A Harvard grad who was among 50 people busted in the widespread college admissions bribery scam didn’t need an answer key to get the right answers on the SATs or ACTs — because he’s just a “really smart guy,” prosecutors said. And Mark Riddell was well-positioned to help kids ace their tests, Massachusetts US Attorney Andrew Lelling said Tuesday. The […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department changed its usual description of the Golan Heights from “Israeli-occupied” to “Israeli-controlled” in an annual global human rights report released on Wednesday. Israel has been lobbying U.S. President Donald Trump to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which it effectively annexed in 1981. Israel says the area, captured from Syria in a […]

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian women’s rights activists stood trial on Wednesday for the first time since their arrest over nine months ago, a case that has intensified scrutiny of Riyadh’s human rights record after the murder of a prominent journalist. Loujain al-Hathloul, Aziza al-Yousef, Eman al-Nafjan and Hatoon Al-Fassi are among 10 women to appear before the Criminal Court […]

A local business is finding the humour in getting robbed. Flamingo Vape Shop’s St. Norbert location was the target of a Monday morning break-in, and the company’s marketing manager decided to release the surveillance footage of two bumbling crooks – complete with play-by-play. Cam Rochon told 680 CJOB that the thieves smashed their way into the shop, but didn’t really […]

Arkansas police officer on hood of car fires at driver through windshield 15 times Little Rock police officer Charles Starks responded to a report of a stolen vehicle only to confront the driver and engage with suspect, shooting at windshield 15 times while car tried to flee. Dashcam video caught the whole shootout. A police officer in Arkansas is on the […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers were on Wednesday set to stave off the threat of a no-deal exit from the European Union on March 29 but the second defeat of Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce treaty has left the country heading into the Brexit unknown. After two-and-a-half years of tortuous divorce negotiations with the EU and two failed attempts to […]

As a number of weather systems barrel in from the Atlantic over the next few days, forecasters predict more wind, rain and unsettled conditions for Brits. A yellow warning for wind is in place until 3pm today, with another warning of heavy rain running from midnight until 3pm tomorrow in northern England. Snow could even hit for Scots tomorrow, after […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main opposition Congress party will reserve a third of federal government jobs for women if it comes into power, its chief Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday, in a sign women’s rights are rising up the political agenda for next month’s election. Over the last week, two powerful parties from eastern India said they would field […]

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Boeing Co should ground all of its 737 MAX 8 jets until it is established that they are safe to fly, the chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines told the BBC on Wednesday. Tewolde Gebremariam spoke in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa following the crash of his airline’s 737 MAX 8 on Sunday, killing all 157 people onboard. Source: […]

ADDIS ABABA/OSLO (Reuters) – Ethiopian Airlines said on Wednesday it would send the black boxes from its crashed Boeing 737 MAX abroad for expert analysis, and a Norwegian airline sought compensation after it grounded its models in the wake of the disaster. Two-thirds of the 737 MAX aircraft have been grounded globally, and Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told the […]