Month: April 2023

Parole Board Imposes Strict Conditions in Release of Canadian Terrorism Convict to ‘Protect Society’

The Parole Board of Canada has imposed strict conditions on the statutory release of Mohamed Hersi, the first person in Canada to be tried for attempting to leave the country to join a terrorist activity abroad, citing the need to “protect society.” Hersi, 37, is being released after serving more than 9 years and 7 months…


Trump Says He’d ‘Crush’ Biden in Possible 2024 Rematch

Former president Donald Trump spent much of his latest campaign speech drawing contrasts between himself and, as he put it, “Crooked Joe Biden.” Trump, a Republican, bestowed that moniker on the Democrat president on April 27, two days after Biden announced he would seek re-election–”four more disastrous years,” in Trump’s words. Speaking for more than…


Police Issue Warning After BC Senior Loses $7.5 Million in Cryptocurrency Scam

A senior from Burnaby, B.C., was scammed out of more than $7.5 million dollars in a cryptocurrency ruse, prompting the latest warning from police about cryptocurrency-based fraud schemes. Police say the elaborate con lasted several months and included the victim being scammed out of money both in the original fraud and then by someone claiming…


Extinction Rebellion Climbs Melbourne Arts Spire Over Climate Change

A climate action protestor has scaled the spire of the Arts Centre Melbourne to unfurl a banner protesting climate change. On April 28, the Extinction Rebellion protestors unfurled a large banner across the spire reading, “Occupy for Climate 2023.” The group is known for its high-profile protests—sometimes involving malicious damage—aimed at disrupting the economic activity…


Linnea Johansson Fires 64, Leads JM Eagle LA Championship

Linnea Johansson of Sweden posted a bogey-free, 7–under-par 64 to take a one-shot lead after one round of the inaugural JM Eagle LA Championship on Thursday, April 27, in Los Angeles. Johansson nosed ahead of world No. 6 Minjee Lee of Australia and Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland, who are tied for second at Wilshire Country…


Biden Authorizes Southern Border Deployment of Reservist Troops

President Joe Biden authorized the deployment of reserve troops to the southern border to combat “international drug trafficking” under the National Emergencies Act in an executive order signed April 27. The executive order authorizes the secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to order to active duty reserve…


Train Derailment in Wisconsin Sends Railcars Into Mississippi River

A freight train derailed in Crawford County, Wisconsin, on Thursday, sending two locomotives into the Mississippi River, according to BNSF Railway. The derailment occurred on the eastern edge of the Mississippi River, near De Soto, around 30 miles south of La Crosse. BNSF Railway said in a statement that two of the three locomotives and…


Pirates Star Dick Groat, Who Also Played in NBA, Dies at 92

PITTSBURGH—Before Bo Jackson knew everything, before Deion Sanders introduced Prime Time, there was Dick Groat. A wiry shortstop with a slick glove and a lightning-quick guard with a lethal set shot, Groat was a star on the baseball diamond and the basketball court in the 1950s, long before Jackson and Sanders made major sports multitasking…


VICE Cuts Staff, Cancels ‘VICE News Tonight’

The VICE Media Group (VMG) is cutting staff and ending its flagship news broadcast program “VICE News Tonight.” VMG co-CEOs Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala announced the layoffs in a memo obtained by Deadline on Thursday. In their memo, the two CEOs said they were pursuing staff cuts in “response to the current market conditions…


The Western US Remains Divided Over Abortion

Idaho and Utah have continued banning or limiting abortions, while Oregon and California are stockpiling abortion pills. Idaho and Utah were two of the 13 states that had trigger laws to make abortions illegal when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. As soon as Roe v. Wade was overturned, Idaho joined the list of…