WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is dropping the criminal case against Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, The Associated Press reported on Thursday, citing a court filing. The report came shortly after a lead career prosecutor abruptly withdrew from the criminal case, following a growing campaign by Trump’s […]

Manitoba health officials will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. to give an update on the latest coronavirus measures in the province. Global News will livestream the press conference here. On Wednesday, the number of Manitoba COVID-19 cases was at 284 cases. Five people were in hospital, and none were in ICU. There have […]

A vote Wednesday at Winnipeg City Hall on whether to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of residential development near Polo Park may be set aside. Mall owners Cadillac Fairview and developer Shindico want to build nearly a dozen low and medium-rise buildings on Polo Park’s property. The mixed-use project would take up about a […]

A controversial plan to merge two police stations in Montreal’s west end is forging ahead, with the city’s police department holding a digital presentation for residents set to be impacted by the move on Tuesday night. Under the plan, Station 11 in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce will be closed and merged into Station 9, located in nearby Côte […]

Statement comes as whistle-blower alleges Trump sought quick COVID-19 fixes by trying to fast-track unproven drugs. The White House is considering disbanding its emergency taskforce handling the response to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, even as the number of deaths in the world’s worst-hit country continued to rise. Vice President Mike Pence, who […]

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court decision to put Senate candidate Michelle Ferrigno Warren’s name on the June 30 Democratic primary ballot, siding with the Secretary of State’s Office. After Ferrigno Warren fell short of collecting the required signatures to get on the ballot she sued, alleging the coronavirus had unfairly […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators returned to Washington for the first time in nearly six weeks on Monday, amid concerns that their legislative sessions could put lawmakers and staff at risk of contracting the new coronavirus. The Senate was due to reconvene at 3 p.m. ET (1900 GMT) to address partisan differences over the next […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said bipartisan discussions are underway over whether more U.S. government relief funding is needed amid the nation’s novel coronavirus outbreak, but that President Donald Trump is focused on taxes and travel. In an interview on Fox Business Network, Mnuchin said the Trump administration was prepared to […]

Older people will “rebel and risk prison” if they are forced to remain in lockdown longer while restrictions are eased, a former Tory pensions minister has warned. Conservative peer Baroness Altmann argued such a requirement would be “age discrimination” and could cost lives as well as threaten social unrest. Her comments come amid growing concern […]

The government has admitted that “a small number” of the home coronavirus tests sent out do not have the right information to be processed. On Friday the government announced it had met its target of 100,000 daily tests – though there was criticism that the figure included home testing kits and tests carried out at […]