Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has ordered a senior U.S. Justice Department official to drop an inquiry into a retired FBI agent’s involvement in a defamation lawsuit involving Alex Jones’ conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Ed Martin Jr., who leads the Justice Department’s […]

A report that could shed more light on why Manitoba’s former Progressive Conservative government rejected calls to search a landfill for the remains of two murder victims is being withheld under the province’s freedom of information law. Records obtained by The Canadian Press show senior bureaucrats assembled a presentation for cabinet ministers on a potential […]

Local police say there’s a “high possibility” that two Canadians are dead after a popular 19th-century streetcar crashed in Portugal’s capital on Wednesday, The Associated Press reports. The AP has reported that the Portugal’s attorney general’s office said eight victims have been identified so far: five Portuguese, two South Koreans and a Swiss national. It […]

British Columbia’s Ministry of Public Safety says it was unaware of the BC Coroners Service continuing a practice of attending certain death scenes remotely instead of in person after 2019. Ministry spokeswoman Tasha Schollen said in a statement that the ministry’s understanding was that in-person scene attendance had been “restored” six years ago, and it […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Relatives of two of the four University of Idaho students murdered in 2022 have asked a judge to prevent the release of graphic crime scene photos and videos, saying that the images are traumatizing and making them public would violate their privacy. Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life without parole last […]

An online conspiracy theory recently claimed that a candidate on the ballot in the federal byelection in Alberta’s Battle River-Crowfoot riding had died in February. The source for the claim was an obituary for an unrelated woman with the same name. The real candidate told The Canadian Press that Elections Canada verified her identity before […]

An infant born prematurely and infected with measles has died in southwestern Ontario, Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, said Thursday.  The baby was infected with the virus while in the womb through their mother, who was not vaccinated, he said.  “While measles may have been a contributing factor in both the […]

Ottawa police are investigating the death of a young woman who was found in a park on the shore of the Ottawa River on Sunday.  The Indian High Commission in Ottawa has identified her as a student from India, saying she went missing several days before her body was found.  Ottawa police say they won’t […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails and internet searches done by Gene Hackman’s wife in the days before her death, indicating that she was scouring the internet for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques. Betsy Arakawa died in February of hantavirus pulmonary […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s move to classify thousands of living immigrants as dead and cancel their Social Security numbers is an escalation of the president’s crackdown on people who were legally allowed to live in the U.S. under programs instituted by his predecessor. The move will make it much harder for affected immigrants […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has moved to classify more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead, canceling their Social Security numbers and effectively wiping out their ability to work or receive benefits in an effort to get them to leave the country, according to two people familiar with the situation. The move will make […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for two Tennessee inmates facing execution this year asked Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday to declare a reprieve until a judge determines the legality of the state’s new execution protocol. Executions have been on hold in Tennessee since April 2022, when Lee halted the execution of Oscar Smith just an […]