1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1655+ words) The federal government’s Alto high-speed rail line, proposed to connect Toronto and Quebec City through Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal, Laval and Trois-Rivières, remains in the early stages of planning. But one issue should already concern taxpayers: the projected $60-billion-to-$90-billion cost…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1697+ words) Hillary Clinton called half of Trump’s supporters a “basket of deplorables.” Joe Biden said, “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic” — while his own Justice Department was trying to incarcerate…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1281+ words) The ink on the multi-billion dollar settlement agreement that Meta struck with 47 US states, the District of Columbia and a number of US territories has barely had time to dry – and already, officials and campaigners in the US, the EU,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1583+ words) Meta has agreed to pay approximately $18 billion to resolve a sweeping lawsuit brought by 29 states that accused Facebook and Instagram of using addictive features that harmed children and teenagers. The deal, which still requires court approval, was reached shortly after…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1665+ words) Meta has agreed to pay approximately $18 billion to resolve a sweeping lawsuit brought by 29 states that accused Facebook and Instagram of using addictive features that harmed children and teenagers. The deal, which still requires court approval, was reached shortly after…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1723+ words) California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that critics say is designed to silence citizen journalists like Nick Shirley and let taxpayer-funded organizations, some of them suspected of fraud, remove documentation of their activities from the internet....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1600+ words) The couple who wanted the surrogate mother of their baby to abort him over a heart defect are now seeking $100,000 for her refusing to do so, citing a clause in their surrogacy agreement that apparently contractually obliged her to do…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1602+ words) Federal agents seized electronic devices from former congressman Eric Swalwell at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, then executed a search warrant at his Washington, D.C., home the following day, marking a significant escalation of a federal investigation into allegations of…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago   (1694+ words) President Trump welcomed a 16-year-old lifeguard to the Oval Office on Monday after the teenager risked his life to save a young boy from dangerous surf in a dramatic rescue captured on video. Ryder Williams appeared alongside Nathaniel Rai, the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1244+ words) By Jonathon Van Maren McKenna West, the surrogate mother at the heart of a dramatic case that involved the California-based biological parents demanding that she abort the baby boy she carried; a flight from Alaska to Texas; and an emergency…...