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July 3, 2025
Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists’ commitment to abolition
GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19t...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Man charged with killing former Minnesota House speaker is due back in court after delay
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding a state sen...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Bangladesh tribunal sentences Hasina to jail for contempt over a claim she had a license to kill
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal has sentenced Bangladesh's former leader Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail after she was found...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Massachusetts advocates fear Trump’s bill will unravel health safety net in Obamacare’s model state
BOSTON (AP) — In the state that served as the model for Obamacare, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is trying...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Two men found dead in Scarborough
Investigators say they located the two deceased men in the Birchmount Road and Chelwood Road area Wednesday evening.
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Manitoba musician, partner dead in highway crash
SWAN RIVER - The bassist for a Winnipeg band and his partner are dead after a Canada Day crash on a Manitoba highway.
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo edi...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Chemical spill after tractor trailer crash shuts down Hwy. 402 lanes west of London, Ont.
The OPP said no one was injured in the Wednesday collision involving the truck carrying industrial acid. A stretch of the highway’s westboun...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Authorities search for a woman who got off a cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn’t return
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities were searching for a woman visiting Alaska's capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hik...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Woman seriously injured after being struck by driver in Etobicoke
The driver stayed at the scene after the Wednesday evening collision at 42nd Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West, in south Etobicoke, Toron...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Rescuers search in rough seas for 43 missing after a ferry sank near Bali, Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were searching Thursday for 43 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry carrying 65 people sa...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Ferry carrying 65 people sinks near Bali, Indonesia, and rescuers are searching for 43 missing
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers on Thursday were searching for 43 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry carrying 65 people...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Rescuers search in rough seas for 38 missing after a ferry sank near Bali, Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were searching Thursday for 38 people missing in rough seas overnight after a ferry sank near Indonesia’s...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Indonesia rescuers find 31 survivors in ongoing search after ferry sinks near Bali
GILIMANUK, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were searching Thursday for 30 people who were missing after a ferry sank and four people died the prev...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Rescuers find 29 survivors and look for more after ferry sinking near Bali, Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers were searching Thursday for 32 people missing after a ferry sank the previous night near Indonesia’s reso...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
A Q-Tip and spotless car were key evidence linking Bryan Kohberger to murders of 4 Idaho students
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The lead prosecutor tasked with finding justice for four University of Idaho students killed in a grisly quadruple stabb...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
School trustees with TDSB told what they can and can’t do (it’s mostly can’t) after Ford government takes over the board
Trustees instructed that they cannot do things like access administrative offices, or use their board email accounts to communicate with con...
The Toronto Star
July 3, 2025
Doug Ford said he ordered new waterbombers to fight Ontario’s wildfires. But when will we see them?
Internal Ontario budget documents show no sign of money being budgeted for the purchase of six waterbombers that Premier Doug Ford says he h...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Skydiving plane goes off New Jersey runway and crashes into woods, sending at least 5 to hospital
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — At least five people were taken to a hospital when a small skydiving aircraft went off the end of a runway at a...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Skydiving plane goes off New Jersey runway and crashes into woods, sending 15 to hospital
Fifteen people were taken to a hospital when a skydiving aircraft went off a runway and crashed in a wooded area near an airport in southern...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Skydiving plane goes off New Jersey runway and crashes into woods, sending at least 15 to hospital
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — At least 15 people were taken to a hospital when a small skydiving aircraft went off the end of a runway at an...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s top vaccine official working under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently restricted the approva...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Judge ends order blocking deportation of family of man charged in Boulder firebomb attack
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ended an order blocking the deportation of the family of the man charged in the fatal firebomb at...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Trump ramps up his attacks against NYC’s Zohran Mamdani as GOP seizes on new foe
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has a new political foil: New York’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Military honors bestowed on Illinois veteran identified nearly a decade after death
CHICAGO (AP) — Standing near the gravestone for the relative he never met, Mark Bailey accepted the crisply folded American flag from the Ar...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Nearly 368,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon recalled over possible listeria contamination
Nearly 368,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon products are being recalled over possible contamination with listeria bacteria that can ca...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center is set to receive its first group of immigrants
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — The first group of immigrants were scheduled to arrive Wednesday night at a new detention center deep in the Florida Ev...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Haiti’s gangs have ‘near-total control’ of the capital as violence escalates, UN says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence a...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Police say two people who died in Abbotsford, B.C., murder-suicide were 80 years old
ABBOTSFORD - A man and woman, both 80 years old, are dead in what police say was a murder-suicide in Abbotsford, B.C.
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Vancouver Island doctor Jonathan Kerr enters B.C. Greens leadership race
COMOX - A Vancouver Island councillor and family doctor has announced his candidacy for the B.C. Green Party leadership.
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
New CIA report criticizes investigation into Russia’s support for Trump in 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — A declassified CIA memo released Wednesday challenges the work intelligence agencies did to conclude that Russia interfere...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Section of Banff National Park remains closed to visitors two weeks after rockfall
LAKE LOUISE - A section of a trail in Banff National Park remains closed to visitors two weeks after a rockfall killed two hikers and injure...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Highway 11 closure during Canada Day manhunt posed safety risks, stranded commuter says
The decision to keep people waiting in their cars was far riskier because it could have led to a hostage situation, one commuter said.
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Highway 11 closure during manhunt posed safety risks, stranded commuter says
A police investigation left commuters stranded in their cars for hourson Canada Day, posing safety risks.
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Trump to meet at White House with American hostage freed from Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will meet at the White House on Thursday with Edan Alexander, the last...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Rival leaders in Cyprus will meet informally with UN chief this month
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres will bring the rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus together again this...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Publicly funded in vitro fertilization now available in B.C., offering up to $19,000
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has begun accepting applications for its publicly funded in vitro fertilization program.
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Fin spotted close to Nova Scotia beach forces swimmers out of water
QUEENSLAND - Swimmers at a busy Nova Scotia beach were forced out of the water for two hours after a fin was spotted offshore.
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Alberta names provincial police force, appoints former Calgary officer as first chief
CALGARY - Alberta's government has named its own provincial police force and announced its first chief.
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Sign at Ontario’s popular Sauble Beach changed to reflect First Nation land ownership
A landmark sign at a popular Ontario beach was changed just before Canada Day to reflect a First Nation's ownership of the land.
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
RSV vaccine access expanded to some people in their 50s, according to CDC website
The Trump administration appears to be expanding RSV vaccinations to some adults starting at age 50, down from 60, following the advice of a...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
7 missing after explosion at California fireworks warehouse sets off massive blaze
ESPARTO, Calif. (AP) — Seven people were missing Wednesday following an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in rural Northern California that...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Military veteran gets a life sentence for plotting an FBI attack after his Jan. 6 arrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military veteran was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for plotting to attack an FBI office and assassinate law enfo...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Takeaways from AP’s report into claims of excessive force by American contractors at Gaza aid sites
BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
U.S. contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
American contactors told the Associated Press the security staff hired were often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed and seemed to have an...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Vehicle mitigation measures, overhead drones aimed to keep Calgary Stampede safe
CALGARY - Police and organizers say they're confident security measures at the upcoming Calgary Stampede would prevent a vehicle attack like...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025
Victoria mayor announces $10 million on diverted spending for community safety
VICTORIA - Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto says residents will see a difference in community safety within six months after announcing $10.35 m...
The Toronto Star
July 2, 2025