Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — While studies and polls have show that loneliness and social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic are on the rise in Canada, an Ont. woman says widows are among those struggling the most as they’re having to deal with grieving alone. Susan Kendal
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A dual citizen of Canada and China was taken prisoner in Hong Kong and forced to choose between their two nationalities, Global Affairs Canada says. Declaring themselves to be Canadian could have meant losing residency in Hong Kong, while declaring themselves to be
Continue ReadingHedge funds, investment bankers and other institutional investors are desperate to find the next GameStop — before it’s too late. That’s why Thinknum Alternative Data quickly built and launched a tool that provides its hedge fund and investment bank clients a ranking of the most-mentioned stocks on WallStreetBets as well as the Stocks subreddit. The
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to postpone oral arguments in significant cases regarding former President Donald Trump’s border wall and a controversial asylum policy. Earlier this week, President Joe Biden’s Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to delay the arguments. The Justice Department said Biden has directed a “pause in construction” so that the administration
Continue ReadingA lot of numbers get thrown around during Super Bowl week. This year, it includes this: 18 years, 45 days. That’s the age gap between 43-year-old Tom Brady and 25-year-old Patrick Mahomes. When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs take the field for Super Bowl LV, it will be the largest age difference
Continue ReadingDemocrats tasked with protecting majorities in the House and Senate are seizing on deep divisions within the Republican Party, hoping that stoking the discord could help them overcome the legacy of losses the party in power usually suffers in midterm elections. The Democratic strategy is two-fold. The party, led by Biden, looks to get the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Grand Cane, Louisiana (KTBS) — A happy update in DeSoto Parish. A dog that was lost last month when her owner crashed his 18-wheeler has been found. Doll the pit bull was captured in a trap Monday night at a home near a restaurant in Logansport, DeSoto Animal
Continue ReadingHere’s some background information about Valentine’s Day, celebrated every February 14. Facts There are several different theories about the origins of Valentine’s Day. The ancient Romans held the festival of Lupercalia on February 15 to protect themselves from wolves. Men struck people with strips of animal hide; women believed that this made them more fertile.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Omaha, Nebraska (WOWT) — The Westside Community School District is apologizing after a staff member displayed a quote from Adolf Hitler in a school hallway at Westside Middle School Monday. The staff member’s intent is not publicly known. The quote read, “The man who has no sense of
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at the country of Iraq which borders Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran and the Persian Gulf. About Iraq (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 438,317 sq km Population: 39,650,145 (2021 est.) Median age: 21.2 years (2020 est.) Capital: Baghdad Ethnic Groups: Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20% or other 5% (1987 est.) Religion:
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden vowed that no one in his extended family will have sway over government decisions in an interview with People magazine published Wednesday. “We’re going to run this like the Obama-Biden Administration,” he said of ethics requirements pertaining to government appointees’ family and friends to avoid the semblance of wrongdoing. “No one in
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The FBI recently raided the homes of two men who sponsored an invective-laced rally near the US Capitol a day before the deadly insurrection, the first known search warrants involving people who organized and spoke at rallies preceding the attack. CNN learned of the raids through an eyewitness account, public records, a lawyer representing one
Continue ReadingThe Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is considering bringing state charges against Steve Bannon related to the same border wall fundraising campaign fraud scheme for which he was federally charged and then granted a presidential pardon, according to The Washington Post. Discussions on whether a state case can be brought against Bannon for his role in
Continue ReadingThe Federal Aviation Administration said it will oversee an investigation into a crash landing of a SpaceX prototype rocket on Tuesday. The announcement comes after the FAA forced SpaceX to delay the launch as it investigated a previous explosion of a similar rocket prototype. The destroyed vehicle, SpaceX’s Starship SN9, was an early prototype for
Continue ReadingHundreds of congressional staffers wrote an open letter to senators urging them to consider the trauma aides experienced during the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol and to convict former President Donald Trump “for our sake, and the sake of the country.” “We are staff who work for members of the U.S. Senate and the
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In another time, Joe Biden might have been the emissary explaining to a president what is doable — and what is not — on Capitol Hill. He’s done it before, as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, telling Ronald Reagan that the nomination of Robert Bork was going to be a big problem. And as vice
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The fate of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s future is now in the hands of a group of House Republicans who are deliberating whether to punish the Georgia congresswoman for extreme comments she made before winning her seat, as a growing number of Senate Republicans say she shouldn’t be welcome in the party. House Minority Leader
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Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a 14-page brief Tuesday that previews two main arguments we can expect to hear when the Senate impeachment trial kicks off next week: That the Senate cannot vote to impeach Trump when he no longer holds office That Trump’s speech about the election and before the January 6
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Former President Donald Trump continues to defend the ludicrous lie that led him down the road to a second impeachment — even in his legal team’s official response to that impeachment. The legal team’s initial written response to the House’s article of impeachment against Trump, submitted to the Senate on Tuesday, focuses on debatable constitutional
Continue ReadingMore than 370 congressional staffers from both the House and Senate have signed a letter advocating for former President Donald Trump’s conviction. In the letter they detail their experiences during the riot at the Capitol on January 6. Read the letter:
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