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The U.S. Justice Department announced a $ 138.7-million US settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016. CBC | World News
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U.S. prepares to rush $1B in military aid to Ukraine
Billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, heading for a vote on final passage days after the House of Representatives abruptly ended a months-long stalemate and approved the assistance in a rare Saturday session. CBC | World News
Read More »Protests over Israel’s war in Gaza roil some U.S. campuses
Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan on Monday, as the war in Gaza continued to reverberate through U.S. university campuses. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. closer to potential TikTok ban after House vote
An overwhelming majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favour of legislation that would force an ultimatum on TikTok’s parent company, which is partly Chinese owned, to sell within a year or face an outright ban. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. House passes aid for Ukraine and Israel, with legislation now headed to Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives swiftly approved $ 95 billion US in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session, with Democrats and Republicans joining together after months of political turmoil over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukraine is suddenly close to getting a big new supply of U.S. weapons
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Read More »Tesla recalling Cybertrucks in U.S. for faulty accelerator pedal
Tesla is recalling 3,878 Cybertrucks to fix an accelerator pedal pad that could come loose and get lodged in the interior trim, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. CBC | World News
Read More »Serdachny scores overtime winner as Canada edges U.S. for women’s hockey worlds gold
Canada reclaimed the women’s world hockey championship from the United States with a 6-5 overtime win in Sunday’s final. Danielle Serdachny scored a power-play goal at 5:16 of overtime to end the showdown. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada to face archrival U.S. in women’s world hockey championship final
Jocelyne Larocque scored and had an assist to lead Canada to a 4-0 win over the Czech Republic in a women’s world hockey championship semifinal Saturday in Utica, N.Y. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Former U.S. ambassador gets 15-year prison sentence after decades as secret Cuban agent
Victor Manuel Rocha, a former career U.S. diplomat, was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba. The plea agreement leaves many unanswered questions about a betrayal that stunned the U.S. foreign service. CBC | World News
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