BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal appeals court says a Louisiana court rightly dismissed a deputy’s lawsuit accusing Black Lives Matter and several leaders of inciting violence that led to a deadly 2016 attack on law enforcement officers. The Advocate reports a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans […]
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RCMP say searchers have found a body, plane wreckage northwest of Edmonton
MAYERTHORPE, Alta. — RCMP say search and rescue technicians have found a body and the wreckage of plane in a wooded area northwest of Edmonton. Mounties say the identity of the remains and the aircraft have not been confirmed. Transport Canada and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are investigating what has been found […]
Police seeking man who has been ‘hiding in bushes,’ assaulting women in Taylorsville
TAYLORSVILLE — Police are searching for an alleged sexual assault suspect they believe sneaks up on women on a running trail in Taylorsville. “The suspect has been progressively getting bolder with his actions and we would like to stop him from continuing,” Unified Police Sg. Melody Gray said in a news release Thursday. According to […]
3 Chilean airplanes grounded by bomb threats
SANTIAGO, Chile — Aviation authorities in South America say one airliner was forced to make an emergency landing in Peru and two other flights returned to airports in Chile after Chilean officials reported receiving several bomb threats. A LATAM flight carrying passengers from Peru’s capital of Lima to Santiago, Chile, was safely evacuated after making […]
Chris Selley: John Tory’s anti-tax message threatens his city-builder image ahead of Toronto election
John Tory is not the sort of politician people vote for rapturously. I have never seen anyone swoon in his presence. Which is a good thing, for him, because if legions of Torontonians can’t wait to vote again for the somewhat ambitious city-builder who presented himself in 2014, so far he’s offering them precious little. […]