Thursday, April 21, 2022

Authorities to investigate as video shows Mike Tyson hitting plane passenger

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Authorities were investigating Thursday after former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was recorded on video punching a fellow passenger on board a plane at San Francisco International Airport.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/mike-tyson-investigation-plane-incident-1.6426934?cmp=rss

Former Honduran president extradited to U.S. to face drug, weapons charges

Honduras Hernandez Extradition

Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on the drugs.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/honduras-president-juan-orlando-hernandez-extradited-us-1.6426765?cmp=rss

Actor Robert Morse, of Mad Men and Broadway stages, dead at 90

Obit Robert Morse

Actor Robert Morse, who won a Tony Award as a hilariously brash corporate climber in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and a second one a generation later as the brilliant, troubled Truman Capote in Tru, has died. He was 90.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-actor-morse-1.6426328?cmp=rss

Ontario woman fighting U.S. military for 'wrongful death' of ex-husband, an American soldier

Kate Kemplin

A Kingsville, Ont., woman who once served as a nurse specialist in the U.S. army is arguing the military was negligent in the death of her ex-husband, Michael Froede, an American soldier who died by suicide in 2019. She's currently pursuing a legal case against the military that she started in 2021.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/tort-claims-ontario-nurse-specialist-soldier-husband-1.6371618?cmp=rss

Why Elon Musk's free speech crusade for Twitter may stumble

Musk Twitter

Free speech advocates and social media analysts are questioning whether Elon Musk, if he acquires control of Twitter, will make it the free speech forum he has advocated — and whether he understands the challenges involved.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-1.6424362?cmp=rss