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Read More »FIFA World Cup 2026: How the draw played out, from the matchups to the politics
#TheMoment Haiti qualified for first World Cup in over 50 years Paul Toussaint, a Haitian chef in Montreal, tells The National about the moment he watched his home country make it to the World Cup for the first time since 1974. A combination of the newly expanded format and the …
Read More »Terrence Stamp, U.K. actor who played General Zod in early Superman films, dead at 87
Terence Stamp, the British actor who often portrayed complex villains, including General Zod in the early Superman films, has died. He was 87. His death on Sunday was disclosed in a death notice published online. The London-born Stamp started his film career with 1962’s seafaring Billy Budd, for which he earned an …
Read More »Historic swing-off and robot umpires: How the 2025 MLB All-Star Game played out in Atlanta
Kyle Schwarber went three for three in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off as the National League (NL) won the game on a tiebreaker following a 6-6 tie, in which the American League (AL) rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night. In baseball’s equivalent of soccer’s penalty-kicks shootout, the game was decided …
Read More »Sean (Diddy) Combs’s sex trafficking trial is nearing its end. Here’s how it played out
WARNING: This story contains allegations of sexual violence and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone affected by it. Prosecutors in the sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of hip hop mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs have rested their case after calling 34 witnesses to testify over the course of more …
Read More »Police investigating if homophobia played a role in King of the Hill actor’s killing
Investigators are looking into whether the sexual orientation of King of the Hill voice actor Jonathan Joss played a role in his shooting death in Texas, authorities said Thursday, walking back a previous statement about the potential motive. Joss’s husband has claimed the person who killed the actor yelled “violent homophobic …
Read More »‘Mom was already on fire’: Chilling 911 call played during murder trial of Ontario man
The 911 call is chilling. It’s the voice of a teenage girl telling an ambulance dispatcher that her mom, Henrietta Viski, is on fire and she needs help quickly. The young woman tells the dispatcher that the 37-year-old is burning and says a man lit her mother on fire. “Is …
Read More »London, Ont. train fire: How sparks from locomotive exhaust may have played a role
The Transportation Safety Board has confirmed that it is launching an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a train travelling through a major Ontario city while up in flames last month. The blazing CPKC train travelled eastward through much of London, Ont., just before 11 p.m. on April 21, shocking onlookers …
Read More »How the worst blackout in North America played out in Ontario
TORONTO — At 4:11 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2003, the system supervisor in the control room overseeing Ontario’s electrical grid saw four alarms pop up on his computer screen. Then came 30,000 more. “It looks like we’ve had a disturbance,” Todd Parcey recalls saying, in what proved to be a …
Read More »Tony Dow, who played big brother Wally on Leave it to Beaver, dies at 77
Tony Dow, who as Wally Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver helped create the popular and lasting image of the American teenager of the 1950s and 60s, died Wednesday. He was 77. Frank Bilotta, who represented Dow in his work as a sculptor, confirmed his death in an email …
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