Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Suspect in custody in recent fatal stabbing of Detroit synagogue leader

Samantha Woll, president of the board at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue poses for a photo in Detroit, Oct. 13, 2022. Samantha Woll, a Detroit synagogue president was found stabbed to death outside her home Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 police said. The motive wasn't known. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)

Police said a suspect was in custody Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader whose recent death had raised questions about whether it was motivated by antisemitism.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/detroit-samantha-woll-1.7022745?cmp=rss

Smog tower reactivated in New Delhi

A giant air purification system dubbed a 'smog tower' was restarted upon orders of the Supreme Court of India after it was shut down by Delhi Pollution Control Committee chair Ashwani Kumar. Kumar was criticized for his actions in light of the hazardous air quality condition currently plaguing the capital.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/smog-tower-reactivated-in-new-delhi-1.7022613?cmp=rss

Bye-bye, pandas: Amid curdling U.S.-China relations, zoo loses beloved beasts after 51 years

Panda lounging on n upraised log

Bye-bye, pandas: Amid curdling U.S.-China relations, the zoo in the U.S. capital has lost its beloved beasts after 51 years. They have been a symbolic barometer of U.S.-China ties. They're now a sign of trouble.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pandas-leave-us-zoo-1.7022364?cmp=rss

Ivanka Trump denies involvement in father's financial statements

Ivanka Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in Manhattan.

Ivanka Trump testified Wednesday that she had no role in her father's personal financial statements, echoing her adult brothers about documents central to the civil fraud trial that could reshape Donald Trump's family business.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ivanka-trump-testifies-civil-fraud-trial-1.7022187?cmp=rss

Ohio votes to entrench abortion rights in state constitution

Voters celebrate after a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio state constitution passed.

Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday, including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky, an early signal that reproductive rights remain a potent issue for Democrats ahead of the 2024 presidential race.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-states-election-ohio-abortion-1.7022009?cmp=rss

Rashida Tlaib, only Palestinian-American member of Congress, censured for controversial war statements

A closeup of a bespectacled woman wearing a blazer speaking while outdoors is shown.

The U.S. House voted late Tuesday to censure member Rashida Tlaib, Congress's lone Palestinian-American lawmaker, for comments she made regarding Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza, with 22 of her fellow Democrats voting to censure.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-house-tlaib-censure-vote-1.7021966?cmp=rss