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World·CBC Explains As another U.S. state closes its execution chamber, Trump muses about expanding use of death penaltyWashington state is closing its death chamber this week, but South Carolina is scheduled to carry out its first execution since 2011. It’s a reflection of the differing opinions in the U.S. onContinue Reading

World Another man involved in the French rape trial that has shocked people around the world has admitted to drugging and raping his own wife, which legal and sociological experts say highlights the problematic and pervasive attitude that a husband owns his wife — and her body. The man, anContinue Reading

World A former Memphis police officer testified Tuesday that he punched a “helpless” Tyre Nichols at least five times while two colleagues held his arms and said “hit him,” then lied to his supervisor about their use of force in a beating that proved fatal. Emmitt Martin III testifies officersContinue Reading

World Gaza man’s ‘soul returned to life’ upon getting new prosthetic legWhen Rizk Tafesh lost his left leg in an Israeli airstrike on June 21, he thought he’d never be able to stand on both legs again. That changed on Tuesday, when he was fitted for a prosthetic leg. Some 22,500 PalestiniansContinue Reading

World Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas — after former U.S. president Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance falsely said legal Haitian immigrants in the smallContinue Reading

World The Boston Athletic Association has updated its qualifying times for the world’s oldest annual marathon, asking most prospective competitors to run a 42-kilometre race five minutes faster than in recent years to earn a starting number as demand to participate grows. All age groups under 60 will have toContinue Reading

World Explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices, Hezbollah officials and state media said Wednesday, reporting walkie-talkies and even solar equipment detonating a day after hundreds of pagers blew up. Several dead, more than 300 wounded, country’s health ministryContinue Reading

World Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others who included fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut. Militant group calls it the biggest security breach in ongoing hostilities with IsraelThomson Reuters ·Continue Reading

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A 71-year-old French man admitted in court on Tuesday that for nearly a decade, he repeatedly drugged his unwitting wife and invited dozens of men to rape her while she lay unconscious in their bed.Continue Reading