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OTAWA – Indian law enforcement agencies say they are investigating alleged links between dozens of universities in Canada and two “entities” in Mumbai accused of illegally transporting students across the Canada-U.S. border. A Tuesday news release from India’s Enforcement Directorate, a multidisciplinary organization that investigates money laundering and foreign exchange laws, said a search in…
WHARTON, New Jersey – A sinkhole that opened Thursday along Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey forced authorities to close the eastbound lanes of the busy highway. The sinkhole was discovered Thursday morning near Wharton, which is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of New York City. Crews were evaluating how to repair the sinkhole,…
Hudson Meek, the 16-year-old actor who appeared in “Baby Driver,” died last week after falling from a moving vehicle in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, according to CNN affiliate WVTM. The teen suffered blunt force trauma in the Dec. 19 fall and was admitted to the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham, where he died from his…
As a member of the Communist Party in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck did clerical work in the party office, printing pamphlets and selling books. But he also had tasks that his party comrades knew nothing about: spying on mail, copying phone numbers from notepads and rummaging through trash cans. Hadesbeck, known to…
KAHULUI, Hawaii – A person was found dead in the wheel well of a United Airlines flight to Maui on Tuesday. The Maui Police Department is investigating the discovery. United Airlines issued the following statement on December 25: “Upon arrival at Kahului Airport on Maui on Tuesday, a body was found in the wheel well…
Wondering what your teen does when you’re not around? They are likely on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or Snapchat, according to a new report. The Pew Research Center survey, released Dec. 12, found that nearly half of 13- to 17-year-olds are online almost all the time. The figure is approximately the same as in the last…
FRANKFURT, Germany – Estonia’s government will hold an extraordinary meeting on Thursday as investigators try to find out what disrupted a Baltic Sea power cable carrying electricity from Finland, Estonia’s prime minister said on Thursday. Power to Estlink-2 was cut shortly after noon on Wednesday. Officials have been nervous about undersea cables in the wake…
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in the Indonesian province of Aceh on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. Many cried as they placed flowers at a mass grave in the…
For many students, postsecondary education is seen as an opportunity to become independent from their parents. But for one University of Windsor student, it’s a chance to spend more time with her biggest cheerleader: her mother. Isabella Higgison, a 19-year-old child psychology student, and her mother, Alicia, a 42-year-old Master of Education student, are pursuing…
LONDON – King Charles III used his annual Christmas message on Wednesday to praise the selflessness of those who have cared for him and the Princess of Wales this year, after they were both diagnosed with cancer. The 76-year-old monarch said he and his family are “continually” impressed by those who dedicate their lives to…