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Emily Scott grew up drinking ginger beer in the Caribbean, so when her son brought some Canada Dry Ginger Ale over, she thought she’d give it a go. But after the first sip, she noticed the crisp, intense flavour she was expecting was missing.  A closer look at the product’s …

Following the U.S. election, Slate writer Scaachi Koul says some of the buzzier pop culture moments of the U.S. election campaign — like singer Charli XCX’s post describing Kamala Harris as “brat” — didn’t seem to impact the results.  “Overwhelmingly, the cultural moments we thought mattered didn’t,” she said while speaking with CBC’s Commotion.  “I …

Hoax bomb threats, many of which appeared to originate from Russian email domains, were directed at polling locations in five U.S. battleground states — Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — as election day voting was underway, the FBI said on Tuesday. “None of the threats have been determined to …

U.S. federal law enforcement and election security agencies are debunking two new examples of Russian election disinformation on the eve of election day, highlighting attempts by foreign actors to sow doubt in the voting process and warning that the efforts run the risk of inciting violence against election officials. In …

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris made an unannounced trip to New York to appear on Saturday Night Live, briefly stepping away from the battleground states where she’s been campaigning with just three days to go before the presidential election. Harris departed on Air Force Two after a campaign stop on Saturday …

Steven Crowder has big plans for election night. The far-right commentator says he will livestream his show on the video-sharing platform Rumble until a winner is declared. Crowder, who routinely airs debunked claims of voter fraud, believes that could take days or weeks, potentially making his the “longest-lasting election night …

The Current1:14:23America Votes: Stories from the Arizona border, its politics and its people When she turned 16 a few years ago, a young woman in Arizona thought she had reached the typical teenage milestones of applying for a driver’s licence and gaining more independence. Instead, she found out that her …

Authorities, including the FBI, were investigating Monday after early morning fires were set in U.S. ballot drop boxes in Portland, Ore., and in nearby Vancouver, Wash., where hundreds of ballots were destroyed. The Portland Police Bureau reported that officers and firefighters responded to a fire in one ballot drop box …

Testing has ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, the company said Sunday. It will resume selling the Quarter Pounder in the coming week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to believe that slivered onions from …

Authorities in Poland have arrested four people in connection with an alleged plot to mail explosives to Canada and the United States. In a media statement, Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office says it began an investigation on Aug. 5, 2024 based on information obtained by the country’s Internal Security Agency, Poland’s domestic …