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President Trump visits MLK memorial
Trump also drew heat a year ago for spending Martin Luther King Jr . USA presidents have typically observed the holiday publicly, making remarks or attending events honoring the day. Plucking this specific quote out of the many great lessons MLK gave us is like a hungover college student trying to find the most vague scholarly opinion to support a totally batsh*t thesis statement. [Full Article...]
Notre Dame Covers Up Christopher Columbus Murals For MLK Day
But they hide another side of Columbus: the exploitation and repression of Native Americans , said the Rev. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame. So the murals will be "covered by woven material consistent with the décor of the space", Jenkins wrote. [Full Article...]
Suspected Canadian U.S. spy had classified docs on him: lawyer
The 48-year-old's arrest raised speculation he could be swapped for one of the Russians held in the USA, such as gun rights activist Maria Butina . "I can only confirm that information constituting state secret was found in the course of Whelan's detention", Vladimir Zherebenkov, a court-appointed lawyer, told journalists at a Moscow court on Tuesday. [Full Article...]
Victims, Suspect Dead In Homicide South Of Canby, Oregon
A father murdered his nine month-old baby girl, as well as his girlfriend and parents before being shot dead by police . She suffered what deputies described as injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening. 'The investigators are trying to determine what exactly was used to kill each person'. However she got email from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office telling her about the homicides. [Full Article...]
Extreme cold warning issued for city
By nightfall, expect the weather to once again feel like -30 C - the benchmark for Environment Canada to issue a warning. Northwest winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts up to 50 miles per hour are forecast . A bitterly cold Arctic airmass will remain in place tonight with wind chill values of minus 35 to minus 40 expected. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, espec... [Full Article...]
Downing Street denies claims Theresa May wants to amend Good Friday Agreement
Downing Street made clear on Monday that the PM sees the backstop as a central issue that needs to be addressed to make her Withdrawal Agreement acceptable to Parliament. Chuka Umunna, Chris Leslie, Gavin Shuker and Luciana Berger defied Jeremy Corbyn's plea for the party's MPs to boycott the talks, as they joined Tory backers of a second referendum including Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wol... [Full Article...]
Pope Francis launches 'Click to Pray' app in six languages
The new app, called Click to Pray , will inform the church's 1.3 billion followers what he is praying for - such as world peace or the population of a country hit by a natural disaster. The pontiff has a profile on the Android and iOS app that shows Catholics around the globe what he's now praying for. He was referring to a vehicle bomb in Colombia that killed 20 police cadets and the death o... [Full Article...]
North Bay remains under extreme cold warning
And somehow even in this deep freeze, the snow continues to swirl. Tomorrow: Increasing cloudiness. 30 per cent chance of flurries in the afternoon. Under sunny skies, conditions will slowly moderate through today to -18C with a wind chill of -25C by 3 pm, Environment Canada forecasts. Today will continue with partly to mostly cloudy skies with highs warming up from this weekend in the... [Full Article...]