Friday, April 5, 2024

Body of 3rd worker recovered from Baltimore bridge collapse as Biden visits site

A helicopter flies about a body of water as the wreckage of a bridge lies on a cargo ship.

Authorities announced Friday evening that a salvage diver has recovered the body of a third worker killed in the wake of last week's bridge collapse in Baltimore.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/baltimore-bridge-collapse-worker-body-found-biden-1.7165743?cmp=rss

Quebec multinational GardaWorld hit by $30M heist at southern California storage facility

Trucks are shown outside closed garage doors of a warehouse-type facility.

Thieves got away with $30 million US in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter Sunday and cracking the safe. Now, detectives are seeking to unravel the brazen cash heist, reportedly one of the largest on record in Los Angeles.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/los-angeles-heist-gardaworld-1.7164442?cmp=rss

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Judge rejects Donald Trump's bid to have classified documents prosecution tossed

A cleanshaven older man in a suit and a tie stands on a stage as a police officer is shown behind him.

A federal judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's argument that the case accusing the former U.S. president of illegally holding onto classified documents should be tossed out because he viewed the material as his personal records.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-classified-documents-case-1.7163829?cmp=rss

ALS drug pulled from market in Canada, U.S. after failing late-stage clinical trial

Close up of the wheel of a wheelchair

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has announced it will withdraw its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug from the market in Canada and the U.S. following its failure in a late-stage clinical trial.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/als-drug-withdrawn-relyvrio-albrioz-1.7163259?cmp=rss

'We need more support': Denver, a sanctuary city, overwhelmed by influx of migrants

Tents line the streets near a sports arena.

Denver, a city of 710,000, has taken in more than 40,000 migrants the past year. And although about half of them have since moved on, that's the most of any city its size in America. Despite its determination to do all it can for migrants, there are only so many municipal resources to go around, its spokesperson says.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/denver-migrants-influx-1.7161780?cmp=rss