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UK actor Micheal Ward acquitted by London jury of rape and sexual assault charges
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (823+ words) Winnipeg 25" C, Cloudy Ward, 28, who starred in the Netflix crime drama "Top Boy," was found not guilty by a jury in Snaresbrook Crown Court of two counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration and one count of sexual…...
Fatal shooting during Houston traffic stop renews public scrutiny of ICE
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (497+ words) Winnipeg 24" C, Partly cloudy The shooting in Houston has revived critical voices deriding the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and how ICE operates, especially after immigration arrests around the country surged to 10, 000 over a recent five-day period, fueled in part by…...
Seafarers attacked in the Strait of Hormuz sue shipping company in Thailand
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (498+ words) Winnipeg 19" C, Cloudy The ship, the Mayuree Naree, was hit by a projectile north of Oman on March 11, killing three people. The remaining 20 crew members were rescued and returned to Thailand about a week later. Former crew members Panithi Tumkaew,…...
Greek anti-terrorist police arrest 3 for bomb attack that killed politician's mother, injured 4
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (399+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Sunny The predawn bombings in the northern city of Thessaloniki on July 1 targeted the homes of members of Greece's governing conservative New Democracy party. The 72-year-old mother of parliamentary candidate Afroditi Nestora was killed after a crude bomb…...
EU demands Facebook and Instagram dismantle design features it calls addictive for users
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (965+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Partly cloudy The Europe Union accused Meta on Friday of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable "key addictive features" like infinite scrolling. The EU's executive arm…...
As the country turns 250, retired judges hit the road to defend judicial independence
13+ hour, 31+ min ago (868+ words) Winnipeg 18" C, Clear On Friday, a group of retired judges will step off a tour bus in a ritzy Michigan suburb after three days of barnstorming through corn fields, cities and coal towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They carry with…...
Opinion: Stony drug-detection cuts threaten safety
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (473+ words) Winnipeg 19" C, Clear It's a pressure every federal and provincial department faces during budget cycles, particularly after a change in government brings promises of belt-tightening and eliminating the wasteful excesses of the previous administration: How much can be cut and…...
Lawyers for man charged with killing Charlie Kirk question reliability of evidence " Winnipeg Free Press
13+ hour, 31+ min ago (426+ words) Winnipeg 19" C, Cloudy A Utah judge is deciding whether prosecutors have enough evidence to put Tyler Robinson on trial on a charge of aggravated murder. Kirk, 31, was killed as he spoke to a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University…...
Mexican man killed in Houston ICE shooting was not the target of operation, lawmaker says
18+ hour, 22+ min ago (612+ words) Winnipeg 19" C, Cloudy A Mexican man living in the U. S. who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was not the person federal authorities had been targeting in a Houston operation, U. S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia said Thursday. The Democratic…...
Suspect caused more than $10 million in damage in Walmart fire: Winnipeg police
21+ hour, 36+ min ago (147+ words) Winnipeg 19" C, Cloudy WINNIPEG " Winnipeg police say they've arrested a man suspected of causing more than $10 million in damage by deliberately lighting a fire at a Walmart. Police say the 47-year old is alleged to have lit the fire in…...