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Trump rally shooting the latest in a long legacy of violence targeting American political figures
Police put up tape to clear journalists from the outfield area of a baseball field where shots were fired during a congressional baseball practice, wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Theiler
B.C. Lions snap Saskatchewan Roughriders’ undefeated streak with 35-20 victory
B.C. Lions' Justin McInnis celebrates his touchdown against the Saskatchewan Roughriders during the first half of a CFL football game, in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, July 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canada loses to Uruguay on penalties to finish fourth at Copa America 2024
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - JULY 13: Luis Suarez of Uruguay shoots on target as Dayne St. Clair of Canada makes a save during the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 third place match between Uruguay and Canada at Bank of America Stadium on July 13, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
Democrat and Republican leaders past and present express shock, relief over shooting at Trump rally
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden condemns shooting at Trump rally
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Canadian leaders condemn Trump rally shooting, say democracy must prevail
Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. Republican candidate Donald Trump was evacuated from the stage at today's rally after what sounded like shots rang out at the event in Pennsylvania, according to AFP. The former US president was seen with blood on his right ear as he was surrounded by security agents, who hustled him off the stage as he pumped his first to the crowd. Trump was bundled into an SUV and driven away. (Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP) (Photo by REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images)
Fitness guru Richard Simmons dies at 76
FILE - Richard Simmons sits for a portrait in Los Angeles, June 23, 1982. Simmons, a fitness guru who urged the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the age of 76. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Trump rushed off stage after shooting at rally
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Trump wounded in assassination attempt at rally; suspect, one spectator dead
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surround by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Stephanie Kyriacou takes third-round lead at Evian Championship
Stephanie Kyriacou, of Australia, plays on the 14th hole during the third round of the Evian Championship women's golf tournament, in Evian, eastern France, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Ottawa’s Dabrowski and partner Routliffe defeated in women’s doubles final at Wimbledon
Gabriela Dabrowski, left, of Canada and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand react after winning a point against Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic and Taylor Townsend of the United States in the women's doubles final at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Saturday, July 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Alberto Pezzali
Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg holds 2-stroke lead at Scottish Open
NORTH BERWICK, SCOTLAND - JULY 13: (EDITORS NOTE: This Image Is Part Of A Swing Sequence) Ludvig Aberg of Sweden plays his second shot on the 16th hole, frame 11 of 12, during day three of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club on July 13, 2024 in North Berwick, Scotland. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Gaza officials say 90 Palestinians killed by airstrikes as Israel targets Hamas military chief
Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli strike at a tent camp in Al-Mawasi area, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Iran’s new president vows balance with all countries but warns U.S. his country won’t be pressured
FILE - Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian greets his supporters in a meeting a day after the presidential election, at the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, July 6, 2024. Iran’s newly elected president said his government will create "balance in relations with all countries” in line with national interests and the prerequisites for peace but stressed to the United States that his country “will not respond to pressure.” Masoud Pezeshkian penned “My Message To The New World” in the country's state-owned Tehran Times late Friday July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Israel targets Hamas’ military leader in Gaza. Who is he and what does it mean for the war?
FILE - This image taken from video and released by the militant group Hamas on Aug. 26, 2005, shows a man identified as Mohammed Deif. An Israeli attack on the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday July 13, 2024, killed 71 people and injured scores, the Health Ministry in Gaza said, while an Israeli official said it targeted the head of Hamas' military wing. The Israeli official identified the target of the strike in Khan Younis as Mohammed Deif, believed by many to be the chief architect of the Oct. 7 attack that killed some 1,200 people in southern Israel and triggered the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/File)
Melania Trump not expected to address gathering at Republican National Convention
FILE - Then First lady Melania Trump speaks to a small group of supporters as President Donald Trump looks on at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Jan. 20, 2021. Former first lady Melania Trump will attend the Republican National Convention next week in Milwaukee. That’s according to two people familiar with her plans who spoke on condition of anonymity before full details are released. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
Inside the courtroom as case dismissed against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey talks about evidence not turned over to the defense during actor Alec Baldwin's trial for involuntary manslaughter for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie "Rust," Friday, July 12, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool)
Alec Baldwin thanks supporters in first public comments after early end to trial
Actor Alec Baldwin, center, reacts as he sits between his attorneys Alex Spiro, left, and Luke Nikas after the judge threw out the involuntary manslaughter case for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie "Rust," Friday, July 12, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Ramsay de Give/Pool Photo via AP)
