A food bank netted a huge haul of 13,000 fresh salmon. The catch? The fish were still alive
A New York food bank was offered a huge donation of fresh fish this month — but it came with a catch. LocalCoho, a soon-to-close salmon farm in the small upstate city of Auburn, wanted to give 40,000 ...
Here are some of the deadliest plane crashes in US history
An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington and ...
Raptors cruise past Wizards to extend win streak to five
Toronto began 5 1/2 games back of Chicago for the final Eastern Conference play-in spot. The Raptors will play their next four at home.
Toronto WNBA team hires Monica Wright Rogers as first GM: report
Wright Rogers, 36, joins Toronto after serving as an assistant general manager with the Pheonix Mercury for the past two seasons.
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%. “We are not worried at all ...
A small aircraft is down near Washington’s Reagan Airport and takeoffs and landings are halted
Ronald Reagan National Airport says that all takeoffs and landings have been halted after a crash nearby. D.C. Fire and EMS said on X on Wednesday night that a small aircraft was down near the airport ...
Suspect in 2018 fatal shooting of Toronto rapper Smoke Dawg arrested by RCMP in Alberta
A suspect in the shooting death of Toronto rapper Smoke Dawg was arrested during a traffic stop in the Calgary area earlier this week.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Canada can’t be tariff ‘punching bag’
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he’s hoping Canada can still avoid United States tariffs but our country can’t be a punching bag. Kinew says he’s hopeful the U.S. won’t follow through on ...
Palestinians’ return to northern Gaza complicates Netanyahu’s war aims
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed 15 months ago that Israel would achieve “total victory” in the war in Gaza — by eradicating Hamas and freeing all the hostages. One week into a ceasefire with ...
Canada’s top doctor concerned about measles outbreaks in Ontario, Quebec
Canada’s top doctor says she is concerned about measles outbreaks with a growing number of cases acquired locally and spreading in Ontario and Quebec. Dr. Theresa Tam says the majority of recent ...
Truck drives into Scarborough store in brazen robbery, severing gas line
Police say the suspects drove the truck into a store in a plaza located in the Eglinton Avenue and Brimley Road area just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
CBC head calls for a ‘national conversation’ on Conservatives’ pledge to defund
With U.S. President Donald Trump making “territorial claims,” the new head of CBC says defunding the public broadcaster could erode a pillar of Canada’s cultural identity. Marie-Philippe Bouchard, CEO ...