Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Rochester, N.Y., police officers involved in death of Daniel Prude will not face criminal charges

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Rochester, N.Y., police officers seen on body camera video last March holding down a naked and handcuffed Black man named Daniel Prude until he stopped breathing will not face criminal charges, according to a grand jury decision announced Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/daniel-prude-police-officers-no-charges-1.5925119?cmp=rss

Tiger Woods in hospital after California car crash

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Golf star Tiger Woods was injured Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in Los Angeles County, authorities said. Woods had to be extricated from the vehicle with the Jaws of Life, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/tiger-woods-car-crash-1.5924828?cmp=rss

COVID-19, climate change among top priorities for Trudeau-Biden meeting today

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The White House has released a fact sheet in advance of this afternoon's virtual meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bilateral-meeting-biden-trudeau-1.5924455?cmp=rss

After 3 years abandoned at sea without pay, this oil tanker crew is on cusp of going home

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When a shipping company from the United Arab Emirates hit financial trouble in 2017 and abandoned its oil tanker off the coast of Dubai, it left a small crew still aboard, stranded at sea without pay or a way home.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-feb-22-2021-1.5922712/after-3-years-abandoned-at-sea-without-pay-this-oil-tanker-crew-is-on-cusp-of-going-home-1.5923521?cmp=rss

In first public hearing on U.S. Capitol riot, security officials cast blame on bad intelligence

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Testifying publicly for the first time about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former security officials say bad intelligence was to blame for the disastrous failure to anticipate the violent intentions of the mob.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-capitol-security-hearings-first-day-1.5924493?cmp=rss

Tesla, now strongly linked to Bitcoin, drops in value as cryptocurrency plummets

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Shares in Tesla were set to plunge into the red for the year on Tuesday, hit by a broad sell-off of high-flying technology stocks and the fall of bitcoin, in which the electric car maker recently invested $1.5 billion US.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tesla-bitcoin-1.5924245?cmp=rss

Hillary Clinton to write novel with Canadian author Louise Penny

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Hillary Clinton is teaming up with her friend, Canadian novelist Louise Penny, to write a fictional political thriller.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hillary-clinton-louise-penny-novel-1.5924199?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday

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Drug maker Johnson & Johnson says it will be able to provide 20 million doses of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. government by the end of March, assuming it gets the green light from federal regulators.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-february23-2021-1.5924102?cmp=rss