Police in Kamloops, B.C., continue search for 50-year-old Alberta man lost in river
The British Columbia Coroners Service says it will hold an inquest into the death of a man who died in a hail of police gunfire after initiating a shootout with Kamloops RCMP officers in 2018. An RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. . THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Victoria police chief says violence escalating against first responders
Victoria Police Chief Del Manak speaks in Victoria, B.C., in 2019. Manak says violence is escalating against first responders in the city after a paramedic was attacked by a man in medical distress on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dirk Meissner
After another flash-flooding death, expert says Nova Scotia needs robust alert system — now
Emergency crews respond after flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Windsor, N.S., in this July 11, 2024 handout photo. Retired Environment Canada meteorologist Jim Abraham says it's well past time for Nova Scotia to work with the federal government to built a robust prediction, detection and alert system for flash flooding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Amanda Dunfield **MANDATORY CREDIT**
The son of Asia’s richest man gets married in the year’s most extravagant wedding
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani, center, poses with son Anant, and wife Nita at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo /Rajanish Kakade)
Arrests, summonses of potential presidential candidates in Tunisia continue as election day nears
FILE - Tunisia's President Kais Saied casts his ballot as he participates in the legislative elections in Tunis, Dec. 17, 2022. As elections approach in Tunisia, potential presidential candidates are facing arrests as authorities clamp down on those planning to participate. Since President Kais Saied took power in 2019, critics and opponents have been arrested, detained and convicted of political charges stemming from criticism of the government.(AP Photo/Slim Abid, File)
Diede de Groot wins Wimbledon women's wheelchair final for 15th straight major title
Aniek Van Koot of the Netherlands plays a forehand return to to compatriot Diede De Groot in women's wheelchair final at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Thirty-four year-old man arrested in Britain after human remains found in dumped suitcases
Forensic officers work at an address in Shepherd's Bush, after human remains were found in two suitcases near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in London. Police said human remains were found at an address in Shepherd's Bush, west London believed to be connected to those found in the suitcases dumped near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol on Wednesday. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96
FILE - Dr. Ruth Westheimer participates in the "Ask Dr. Ruth" panel during the Hulu presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer died on Friday, July 12, 2024, at her home in New York City, surrounded by her family, according to publicist and friend Pierre Lehu. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Facebook lifts restrictions on Trump, giving him equal footing with Biden on the social media site
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference May 31, 2024, in New York. Facebook has lifted restrictions imposed on former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. It has now placed Trump on an equal footing on the platform with President Joe Biden just days before the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Shelling kills 4 in Ukraine as a drone attack sparks fire at an oil depot in Russia
In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday, July 12, 2024, Russian soldiers fire from their howitzer from their position at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam trophy by beating Jasmine Paolini
Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic celebrates after defeating Jasmine Paolini of Italy in the women's singles final at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Russia can counter U.S. missile deployments in Europe, Kremlin says
A Pakistani court acquits ex-PM Khan but supporters’ hopes of his release are dashed
FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference at his home, May 18, 2023, in Lahore, Pakistan. On Monday, July 1, 2024, a United Nations human rights working group called for the immediate release of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Khan, saying he had been detained “arbitrarily in violation of international laws.” (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)
Taiwan steps up alertness after detecting test-firing by China’s missile unit
This handout photo taken on July 9, 2024 and released on July 10 by Japan's Ministry of Defense shows the Chinese navy's aircraft carrier Shandong in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Miyakojima, Okinawa prefecture. (Photo by Handout / Japan's Ministry of Defense / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Japan's Ministry of Defense" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/Japan's Ministry of Defense/AFP via Getty Images)
Northern Quebec town of Fermont preparing for possible evacuation as Labrador City wildfire spreads
Smoke from a wildfire is shown in Labrador City, N.L. in a Friday, July 12, 2024 handout photo. Residents of Labrador City were ordered to evacuate Friday night, as a nearby wildfire crept closer to the town. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Janelle Nippard **MANDATORY CREDIT**
On anniversary of Frida Kahlo’s death, her art’s spirituality keeps fans engaged around the globe
FILE - An artist makes screen prints in the background of Frida Kahlo's face printed on the art installation from artists, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu, at the Untitled Art gallery during Art Basel, Dec. 6, 2018, in Miami Beach, Florida. The 70th anniversary of Kahlo’s death is on July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
Boeing begins 777-9 certification flight trials with US FAA
FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 777-9, a variant of the 777X, performs a flying display at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 20, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Princess of Wales set to attend Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday in rare public appearance
