friday (June 28). Thursday’s event featuring front-runners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders was shown on broadcaster NBC, cable channel MSNBC and Spanish-language […]
US officials familiar with the intelligence on May drone attacks say they originated in Iraq, not Yemen, WSJ reports. Drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry in May originated in Iraq, not Yemen, US officials have concluded, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report. The report, which was published on Friday, drew questions from […]
The Guelph Humane Society says it will continue to enforce animal protection laws over the next six months while the Ontario government creates new legislation. This comes after the Ontario SPCA announced it would not be enforcing cruelty provisions in provincial legislation after June 28. But the government passed a bill that gave humane societies […]