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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 3, 2025 10:21 am Updated May 3, 2025 10:22 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police say the search continues Saturday for two young children who are believed to have wandered away from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia. RCMP say six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan were last seen around 10 a.m. Friday in the community of Lansdowne Station. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. RCMP Cpl. Carlie McCann says…

With its horse-trodden roads, endless fields of almond blossoms and cowboy heritage, the 20,000 person town of Oakdale, Calif., fits the American West of imagination. And for decades, its media diet was classically all-American, too.Nightly news broadcasts played on living room televisions. Copies of local newspapers lined doorsteps on Sunday mornings. The town even had two media outlets dedicated to rodeo and horse roping news.But that version of Oakdale is a thing of the past.First the nearby newspapers shrank, and hundreds of local reporters in the region became handfuls. Then came the presidential elections of 2016 and 2020, and the…

Labor MP Patrick Gorman has retained his seat for another term as nearly a third of votes are counted for the Perth electorate.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 2024 bronze medalist Fred Kerley was arrested on Thursday, days before he was set to compete at a track meet, for allegedly striking his ex-girlfriend.According to TMZ, citing an arrest report, Dania Beach police arrived at a south Florida hotel before 8:00 a.m. ET after Olympic hurdler Alaysha Johnson claimed Kerley hit her during a conditioning appointment for the meet.Kerley said he was “going to f–k everyone up in here up,” Johnson reportedly said. Fred Kerley (USA) in a men’s 100m round 1 heat during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at…

The United States and Canada are experiencing one of their worst measles outbreaks in years, while the virus has also crossed to neighbouring Mexico. A total of 2,500 cases and four deaths have been reported in the outbreaks across the three countries. Vaccine hesitancy has been blamed. Here is what we know about the outbreaks so far and why measles cases are on the rise. What is measles? Measles is a highly contagious viral illness that starts with symptoms including high fever, cough, runny nose, red or watery eyes, and sensitivity to light. A few days after infection, a red,…

A federal judge ruled on Friday that an executive order President Trump signed in March targeting the law firm Perkins Coie was unconstitutional and directed the government not to enforce its terms, which had threatened to upend the firm’s business.The ruling was the first time a court had stepped in to permanently bar Mr. Trump from trying to punish a law firm he opposes politically.Skipping a trial and moving directly to a final ruling, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia wrote that attempts to bring the firm to heel under the threat…

Dr. Alan Garber, president of Harvard, disagrees with President Trump about many things. He is fighting Mr. Trump as the federal government tries to strip Harvard of billions of dollars in research funding and its nonprofit tax status.But Dr. Garber agrees with Mr. Trump on one point. In one of the rare interviews he has given since Harvard began its battle with the federal government, Dr. Garber said this week that Harvard has a campus culture problem that needs urgent fixing.Harvard has often shut out voices that many liberals disagree with, he said, and it has allowed antisemitism to go…

By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted May 3, 2025 9:34 am Updated May 3, 2025 9:36 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta’s New Democrats are set to vote Saturday on whether or not to allow new members to opt out of joining the federal NDP. For the provincial party, automatic membership in its federal counterpart has long been seen as a political albatross. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has questioned the value of those membership ties,…

West Coast coach Andrew McQualter won’t lay the blame at the feet of ruckman Matt Flynn for their 32-point defeat to Melbourne despite Max Gawn’s dominant performance.Gawn monstered Flynn, finishing with a career-high 35 disposals, nine clearances, 47 hit-outs and a goal as the Demons blew the Eagles away after half-time to win 16.12 (108) to 11.10 (76) at Optus Stadium on Friday night.The Melbourne skipper ensured the Demons won the clearances 49-26, supplying his midfield at the coalface in a standout showing.McQualter said there was several aspects of the game which resulted in the loss not just Flynn’s belting…

When Donald J. Trump was first in the White House trying to strike a trade deal with China, Beijing tried to curry favor with the American president by banning all variants of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl.Now, as China and the United States are deadlocked in a bitter trade war that has roiled the world, offering to do more to further stem the flow of fentanyl and the chemicals used to make it could once again be an option for China.Beijing has for years used cooperation on fentanyl as leverage in its broader relationship with the United States. The move…