Hunter Biden faces criminal trial over gun purchase
Jury selection begins Monday in a federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after the collapse of a deal with prosecutors that would have avoided the spectacle of …
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FDA urged to relax tissue donation restrictions for gay men
The federal government in 2020 and 2023 changed who it said could safely donate organs and blood, reducing the restrictions on men who have had sex with another man. But …
Two-thirds of Canadians have experienced traumatic events in their lives, StatsCan says
WARNING: This story contains discussion of suicide and traumatic events. Firefighter Rob Leathen says he was haunted by the memory of a woman he was trying to save. Leathen is one …
Admitting I was an addict was hard. Then came the even harder part
This is a First Person column by Matthew Heneghan, who lives in Falkland, B.C. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. My name is Matthew …
Mexico’s next president will be a woman after historic election, but will she be a feminist?
There is little doubt that on Sunday, Mexico will elect a woman to be president for the first time in its history. But it will come after a campaign where …
Person dies after falling into engine of departing passenger jet at Amsterdam airport
A person died Wednesday after falling into the spinning turbine blades of a departing passenger jet at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, officials said. The death occurred on the apron outside the …
He died at just 35 in 1947. Now Josh Gibson is baseball’s batting average champ
Josh Gibson, who died just three months before the league’s colour barrier was broken, is now the holder of multiple Major League Baseball records as the result of a three-year …
She came from Japan and Malaysia sentenced her to hang for 3.5kg of meth. Now she gets to live
She came from Japan and Malaysia sentenced her to hang for 3.5kg of meth. Now she gets to live Malaysia’s top court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence imposed on …
More than 670 people believed killed in Papua New Guinea landslide, says UN agency
More than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide, the UN migration agency estimated on Sunday as rescue efforts continued. Media in the South Pacific …
Grayson Murray dies at 30 a day after withdrawing from Colonial, PGA Tour says
Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. There were no immediate details …