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China’s Huawei Technologies faces racketeering trial in New York
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (385+ words) Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday. The indictment alleges that, besides stealing trade secrets, Huawei and some of its subsidiaries did business in North Korea despite U.S. sanctions there and installed surveillance equipment that helped Iran spy on protesters during…...
Fraud surges in Alberta, and seniors the prime target
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (1481+ words) Reports of fraud are climbing in Alberta, and older adults in Medicine Hat area are among the people scammers want most. Canadians reported losing at least $704 million to fraud in 2025, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says. That is up from about…...
Parents of San Diego mosque gunman say a mental health facility failed to heed FBI warning
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (411+ words) The FBI called Vazquez’s mother on the evening of May 14, and she said she immediately left a message with the treatment facility to notify its staff, according to the lawsuit, filed in a San Diego court on Aug. 31. Vazquez’s mother…...
Jury in Malta acquits businessman in killing of investigative journalist
1+ week, 3+ day ago (767+ words) Caruana Galizia’s killing shocked Europe, led to protests that toppled a prime minister and exposed a culture of impunity in the European Union’s smallest state. Yorgen Fenech, a prominent Maltese businessman, was indicted in 2021 on charges of complicity and criminal…...
OpenAI faces 30 new lawsuits from witnesses to mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (344+ words) VANCOUVER - Another 30 lawsuits are being filed against artificial intelligence company OpenAI and founder Sam Altman in relation to the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Vancouver-based law firm Rice Parson Leoni and Elliott says in a statement that the lawsuits…...
Judge says Smucker’s lawsuit against Trader Joe’s over frozen PB&J can proceed
1+ week, 5+ day ago (333+ words) A federal judge has ruled that J.M. Smucker can proceed with a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s over frozen sandwiches that Smucker claims are too similar to its Uncrustables. Smucker sued Trader Joe’s in federal court in Ohio last fall, claiming Trader…...
DEA tactic that let fentanyl flood the streets is being investigated by House Republicans
1+ week, 6+ day ago (468+ words) FILE - Lettering marks Drug Enforcement Administration agent’s uniforms in Florida, June 13, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File) The committee’s chairman, Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, sent a letter Monday to Attorney General…...
Authorities in Ecuador seize 32 marine iguanas at the airport and arrest a Russian woman
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (138+ words) Police said on X that the iguanas were distributed in eight plastic containers inside a suitcase, adding that the woman was at the airport in Quito and was headed to Iceland. Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment said the iguanas were feeble…...
Child hurt at YMCA daycare marks second serious incident this year
2+ week, 4+ day ago (774+ words) The YMCA of Southeastern Alberta says it fired an employee and called police after the worker's action injured a child at a Medicine Hat childcare centre. In a media advisory issued Tuesday afternoon the organization said the incident happened at…...
Lindsay Clancy didn’t have acute psychosis when she killed her 3 children, psychologist says
2+ week, 5+ day ago (729+ words) Forensic Phycologist Dr. Kirk Heilbrun speaks on the witness stand during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026 in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool) Defense attorney Kevin Reddington, seated with client Lindsay…...