WASHINGTON — On Thursday evening, U.S. Cyber Command launched a retaliatory digital strike against an Iranian spy group that supported last week’s limpet mine attacks on commercial ships, according to two former intelligence officials. The group, which has ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, has over the past several years digitally tracked and targeted […]
RANDOLPH, N.H. (AP) — A truck and a group of motorcycles collided on a rural, two-lane highway Friday, killing at least seven people, injuring others, and sending bystanders scrambling for first aid kits and blankets to treat injured bikers scattered along the road. State police said that a 2016 Dodge 2500 pickup truck collided with […]
Counterfeit currency was passed at a Martensville, Sask., business on May 26, according to the Martensville RCMP. The suspect customer is a male, and the RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance identifying him. Anyone with information that may lead to his arrest is urged to call the Warman RCMP detachment at (306) 975-1670, or […]
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse took his off-court skills on stage Saturday night. Nurse, who led the Raptors to their first NBA championship in franchise history earlier this month, joined Hamilton rock band Arkells at their Toronto show to perform a song with them on guitar. Fans posted photos and video on social media Saturday […]
Eleven Republican senators from the state of Oregon are in hiding. They walked out of Salem’s Capitol building on Thursday and state police have been given authorisation to track them down. This bizarre series of events has unfolded amid a deep rift between the state’s rival parties. Oregon’s Democrats, who have a clear Senate majority, […]
Teenage dramas have typically presented a soapy view of high school, with more sex, drugs and wild behavior than in real life. But HBO’s new series “Euphoria” portrays a youth bacchanal that’s a stretch even for Hollywood. The show suggests that our modern society, with its smartphone dating apps, internet pornography and designer drugs, has […]
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is defending his climate plan after accusations last week that it fails to set concrete targets. And he says if implemented, his plan to force major polluters to invest in green tech would lead to a surge in innovation. In an interview with the West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Scheer said his […]
Trainers are being investigated after a 30th horse this year died at a racetrack in southern California. Around 25 trainers have lost horses at Santa Anita this season, which some are attributing to heavy rainfall on the dirt track and excessive use of medications. On Saturday, hall of fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was banned from […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Mars, it appears, is belching a large amount of a gas that could be a sign of microbes living on the planet today. In a measurement taken last Wednesday, Nasa’s Curiosity rover discovered startlingly high amounts of methane in the Martian air, a gas that on Earth is usually produced by living […]
The protests in Hong Kong have heightened tensions between the territory and China, and generated headlines the world over. They have also deepened unease many thousands of miles away – on US campuses. “I am from a city owned by a country that I don’t belong to.” So began a column written by a 19-year-old […]