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July 3, 2025
Muslim woman’s hijab ripped off in attack involving 10 people at Oshawa Pizza Pizza, anti-Islamophobia group says
Police say the incident was captured on store surveillance video, and they are working with Hate Crime and Equity and Inclusion units to inv...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Firefighters race to contain wildfires in Greece as thousands evacuated, elderly man dies in Turkey
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters raced Thursday to contain wildfires that forced thousands to flee holiday resorts on the southern Greek i...
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July 3, 2025
Rogers Stadium is here for at least the next five years. But will a permanent venue follow in its place?
The temporary venue will host major acts for several years, but plans for a permanent facility remain off the table.
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July 3, 2025
Hundreds of Palestinian families flee West Bank camp ahead of Israeli demolition orders
TULKAREM REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians have fled a section of the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank...
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July 3, 2025
Search continues for 7 missing after huge explosion at California fireworks factory
ESPARTO, Calif. (AP) — Rescue crews were searching on Thursday for seven people still missing days after an explosion at a fireworks warehou...
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July 3, 2025
Search continues for 7 missing after huge explosion at California fireworks warehouse
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Rescue crews were searching on Thursday for seven people still missing days after an explosion at a fireworks ware...
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July 3, 2025
Weak tornado touched down in southwestern Ontario on Monday: researchers
LUCAN, ONTARIO - Severe weather researchers say a weak tornado touched down in a community north of London, Ont., on Monday afternoon.
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July 3, 2025
NASA identifies newly discovered object as an interstellar comet that will keep a safe distance
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard.
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July 3, 2025
New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard.
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July 3, 2025
David Mabuza, a former South African deputy president, has died at age 64, his party says
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — David Mabuza, a former deputy president of South Africa from the African National Congress party, died Thursday at age 6...
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July 3, 2025
Third person dies after highway crash that killed Manitoba musician
SWAN RIVER - A third person has died following a highway crash that killed the bassist for a well-known Winnipeg band.
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Melania Trump meets with patients, visits garden at Washington children’s hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump was set to visit with sick patients at Children’s National hospital in Washington on Thursday as...
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July 3, 2025
Chaotic scene recalled in wake of skydiving plane crash in New Jersey that injured 15
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Three men remained in critical condition at a New Jersey hospital Thursday afternoon and five others were liste...
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July 3, 2025
Finnish media says several people have been stabbed in the southern city of Tempere
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — An assailant in Finland stabbed several people near a shopping center in the southern city of Tempere on Thursday a...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Finnish police say stabbing that wounded 4 people at mall in Tampere not a terror or racist attack
HELSINKI (AP) — A stabbing attack that wounded four people Thursday outside a mall in Finland wasn't believed to be a terror or racist attac...
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July 3, 2025
Putin and Trump to speak by phone in their 6th conversation this year
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they will speak by phone Thursday, their sixth publicly...
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July 3, 2025
Putin and Trump discuss Iran and Ukraine in phone call, Kremlin official says
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Iran, Ukraine and other issues by phone on Thursday...
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July 3, 2025
Myanmar military fighter jet disappears as resistance group claims to have downed it
BANGKOK (AP) — A Myanmar military fighter jet crashed in a combat zone in the country’s east, according to an anti-military resistance organ...
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July 3, 2025
Supreme Court rejects Montana’s bid to revive parental consent law for minors’ abortions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it will not hear a case involving a push to revive a law that minors must have their paren...
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July 3, 2025
How a tear or two spooked markets and dominated UK’s political narrative
LONDON (AP) — The weekly session in which the British prime minister is questioned by lawmakers in Parliament can be an ordeal for the gover...
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July 3, 2025
Tears of the UK’s treasury chief spooked financial markets
LONDON (AP) — The weekly session in which the British prime minister is questioned by lawmakers in Parliament can be an ordeal for the gover...
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July 3, 2025
Police say a man injured 4 with an axe on a German train before he was detained
BERLIN (AP) — German police say a man attacked and slightly injured four people with an axe on a long-distance train in Bavaria on Thursday...
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July 3, 2025
Police say a man injured 4 with an axe on German train before he was detained
BERLIN (AP) — German police say a man attacked and slightly injured four people with an axe on a long-distance train in Bavaria on Thursday...
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July 3, 2025
Police say a man injured at least 1 with an axe on German train
BERLIN (AP) — German police say a man attacked and injured at least one person with an axe on a long-distance train in Bavaria on Thursday b...
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July 3, 2025
Supreme Court will take up a new case about which school sports teams transgender students can join
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case over state restrictions on which school sports teams transgender students...
