U.S. President Joe Biden says his decision to end his re-election campaign was fueled in part by an “obligation” to defeat Republican candidate Donald Trump, and that staying in the race would be a “distraction” from that mission. In an interview with CBS News that aired Sunday — his first since dropping out of the…
A 51-foot fin whale got stuck in shallow waters at a Los Angeles beach and died before rescuers could get to the scene. This tragic tale comes as the U.S. continues to battle multiple “unusual mortality events” affecting large whale species. Lifeguards at Torrance Beach spotted the whale in distress around 6 p.m. and called…
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said Sunday. The moves come as the U.S. and other allies push for Israel and Hamas to achieve a…
The body of a 57-year-old woman was found entangled in baggage-processing machinery at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Thursday, authorities said. Chicago firefighters found the woman after being called to the airport around 7:45 a.m. for a report of a person pinned in machinery used to move baggage. The woman’s body was entangled in a…
A Texas family of four is still missing after their boat capsized and sank off the coast of Alaska on Saturday while they were on a family vacation. The U.S. Coast Guard searched throughout the weekend for the family but suspended its search mission on Sunday evening after finding no sign of the missing four….
A Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found has been ordered to pay US$950 million (C$1.3 billion) to the families of its victims, although the grieving relatives are unlikely to see a payout any time soon, if ever. The owners of Return to Nature home, in the town of Penrose, Colo., were indicted…
American voters and the rest of the world are about to get to know Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a lot better. The two-term Democratic governor was tapped by U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris to be her presidential campaign running mate on Tuesday, ending an accelerated search for a vice-presidential candidate as the race to the White…
A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the United States in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government officials, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. Asif Merchant, 46, sought to recruit people in the United States to carry out the plot in retaliation for the U.S. killing…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he’s “happy as punch” that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was chosen to be U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris’ running mate for her presidential campaign. Ford said he and Walz had a productive meeting at Queen’s Park just two months before the governor was asked to join the Democratic ticket, a…
A Florida family has been accused of trying to lure their neighbours to their deaths as part of an alleged religious plot to eliminate “dark souls,” resulting in the death of a law enforcement officer after he and other deputies entered their home and were ambushed with gunfire. Three members of the family died in…
