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An F-18 fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea on Tuesday after tipping off the flight deck of the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, in the second such incident in about a week, two U.S. officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. CBC | World News
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U.S. Department of Education tells Harvard it will freeze billions in future grants, aid
The U.S. Department of Education informed Harvard University on Monday that it was freezing billions of dollars in future research grants and other aid until the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college concedes to a number of demands from the Trump administration, a senior department official said. CBC | World News
Read More »Former U.S. women’s basketball head coach Fortner takes over Canada’s senior squad
Longtime NCAA, WNBA and international coach Nell Fortner has been named head coach of Canada’s senior women’s national team, Canada Basketball announced Monday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Trump says he’s unsure whether people in the U.S. are entitled to due process rights
President Donald Trump said he was unsure whether people in the U.S. are entitled to due process rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution, as his administration pushes aggressively to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally and other non-citizens. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. man sentenced to 53 years for hate-crime killing of 6-year-old Palestinian American
An Illinois landlord who killed a six-year-old Palestinian American boy and severely injured the boy’s mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison. CBC | World News
Read More »The U.S. tax loophole that made Shein and Temu rich is changing. What will happen to the brands now?
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Read More »Are U.S. ports ‘ghost towns’ thanks to Trump’s tariffs?
Viral videos are claiming major U.S. ports are empty because Trump’s tariffs against China have dried up the supply of Chinese goods. Is it true? CBC’s visual investigations unit analyzes the videos, satellite imagery and trade data to find out what’s really going on. Thumbnail: Credit YT-A: “X/LarryBrockMP” Thumbnail credit: The Port of Los Angeles Live Look, Getty Images CBC ...
Read More »U.S. judge orders release of Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian arrested at citizenship interview
A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukraine, U.S. officials say they are close to signing minerals deal
Ukraine and the U.S. said on Wednesday they were ready to sign a minerals deal imminently after months of sometimes fraught negotiations, but an eleventh-hour snag injected uncertainty into the timing. CBC | World News
Read More »George Santos, U.S. congressman for less than a year, sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
Disgraced former U.S. Congress member George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, was sentenced Friday to more than seven years in prison, sobbing as he heard his punishment. CBC | World News
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