FILE - Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales looks on after Spain's Carlos Alcaraz beat Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final on day fourteen of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 16, 2023. The Princess of Wales is set to attend the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday, July 14, 2024 in a rare public appearance after her cancer diagnosis. Kensington Palace confirmed Saturday that Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William, will be in the Royal Box on Centre Court to watch defending champion Carlos Alcaraz play Novak Djokovic. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
French sports minister swims in Seine ahead of Olympics
In this photo provided by the Ministry Of Sport, Olympic And Paraolympic Games, France's Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Amelie Oudea-Castera, left and Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Triathlon gold medalist Alexis Hanquinquant gesture ahead of swimming in the River Seine, in Paris, Saturday, July 13, 2024. Oudéa-Castéra took a symbolic dip in the Seine on Saturday, less than two weeks before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Ministry Of Sport, Olympic And Paraolympic Games via AP)
Martine Gutierrez’s self-portraits challenge modern notions of gender and indigenity
The American artist Martine Gutierrez has a reputation for deconstructing identities and constructing new ones. A trans woman of Mayan heritage on her father’s side, Gutierrez has specialized in critiquing commercial depictions of gender and indigeneity. Anti-Icon: Apokalypsis is perhaps her most daring project to date,
B.C. graduate pressured to change artwork critiquing her high school’s accessibility barriers
Lexis De Meyer poses for a photo at her old school Robert Bateman Secondary in Abbotsford, B.C., on June 29, 2024. She spent weeks preparing her speech and artwork, only to find out at the last minute that both her speech and artistic statement had been altered by the school administration. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
Penny Oleksiak’s hard road to the Paris Olympics
TORONTO, ONTARIO - MAY 19: Penny Oleksiak competes in the final of the Women's 50m Freestyle during day seven of the Canada Olympic Swimming Trials 2024 on May 19, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Eastern wolf upgraded to threatened species by federal environment minister
Credit: John and Mary Theberge Taken in Ontario -either within or around Algonquin Park Species: Eastern Canadian wolf (Canis lycaon) also known as the Algonquin wolf.
Staffed lookout towers aren’t relics from the past – they’re key to fighting today’s wildfires
During her seven years as a lookout, Trina Moyles was often asked me why she hadn’t been replaced by cameras or satellites. But staffed towers are the still best method for preventing catastrophic wildfires.
A Liberal tax windfall that could cost Canada dearly
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 28, 2019 shows the logos for Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple are displayed on a tablet in Lille, France. - US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is urging countries like France to suspend taxes on global computing giants such as Google and Amazon and wait for a negotiated agreement on international taxation, according to a letter released on December 4, 2019. As the US is poised to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on $2.4 billion in French products over that country's digital services tax, Mnuchin said talks in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are key to resolving the issue. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP) (Photo by DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images)
Data Dive with Nik Nanos: Canadians want a foreign-policy pivot
FILE - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. The Biden administration is nervously watching a dispute between Canada and India, with some officials concerned it could upend the U.S. strategy toward the Indo-Pacific that is directed at blunting China’s influence there and elsewhere. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
We need to help students learn how to overcome their anxiety
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Funny business: How the new owner of Just For Laughs plans to revive a comedy powerhouse
Sylvain Parent-Bédard, CEO of Quebec City–based entertainment agency ComediHa! and new owner of Just For Laughs, is excited for this summer’s comedy festival season in Montreal. Evan Buhler/The Globe and Mail
Start of swim journey across Lake Ontario begins with a phone call from pioneer Marilyn Bell Di Lascio
Jillian Best sits in her backyard in London, Ont., Thursday, July 4, 2024. THE GLOBE AND MAIL/Nicole Osborne
Delivery drones are getting shot out of the sky, robots kidnapped
Maybe more taxes on Big Tech isn’t such a bad idea after all
John Rapley
Slaight Family Foundation donates $30-million to support dementia research
Baycrest Hospital in North York, Ont., is photographed on Thursday, July 11, 2019. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
‘We make our own choices about her work, completely distinct from whatever we may infer about her moral fibre.’ Alice Munro, plus other letters to the editor for July 13
Some teachers are re-evaluating how they approach the work of Alice Munro following revelations the writer protected her husband after learning he had sexually abused her daughter. Munro is photographed at her daughter Sheila's home during an interview in Victoria on Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Canada treated like second-class citizens at Copa America, Marsch says
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - International Friendly - France v Canada - Stade Matmut-Atlantique, Bordeaux, France - June 9, 2024 Canada coach Jesse Marsch REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
Geraldo Perdomo drives in 9th run with sac fly to lift the Diamondbacks past the Blue Jays, 5-4
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JULY 12: Justin Martinez #63 of the Arizona Diamondbacks pours water on Geraldo Perdomo #2 after Perdomo hit a walk off sacrifice fly during the ninth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Chase Field on July 12, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks defeated the Blue Jays 5-4. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images)
Peter Navarro, Trump ex-aide jailed for contempt of Congress, will address RNC
FILE - Peter Navarro, former director of the White House National Trade Council, speaks during CPAC at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 24, 2024. Former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro, who is currently in jail on contempt of Congress charges, is expected to speak at next week's Republican National Convention just hours after his release. is set to be released from a Miami prison on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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