RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal prosecutor’s office on Tuesday said it was opposed to far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s plan to allow the armed forces to officially commemorate the 55th anniversary of Brazil’s military coup this weekend. “The coup d’état of 1964 … was a violent and undemocratic rupture of the constitutional order,” the […]

12 defendants enter pleas in nationwide college admissions scam case Yale University rescinded the admission of a student whose parents allegedly paid $1.2 million to gain a spot at the elite university through the nationwide college admissions scheme. Yale officials said in a statement Monday that the student’s place at the university was rescinded following an […]

European lawmakers have voted to stop observing daylight saving time beginning in 2021, according to Reuters. European Parliament voted 410 to 192 in favor of operating on a single time on Tuesday. A parliament report in favor of ending the practice of adjusting clocks twice a year stated that studies link the practice to cardiovascular […]

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s rolling museum of vintage U.S. cars may be world-renowned, but it was the island’s collection of British vehicles, from Jaguars to MGs, that were on display on Tuesday for Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during their historic trip to Havana. On his second full day in Cuba, the heir to […]

A man who turned himself in to police after a collision in Sudbury has been charged with impaired driving, police say. Sudbury OPP say on Saturday, just after 4:30 a.m., an allegedly intoxicated man attended the detachment. Officers say the man was turning himself in after being involved in a collision on Highway 69. According […]

The body of a missing mother has been pulled from icy Lake Michigan, five days after she was last seen hundreds of miles away in Wisconsin, police said. Kenosha police told the Detroit Free Press that the remains of Amanda Hanover, 39, of Kalamazoo County, were discovered Saturday, not far from the shore in the […]

Cobourg police are investigating mischief after a bus shelter was damaged on the weekend. Police on Tuesday released a surveillance image of a suspect wanted in connection to damage done to a shelter on Albert Street on Sunday morning around 7:40 a.m. No other details were provided on the incident or extent of the damage. […]

The second survivor of the Parkland, Florida, mass school shooting who committed suicide since March 17 was identified by his family Tuesday as Calvin Desir. Desir was a 16-year-old sophomore at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student armed with a semi-automatic assault rifle killed 17 students and staffers. He died Saturday night, […]

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Royalty won, royalty lost!’ Meghan Markle’s ex-husband Trevor Engelson is toasted – and roasted – by friends at his boozy Miami Beach bachelor party as he gets set to marry nutritionist fiancée Meghan Markle’s ex-husband Trevor Engelson celebrated at  his bachelor party with a group of friends in Miami Beach on March 17 Engelson […]

Sarah Jessica Parker is an A-list actress, a style maven and a vocal supporter of liberal politicians. But when it comes to her local community board, she doesn’t have much juice. Last week, Page Six reported that the “Sex and the City” star spoke at the March 14 Community Board 2 State Liquor Authority committee […]