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Like the children of many affluent evangelical families in Dallas, Elizabeth Carlock Phillips and her younger brother Trey Carlock spent their summers at a Christian sports camp in Missouri. After Mr. Carlock suffered years of sexual abuse by one of the camp’s directors, he reached a financial settlement to compensate him for his trauma, but at a suffocating price: He could never tell anyone about what had happened.Mr. Carlock, a neuroscience researcher, cycled in and out of more than a dozen hospitals and treatment centers, and tried electroconvulsive therapy. He became increasingly detached from family and friends, and took his…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Police say a man has life-threatening injuries after a driver drove off from a gas station with the nozzle still attached to the vehicle. The incident happened at a gas station in Etobicoke, near Burnhamthorpe Road and Renforth Drive, at around 5:30 p.m. Monday, police said.Police said a man in his 20s was leaving the gas station with the hose still attached which was then pulled off the gas pump and struck a man nearby causing him to fall. Paramedics said the victim, a man in his 60s, was struck in…

King Charles and Queen Camilla have begun their four-day state visit to Italy.

Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years and Pyongyang has previously conducted missile launches or other provocations around the time of key South Korean events. Around 1,500 North Korean soldiers were seen conducting land-clearing operations and installing barbed wire in frontline areas, JCS spokesman Lee Sung-jun said on Monday. “The North Korean military is currently conducting training,” he said. “It is expected that soon there will be tactical training or evaluation inspections.” South Korea’s top brass has said it is prepared for any action by the North in the wake of Yoon’s removal…

Xi Jinping wants you to know that he will not be cowed.Confronted with the latest threat from President Trump of an additional 50 percent tariff on Chinese goods unless Beijing reverses its retaliatory levies on U.S. imports, China’s top leader has remained defiant. His Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday accused the United States of “blackmail” and declared that Beijing would “fight to the end.”But behind the bravado is a more complicated set of realities for Mr. Xi that makes it politically and economically untenable to offer concessions to the country’s single largest trading partner and chief rival for global influence.…

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to restart for now deportations of migrants it claims are members of a Venezuelan gang using a seldom-invoked wartime authority.The high court split 5-4 in granting a request for emergency relief sought by the Justice Department in the dispute over President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to swiftly remove alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang without a hearing. Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined with the three liberal justices in criticizing the majority’s decision.In its unsigned decision, the Supreme Court said the detainees who…

The news seemed big: That the Trump administration was considering a 90-day pause to his expansive tariffs.The problem was, it wasn’t true.But in a sign of the precarious nature of the markets right now, an unsubstantiated online report spiked shares sharply, albeit briefly, and continued to climb after CNBC and Reuters relayed the claim. The White House quickly responded saying that the report was “FAKE NEWS,” and CNBC and Reuters issued statements correcting the record.Stocks fell back down after those corrections. Still, the fallout continued to reverberate on Monday, and became a cautionary tale of the risk of using information…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newslettersGood morning. The market had a brief, furious revival yesterday, when headlines circulated saying that President Donald Trump was considering a 90-day pause on the newly announced tariffs. The White House declared no such pause was in play, and the market fell again. People really want to believe…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Britain’s accountancy watchdog is investigating BDO over its audit of Home Reit, a property fund providing accommodation to the homeless, which is winding down after a short seller accused it of misleading investors.The Financial Reporting Council said on Tuesday it was probing BDO’s audit of the social housing company’s accounts for the year to August 2021, the last year before Viceroy Research raised concerns about its property valuations and rental income in late 2022. BDO said: “We are fully co-operating with the…

An illegal immigrant convicted of killing his own child is in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after he encountered ICE officers in a Montana prison last month.Carlos Ambriz, a 53-year-old Mexican national, made contact with ICE officers while serving a 40-year sentence in the Montana State Prison for a deliberate homicide conviction and was served a notice to appear before an immigration judge. He was arrested near his residence in Catoosa, Oklahoma, on March 25, ICE said.DEM PROSECUTOR LETS OFF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH STRANGULATION, KIDNAPPING  Carlos Ambriz, 53, who was convicted of deliberate homicide in the death of his…