Ontario municipal elections saw a surprise rise to 6,663 candidates after a last-minute registration rush. Find out why more people are running.

Specialist courts to deal with rape and sexual offences are to be introduced across England and Wales, the prime minister has said.

The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.

The question of how many ships are leaving the Persian Gulf is the latest rhetorical battleground in the Iran war.

Organization that advocates for the wrongfully convicted honours Toronto Star crime reporter with award named after colleague who died in 2012.

Chris Alexander, polling at 10 per cent, says he might consider getting out of the race for Toronto mayor as observers question his campaign.

NSF and the Department of Commerce have scrubbed references to the dangers of political interference in science from official agency policy documents.

An updated U of T tool reveals Trump’s new 50-per-cent tariffs pose a significant threat to jobs at local milk-product processors in Toronto.

The FTC sued Amazon, alleging the company misled advertisers through a deceptive auctioning system.

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Some Republicans say they won’t give Governor Greg Abbott a fourth term after what he’s done to the public education system in Texas.

Ohio’s economy could take a significant hit after Canadian leaders announced retaliatory tariffs Tuesday. Canada’s finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, promised to match American tariffs…

It may sound strange: satirical novels set in Stalin’s Soviet empire, by an Australian journalist, about Trump’s America. But Knox’s darkly hilarious books have arrived when global politics so often feel like a farce * Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads When we think of great Russian storytellers, a few familiar names come to mind: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Chekhov. In his two most recent novels, the Australian writer Malcolm Knox nominates two more compelling contenders – men whose skill for plotting, world-building and spinning narratives achieved greater influence than most authors could dream of. We’re talking about Joseph Stalin and his longtime sideman Lavrentiy Beria. Continue reading...

Members of the Orange County community tallied at least six cases of Ewing sarcoma diagnosed among children and young adults between 2013 and 2024.

Labour Day weekend will be the last chance for GTA residents to catch this version of the Snowbirds, set to be grounded.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will take a broad survey of space and use it to create a map of the universe.

Gina Hinojosa talks to Eric Garcia about the growing backlash in Texas and how it could feed a ‘bite back’ against Republicans in November

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow took to the American airwaves Wednesday, telling network interviewers that the U.S. president should take a page from the country star.

The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks.

Olivia Chow is building a council team with Mike Layton and Nate Erskine-Smith. Can opponent Brad Bradford win the Toronto mayor’s race solo?

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The Pentagon has given separation notices to both the publisher and the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, according to people familiar with the matter.

You hate annual reviews. Your boss hates annual reviews. HR experts hate annual reviews. It's time to finally kill off annual reviews.

At least 145 countries have reported increases in petrol prices since the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel began.

Many clinical trials were halted, and many researchers were retrenched when the NIH stopped funding

Toronto-Danforth councillor Paula Fletcher is retiring after 23 years at city hall. Read our exclusive interview on her decision.

East Asia’s summers are becoming hotter and longer, and such “personal cooling” has become a ubiquitous part of daily life.

Former Toronto councillor Mike Layton is launching a political comeback in University-Rosedale against incumbent Dianne Saxe.

Oleksandr Mustiatse, a Ukrainian teenager stranded in occupied territory in the Kherson region after Russia’s full-scale invasion, is now fighting on Russia’s side, the Ukrainian initiative Back…

Planners and business groups are proposing ways to make festivals sustainable in the city.

The Ford government says there isn’t a controversial Minister’s Zoning Order on the Cliff Bay project, but the team for the developer proposing a resort on the abandoned waterfront site says it’s a co...

The move brings the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's list of targets to 58, an ambitious list that reflects President Donald Trump's diminished standing with the electorate and Democrats'...

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Michigan health officials reported two cyclosporiasis-linked deaths Monday, as total cases in the state surpass 11,000.

Authorities say about 5,000 homes have been evacuated and about 600 homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that remained uncontained Sunday in eastern Washington state.

The Bureau of Land Management announced 41 parcels totaling 2,840 acres in Wayne National Forest will go up for a bid on Sept. 15.

Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist leading Wisconsin’s Democratic field for governor, could soon test whether the progressive insurgency that notched primary victories in deep-blue districts thi...