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York Regional Police announced a crackdown on stunt driving and street racing Wednesday, releasing new video of a recent incident in which a vehicle was caught on camera doing doughnuts and speeding along the shoulder of busy roadways. The crackdown is part of Project ERASE, an annual initiative meant to educate drivers about…

Read the latest about the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. A gunman killed 19 children and two teachers on Tuesday in a single classroom in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, a small city west of San Antonio. It was the deadliest school shooting since the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut…

NEWTON — Shortly after Child Life Specialist Candice Lavien began working at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, she thought about the impact a dog might have.  She and other colleagues who work with pediatric patients saw kids light up during occasional therapy dog visits. They wondered what a more permanent canine presence would do to lift spirits throughout…

With Quebec confirming an additional 10 cases of monkeypox identified in the province, the total number of cases in Canada now sits at 15, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The latest update on the spread of the viral disease came in a statement issued by federal Health Minister Jean-Yves…

The gunman who fatally shot 19 children and two adults in a Texas elementary school was a high school senior who frequently missed school and struggled to get along with classmates, acquaintances said on Tuesday as they tried to make sense of the massacre. The 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, who died at the scene, had…

The World Health Organization is meeting daily to determine its next steps for the containment of monkeypox.So far, cases have been confirmed in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Italy and the United States. Cases in Canada and Spain are also being investigated. Wisconsin dealt with its own outbreak of the disease nearly 20 years ago….

Bill 96, the provincial government’s controversial legislation aimed at protecting the French language in Quebec, has been adopted in the National Assembly. MNAs voted 78-29 in favour of passing the law Tuesday afternoon, with opposition members from the Liberal Party and Parti Québécois voting against it.  The passing of the bill comes…

Pretty much Alfred Garza III’s entire family — parents, girlfriend, sister, aunt and more — had gathered in the room when the Texas Rangers broke the horrible news late Tuesday: His 10-year-old daughter, Amerie Jo Garza, the girl who loved Play-Doh, was among the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting. Amerie Jo was “full…

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Araya Ayala was once a star softball player at Flour Bluff High School. In her last at-bat three years ago, she hit two home runs. Solid. Not long after that, she traded her softball uniform for a military uniform. Araya now serves with the Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division in Poland…

HALIFAX – Two lawyers are criticizing a decision Tuesday to allow senior RCMP witnesses to avoid cross-examination before the inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. The lawyers, Tara Miller and Josh Bryson, represent relatives of some of the victims gunned down by a killer disguised as a Mountie and driving…