$18-million sale of HBC charter to Thomsons, Westons approved by court

TORONTO — Two of Canada’s wealthiest families have cleared the final hurdle on the road to buying and donating the royal charter that created the Hudson’s Bay Co. Ontario Superior Court Judge... Read more »

Senate’s ACA vote; Fed cuts rates; Venezuela : NPR

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DOJ charges Ukrainian woman for alleged cyberattacks on US infrastructure

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged a Ukrainian woman with helping to carry out dozens of cyberattacks on critical U.S. infrastructure, working with... Read more »

New rifles on the way for Canada’s soldiers as defence spending ramps up

A program intended to replace the entire stock of the Canadian military’s aging assault rifles is being sped up, CBC News has learned. An internal Department of National Defence presentation references a... Read more »

Scores of government statisticians are gone, leaving data at risk, report says

The ranks of U.S. government statisticians have been gutted in the past year due to layoffs and buyouts. That along with diminished funding and attacks on their independence have put at risk... Read more »

NTSB warns defense bill could undermine aviation safety at DCA : NPR

National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Jennifer Homendy gave a strong rebuke of a defense authorization bill that rolls back safety improvements. The board recommended the changes after the January collision of a... Read more »

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado greets supporters in Norway after Nobel ceremony

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public... Read more »

Colorado homeless man accused of murdering woman after jail release: report

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DOJ ends monitoring of illegal dumping in Houston in retreat from environmental justice

HOUSTON — The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with the city of Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, part of the Trump administration’s broad dismantling... Read more »

Anishinaabe playwright Ian Ross rose to fame as ‘Joe from Winnipeg’

Open this photo in gallery: Playwright Ian Ross, left, at the Pimootayowin Creators Circle, and Katie German, who assisted him.LEIF NORMAN/Supplied Ian Ross burst onto the Canadian theatre scene in 1996 with... Read more »