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3 music agency employees dead after plane crashes into California neighbourhood

The music agency Sound Talent Group said Thursday that three of its employees, including co-founder Dave Shapiro, died on the private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood. Shapiro is listed as the owner of the plane and has a pilot’s licence, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Shapiro also owned …

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This Canadian ‘content farm’ topped the politics charts on YouTube — before it was taken down

A YouTube account that was the most popular Canada-based news and politics channel during much of the 2025 federal election has been taken down by YouTube, following inquiries from CBC News’s visual investigations team and Radio-Canada’s Décrypteurs. Real Talk Politiks regularly published confrontational, partisan video clips about politics that have …

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Trump threatens EU with 50% tariff, Apple and other smartphone makers with 25%

U.S. President Donald Trump cranked up his trade threats on Friday, recommending 50 per cent tariffs on the European Union and a 25 per cent tariff to be imposed on Apple and other smartphone makers. Trump made the comments about the EU and Apple this morning on social media and elaborated on them this afternoon …

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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim sues former chief of staff for defamation

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has filed a lawsuit against two people, including his former chief of staff, over alleged defamatory comments that claimed he had been pulled over by police for driving under the influence and used his position to cover it up.  According to a notice of civil claim …

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A cargo ship ran aground and nearly crashed into a Norway doorway

The cargo ship didn’t make it to Johan Helberg’s doorway, but it came close enough. “Five metres further south, and it would have entered the bedroom,” the Norwegian man told BBC News, describing the proximity of the 135-metre-long NCL Salten that ran aground outside his home in Byneset, Norway, along the Trondheim …

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Kyiv mayor says city faces fresh onslaught of Russian drone, missile attacks

Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early on Saturday with drones and missiles, triggering fires, strewing debris in districts throughout the city and injuring at least eight people, the city’s mayor said. Reuters witnesses saw and heard successive waves of drones flying over Kyiv, and a series of explosions jolted the …

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RFK Jr. urges Canadian health officials to spare B.C. ostrich flock from cull

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has talked to Canadian health officials about sparing a flock of ostriches in British Columbia that have been ordered killed due to avian flu fears. In a statement posted to X, Kennedy says that he spoke with Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) president …

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