1 injured after Maryland house fire, explosion
Fire crews responded to the two-alarm fire late Saturday.
Fire crews responded to the two-alarm fire late Saturday.
The Russian president’s gesture was so jarring that it reportedly made ex-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi throw up.
House Republicans plan to move forward next week with holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over the unredacted audio of an interview that was conducted as part of the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. The House Judiciary Committee is set to convene on May 16 to advance contempt charges against the Cabinet official, according to a person familiar with the matter who was granted anonymity to discuss plans not yet made public. The resolution would then go to the full House for a vote.
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is warning Conservatives to back down from attempts to block pharmacare legislation, as the House of Commons prepares to vote on the bill for the first time. The legislation is a central condition of the NDP's political pact with the governing Liberals, and includes a program to cover select contraceptive and diabetes medications and supplies. Conservative health critic Stephen Ellis tabled an amendment to the bill last month that, if passed, would effectively q
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The criminal trial of an Ottawa fire captain and a former firefighter, both charged following a ritualistic dishwashing competition in 2022 that allegedly turned violent before being hushed up, is set to begin Monday before a judge alone in the Ontario Court of Justice.Eric Einagel, 38, is accused of choking openly non-binary rookie firefighter Ash Weaver during an assault that caused bodily harm, as well as harassment by threatening conduct that caused Weaver to fear for their safety. Einagel w
Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesTwelve GOP senators vowed to go after the UN court that prosecutes individuals for war crimes if it issues an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with his relentless military campaign in Gaza.In a letter that was first reported by Zeteo, the Republican senators, led by Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, promised to target the International Criminal Court and its employees if it issues a warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest—an act several Israe
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Police investigate India's ruling BJP over a video the opposition say is anti-Muslim.
A year after Frank Gruben was last seen alive, his family feels no closer to knowing his whereabouts.Originally from Aklavik, N.W.T., Gruben was living in Fort Smith, N.W.T., when he went missing from that community on May 6, 2023 — two days after his 30th birthday. In a recent emailed statement to CBC News, RCMP say there have been no new developments with the investigation and that police continue to urge anyone with information to come forward."We do not have any additional information to pro
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb criticized Judge Aileen Cannon after she indefinitely postponed former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents case. “All she’s really done today, though, is make official what everybody, including Jack Smith, already knew, which was she had no intention of getting this case to trial,” Cobb told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Tuesday. Cannon’s Tuesday order, issued…
EDMONTON — It was a long time ago, but Jan Novotny still remembers the tanks rumbling through his hometown of Prague in 1968 when the Soviet Union enforced its will on the people of what was then Czechoslovakia. On Monday, he stood outside the Alberta legislature in a gentle rain, holding a sign aimed at the province's United Conservative Party government saying, "Stalin Would Be Proud." "I'm really concerned," Novotny said on the first day of his protest. "Democracy is a slippery slope. It can
Union lawyers grilled a pension expert in a New Brunswick court on Friday, part of a bigger battle to overturn a law passed by the Higgs Progressive Conservative government to convert the retirement plans of 16,000 public workers and retirees to something cheaper for taxpayers. Joseph Nunes, the executive chairman and founder of Actuarial Solutions in southern Ontario, was hired by the Tory government to file a report and act as an expert witness in service of the Court of King’s Bench, which is
Preppy makes perfect for this outdoor fireplace design by Noelle Interiors, with its striped throw cushions, woven natural fiber touches, and towering stone fireplace. “A warm, modern aesthetic that uses organic colors and textures can balance, clean contemporary lines,” says Dominique Coffman, Vice President of Design at Design West. When designing this outdoor space, the client wanted an area that was simply beautiful, yet cozy.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee's election leader has been ousted by the mayor in a surprise move that comes just six months before Wisconsin's largest city will be in the spotlight in the presidential swing state. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced Monday that he would be replacing Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall with her deputy, Paulina Gutierrez. Milwaukee has been at the center of attention in Wisconsin, a state known for close elections and where four
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -The United States and most European Union nations will boycott a Kremlin ceremony to swear in Vladimir Putin for a new six-year term as president on Tuesday, but France and some other EU states were expected to send an envoy despite a plea by Kyiv. The varying diplomatic response by the Western powers underscored differences over how to handle the Russian leader more than two years after he launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. "No, we will not have a representative at his inauguration," Matthew Miller, a U.S. State Department spokesperson, said.
TORONTO — The Speaker of Ontario's legislature is allowing politicians, staff and visitors to enter the building while wearing a keffiyeh, loosening what had amounted to a ban on the scarf, while maintaining a prohibition inside the legislative chamber. Sarah Jama, who sits as an independent after being booted from the NDP caucus last year, put on a keffiyeh in defiance of the ban as question period started Monday and was asked to leave. Jama called it ironic that the moment before she was told