Canada evacuates some embassy staff in Haiti as violence engulfs capital
Canada has evacuated a portion of its embassy staff from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by commercial helicopter charter due to rampant gang violence in the city.
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Massachusetts man gets prison for making bomb threat to Arizona election office
PHOENIX (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison for making an online threat to bomb then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ election office in February 2021, the U.S. Justice Department said.
GOP rep says he helped rescue Americans trapped in Haiti: Mission proves Biden's 'pattern of abandonment'
A Florida Republican congressman who served in the 82nd Airborne and as a defense contractor told Fox News his mission aiding the evacuation of Americans trapped in anarchy-torn Haiti was the third time he had to essentially go it alone abroad to save his fellow citizens.
Author Mitch Albom, 9 others evacuated by helicopter from violence-torn Port-au-Prince
DETROIT (AP) — Author and Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in the poverty-stricken and violence-torn Caribbean nation while visiting an orphanage.
After living a 'horror movie' in Gaza for 160 days, Canadian brothers finally escape
Early on Tuesday morning, brothers Mahmoud and Abdelrahman Kouta, each wearing a slim backpack, waited in line to board an idling white tour bus in Rafah just a few minutes' drive from Gaza's border with Egypt.
Massachusetts governor appeals denial of federal disaster aid for flooding
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Maura Healey is appealing a decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deny the state’s request for a major disaster declaration to support Massachusetts cities and towns battered by severe weather and flooding in September.
Father of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Is Arrested During Biden’s Address
Steve Nikoui, the father of a U.S. Marine who was killed in 2021 during the evacuation of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor for interrupting President Biden during his State of the Union address, according to Capitol Police.
School bus driver charged after 5 children injured in rollover near Woodstock, Ont.
The 34-year-old driver of a bus that crashed south of Woodstock, Ont., on Tuesday, leaving five children with minor injuries, has been charged.