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July 3, 2025
Western Balkans face severe drought and water restrictions during heatwave
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Western Balkans faces a severe drought after a heatwave hit the region, disrupting daily life and creating issues...
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July 3, 2025
Travellers warned of delays at 6 Canadian airports after bomb threats disrupt flights, Pearson says it was unaffected
In a statement posted on social media Thursday morning, NAV Canada said that they were made aware of bomb threats affecting facilities in Ot...
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July 3, 2025
6 Canadian airports implement temporary ground stops after bomb threats affect air traffic control service
In a statement posted on social media Thursday morning, NAV Canada said that they were made aware of bomb threats affecting facilities in Ot...
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July 3, 2025
Elderly man dies as wildfires rage in Turkey, forcing evacuations and road closures
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Firefighters on Thursday discovered the body of an elderly man after dousing a wildfire near a village in western Turk...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Ethiopia says a controversial power dam on the Nile that’s opposed by Egypt has been completed
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister said Thursday that his country’s controversial power dam on the Nile has been complet...
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July 3, 2025
The Latest: House leaders rush toward a final vote as Democrats hold the floor
House Republicans are ready to vote on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill early Thursday after staying...
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July 3, 2025
Croatian court sentences gunman to 50 years for nursing home shooting that killed 6 people
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A court in Croatia on Thursday convicted a gunman in a mass shooting at a nursing home nearly a year ago, and sentenc...
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July 3, 2025
The Blue Jays are in first place after beating the Yankees 11-9 and Davis Schneider, Myles Straw and Chad Green join Deep Left Field
This week in Deep Left Field, as the Jays sit atop the AL East, we talk to three of your first-place Toronto Blue Jays
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July 3, 2025
French foreign minister denounces spy charges against couple imprisoned in Iran
PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister denounced spy charges reportedly being used to hold two French nationals in Iran for more than three...
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July 3, 2025
Photos show people mourning after airstrikes and shooting in Gaza overnight
GAZA CITY (AP) — Airstrikes and shootings in Gaza have killed 94 Palestinians overnight, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry on Thursday.
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July 3, 2025
Danish police examine suspicious package at Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Police were examining a suspicious package sent to the Israeli Embassy in Denmark's capital, authorities said Thu...
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July 3, 2025
Danish police deploy to Israeli embassy in Copenhagen to examine a suspicious package
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police said Thursday they have deployed officers to the Israeli embassy in the Nordic country’s capital to...
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July 3, 2025
Wildfires in eastern Germany injure firefighters and force evacuations
BERLIN (AP) — Wildfires eastern Germany have severely injured two firefighters and forced the evacuation of more than 100 residents.
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July 3, 2025
Governor signs budget in early morning to secure Medicaid funds
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget in the early morning hours Thursday in a race against Congress t...
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July 3, 2025
One person dead after North York fire: Toronto police
Toronto police say one person is dead after a fire in the city's north end early Thursday morning.
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
One person dead after North York encampment fire: Toronto fire chief
One person is dead after a fire at an encampment site in the city's north end early Thursday morning, officials said.
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
New do’s and (mostly) don’ts for TDSB trustees + Toronto’s plan to tackle its rat problem
Here’s the latest on what trustees at school boards taken over by the province can and can’t do now, Toronto’s new strategy to manage its gr...
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July 3, 2025
Toronto police investigating after two men found dead in Scarborough
Toronto police are investigating after two men were found dead in the city's east end Wednesday night.
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Kurdish militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency in Turkey announced Thursday its fighters in northern I...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Amnesty International says Israel and aid system use starvation to commit Gaza genocide
CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming a controversial Israeli- and U.S.-backed system to distribute aid in Ga...
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July 3, 2025
Denmark backs Ukraine’s EU membership quest as Zelenskyy meets key European backers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip comes after the Trump administration decided to halt some arms shipments promised to help Kyi...
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July 3, 2025
Ukraine’s president arrives in Denmark for talks with key European backers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip comes after the Trump administration decided to halt some arms shipments promised to help Kyi...
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July 3, 2025
How Rhode Island finally pushed a partial assault weapons ban over the finish line
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Passing a new law restricting assault weapons took Rhode Island lawmakers more than 10 years, but it may offer a roa...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
The conversation on mental health returns to tennis after Alexander Zverev’s post-loss lament
LONDON (AP) — When Naomi Osaka opened up about her anxiety and depression at the 2021 French Open, it sparked a conversation in sports — and...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025