U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley Tasered during confrontation with police in South Florida

U.S. Olympic runner Fred Kerley has been arrested in South Florida following a confrontation with police, authorities said.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/athletics/fred-kerley-arrest-police-confrontation-1.7423078?cmp=rss

Soldier who died in Cybertruck blast outside Trump hotel left note calling it a 'wake-up call' for U.S.

Matthew Livelsberger wrote in the note that he needed to 'cleanse my mind' of the lives lost of people he knew and 'the burden of the lives I took.'

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cybertruck-explosion-trump-las-vegas-hotel-ptsd-matthew-livelsberger-1.7422859?cmp=rss

Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time

A judge Friday set U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — a little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but promised not to jail him.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-hush-money-case-sentencing-1.7422847?cmp=rss

See some amazing new species discovered in 2024

It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi and other species they discovered in the past 12 months. Here are a few of their coolest finds, from the world's biggest hummingbird to a gecko that looks like a van Gogh painting.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/new-species-2024-1.7421920?cmp=rss