Showing posts with label world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2025

Ex-police officer sentenced to 33 months for violating Breonna Taylor's rights

A photograph of a young Black woman pasted on a sign is held by a demonstrator.

Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison was sentenced on Monday to 33 months in prison for violating Breonna Taylor's rights during the botched 2020 drug raid in which she was shot and killed, after the U.S. Justice Department asked the judge to sentence him to a single day.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/breonna-taylor-hankison-sentencing-1.7590141?cmp=rss

Trump is serious about wanting Washington Commanders to revert to Redskins: White House

A concrete barrier in a stadium parking lot.

A day after Donald Trump threatened to hold up a deal for a new football stadium in the nation's capital if the Washington Commanders did not go back to the name Redskins, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president's comments were not a joke.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/donald-trump-washington-commanders-name-change-redskins-nfl-1.7590431?cmp=rss

The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dead at 54

A bearded man, with a black high-top haircut and wearing a black suit, smiles as he poses for a photo.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for playing Bill Cosby's son on the hit NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, has died at the age of 54, according to multiple U.S. media reports. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/malcolm-jamal-warner-obituary-1.7590147?cmp=rss

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Police say driver shot, attacked by crowd in L.A. nightclub car ramming had criminal history

A police officer inspects a badly damaged vehicle.

A man suspected of driving his car into a crowd waiting to get inside a nightclub in Los Angeles, injuring 36 people, has a criminal history that includes a conviction for felony battery, officials said Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fernando-ramirez-criminal-history-car-rammed-nightclub-lineup-los-angeles-1.7589798?cmp=rss

Canadian girl, 9, who was reported missing by father found dead in N.Y., state police say

The seal for a police logo is seen on the side of a car.

Melina Frattolin, who was reported missing by her father Saturday night, was found dead in Ticonderoga, N.Y., about 50 kilometres east of Lake George near the New York-Vermont border, on Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/missing-canadian-girl-found-dead-new-york-1.7589787?cmp=rss

Trump threatens to hold up stadium deal if Washington Commanders don't switch back to old name

A concrete barrier in a stadium parking lot.

President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington's NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins, which was considered offensive to Native Americans.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/trump-washington-football-cleveland-baseball-name-change-1.7589647?cmp=rss

Scheffler cruises to British Open title, has U.S. Open left to complete career Grand Slam

American golfer Scottie Scheffler celebrates flips his ballcap in the air after winning the British Open at the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland on July 20, 2025.

Scottie Scheffler had all the time in the world to celebrate his latest major title. This British Open was never in doubt Sunday as golf's No. 1 player delivered another dominant performance to win his second major this year and grab the third leg of the career Grand Slam.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/scottie-scheffler-british-open-victory-royal-portrush-golf-1.7589638?cmp=rss

Trump is slashing public radio funding. Here's why it will hit rural communities hardest

The inside of a radio studio.

Gwen Johnson of Jackhorn, Ky., isn't one to hit snooze after being awoken by public radio, as listening to FM through the day has always comforted her. Now, however, stations like the ones the 67-year-old enjoys are set to lose financial support as the Trump administration rescinds congressional funding to public media, a move he says will save billions in wasteful spending.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-public-broadcasting-cuts-rural-communities-1.7587683?cmp=rss

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Canadian woman dies after falling ill at Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival

Revellers attend an outdoor music festival.

A festival spokesperson said in an emailed statement that a 35-year-old Canadian woman fell ill at the event Friday and was hospitalized. But organizers were told Saturday morning she had died.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tomorrowland-death-global-affairs-canada-1.7589426?cmp=rss

Israeli troops fatally shoot 32 Palestinians trying to reach aid sites: Gaza officials

People embrace as they grieve over a body bag.

Most of Saturday's deaths occurred as Palestinians massed in the Teina area, about three kilometres from an aid distribution centre backed by the U.S. and Israel, near the southern city of Khan Younis.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/aid-site-shooting-israel-gaza-palestinians-killed-1.7589408?cmp=rss

Friday, July 18, 2025

Explosion at Los Angeles sheriff's facility leaves 3 deputies dead

large white trucks and vans sit parked under a white tarp in the sun.

An explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility on Friday killed three deputies, the sheriff said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/los-angeles-sheriffs-facility-explosion-deputies-killed-1.7588970?cmp=rss

Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church

Church leaders stand inside a Gaza church.

Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and injured 10. The wounded included a priest who had developed a close friendship with the late Pope Francis.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/christian-patriarchs-gaza-visit-israeli-strike-church-1.7588353?cmp=rss

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Birth of a solar system: Astronomers observe early planet formation for 1st time

An explosion of orange light against a black background

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/solar-system-creation-1.7586842?cmp=rss

Fire destroys main stage of Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival before event

Fireworks burst and smoke rises as a fire engulfs the main stage at a music festival. Houses are in the foreground, but not burning.

A huge fire on Wednesday at Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival site has “severely damaged” the main stage two days before the event was due to start, organizers said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tomorrowland-festival-fire-belgium-1.7586811?cmp=rss

More than 900 ex-U.S. Justice Dept. employees warn against Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove

Greying man sits looking glum

More than 900 former U.S. Justice Department employees are warning the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee against confirming President Donald Trump's nominee Emil Bove to serve as an appellate court judge.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/emil-bove-nomination-warning-former-justice-department-employees-1.7586522?cmp=rss