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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continued his efforts to revive the Confederate names of military bases, announcing on Monday that he is re-renaming Fort Moore, whose previous name honored the confederate general Henry Benning.The base, which is in Georgia, will again be called Fort Benning.The base’s name was changed in 2023 as part of a wider bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on Confederate officers who rebelled against the Union during the Civil War. Mr. Hegseth views those changes as part of a “woke” culture and wants to return the bases back to their old names.Current law does not let…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size March may be a sweeter-than-normal month for some who spend hours stuck behind the wheel around the Greater Toronto Area. Not only will school buses be off the road for a week during March Break, but the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR) will be free for some drivers during rush hour for the month.The 407 ETR said the highway will be free between from QEW in Burlington and Brock Road in Pickering from Monday through Friday between the hours of 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Get breaking…

Melania Trump has gone to Capitol Hill to lobby for a bill that would make it a federal crime to post intimate imagery online, whether they are real or AI-created, without an individual’s consent and require technology companies to swiftly remove such content.It was her first solo public appearance since she resumed the role of US first lady on January 20.The first lady said it was “heartbreaking” to see teenagers and especially girls grapple with the fallout after they become the targets of malicious and sexually explicit online content. She called on Congress to prioritise the wellbeing of young people.”This…

Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since former President Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December.Israel has carried out air strikes near Syria’s Mediterranean port city of Tartous, Syrian state media has reported. An Israeli army statement on Monday said that its forces “struck a military site where weapons belonging to the previous Syrian regime were stored in the area of Qardaha”, the hometown of deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, north of the Tartous port. Syrian state news agency SANA reported “air strikes carried out by Israeli occupation aircraft on the surroundings of Tartous city, without recording human…

The Pentagon announced Monday that Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning for a Confederate general, will again be named Fort Benning, although it will now honor a different Benning.Defense Secretary Hegseth in a statement said the base will now honor Cpl. Fred G. Benning, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary heroism in action during World War I, when he served in the U.S. Army in France in 1918. Benning died in 1974. The base was originally named for Lt. Gen. Henry Benning, a Confederate general and Southern secessionist who opposed freeing slaves. File: Retired Col. David…

The violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, now recognized as a national security threat under the Trump administration, began in El Paso. For years, the FBI and Border Patrol have been sounding alarms, warning that this ruthless gang was on the rise. Their concerns fell on deaf ears until the gang’s reach began to infiltrate cities across the U.S.For the first time, Fox News sat down in El Paso with leaders from Border Patrol and the FBI, who were the first to discover and identify TdA.”We were really able to sound the alarm working together, I think it immediately became…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The will continue with plans to close several of its locations across Ontario after it shuttered eight of its shops already. The recent closure at 380 Donlands Ave. in East York marks one of the first closures in a series expected to follow throughout the year.This decision comes shortly after the Ontario government’s move to expand the sale of alcohol to convenience stores and gas stations to make alcohol more accessible. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.…

“We’ve been to some places together us lads, haven’t we?” Matt Peet, head coach of the Wigan Warriors, asks his players.It is half an hour before a landmark occasion inside Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, the first Super League game played on U.S. soil up against the Warrington Wolves. Rugby league has a new frontier and its reigning World Club Champions are urged not to pass up the opportunity that awaits them outside of the dressing room where they sit.“We might play in Las Vegas once in our lives,” says Peet. “Once. And you’ll look back on this whole trip and…

Palestinian militant group Hamas says Israel is trying to push things back to square one by asking to extend the first phase of their Gaza Strip ceasefire agreement.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday it had adopted a proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for the Ramadan and Passover periods ending about April 20, hours after the first phase of the previously agreed deal expired.The truce would be conditional on Hamas releasing half of the remaining living and dead hostages on the first day, with the remainder released at…

Humans are living in a plankton world. These minuscule organisms are spread across the oceans, covering nearly three-quarters of the planet, and are among the most abundant forms of life on Earth.But a warming world is throwing plankton into disarray and threatening the entire marine food chain that is built on them.A year ago, NASA launched a satellite that provided the most detailed view yet of the diversity and distribution of phytoplankton. Its insights should help scientists understand the changing dynamics of life in the ocean.“Do you like breathing? Do you like eating? If your answer is yes for either…