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World Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 storm that knocked out electricity to more than 245,000 customers and threatened widespread flooding as it sent a potentially deadly storm surge rushing inland along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Storm packs destructive winds and riskContinue Reading

World U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump made a rare joint appearance on Wednesday at the New York City site that marks the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. Biden, Harris, Trump make rare joint appearance to mark anniversaryPosted: Sep 11,Continue Reading

World A 1941 portrait of British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill by famed Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, which was reported stolen from the lobby of Ottawa’s Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in August 2022, has been located in Italy, sources tell CBC News. ‘Roaring Lion’ portrait to be officially handed overContinue Reading

Timelapse video shows fires sweeping across California’s Santiago PeakThree major wildfires have erupted in southern California amid a heat wave, threatening tens of thousands of homes and other structures. Surveillance cameras from UC San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia program captured footage of fires burning across Santiago Peak, with giant clouds of smokeContinue Reading

World A case unfolding in France isn’t significant only because of the nature of the crimes, which Gisèle Pelicot’s husband filmed and has confessed to, but because we know her name at all. Her lawyer says she’s putting herself forward to show ‘shame must change sides’ Natalie Stechyson · CBC NewsContinue Reading

World Francine became a hurricane Tuesday evening as it barrelled toward south Louisiana, strengthening over extremely warm waters as those in possible harm’s way rushed to complete storm preparations, filling sandbags, buying gas and stocking up on necessities for an expected landfall in the coming day. Category 1 storm packsContinue Reading

World Ukraine struck the Moscow region on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing about 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow. Wave of drones also forced about 50 flights to divertContinue Reading

World·Analysis This was supposed to be the week the first ballots were cast in a swing state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, with the start of voting by mail in North Carolina. That’s now been tossed into disarray, after a state court decision Monday. North Carolina was supposed toContinue Reading

World·Video Israeli strikes blasted a huge crater in a designated safe zone in southern Gaza before dawn on Tuesday, setting tents ablaze and killing several people. Separately, the Israeli military said admitted it ‘indirectly and unintentionally’ shot dead a West Bank activist last week. Separately, Israel acknowledges ‘unintentionally’ killing TurkishContinue Reading