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Are Iranian 'sleeper cells' a threat to Canadians? Here’s what intelligence experts say
Rhetoric around Iranian sleeper cells has spiked since the onset of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Counter-intelligence experts and a former spy tell CBC News that while the regime may not use dormant agents in Canada, the threats of lone wolf attacks and ‘criminal proxies’ are real. Source link
Syrians fleeing Israeli strikes in Lebanon return home to a country still rebuilding
More than 125,000 people have crossed from Lebanon into Syria this month, fleeing escalating violence and returning to a country that’s still struggling to rebuild after more than a decade of civil war. Source link
U.S. Senate approves Markwayne Mullin as next head of Homeland Security
The U.S. Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary late Monday, approving President Donald Trump’s nominee to take over the embattled department after the firing of Kristi Noem. Source link
Jury finds Bill Cosby sexually assaulted woman in 1972, awards her more than $19M US
A civil jury in California found Monday that Bill Cosby was liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $19.25 million US. Source link
The moment a plane smashed into a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport | About That
Air Canada Flight 8646 collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing two pilots and injuring dozens of others. Andrew Chang breaks down what we know about the crash from air traffic control audio and insight from aviation experts. Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images Source link
Footage of Justin Timberlake's 2024 impaired driving arrest released
Justin Timberlake struggled to perform field sobriety tests requiring him to walk a straight line and stand on one leg after he was pulled over in New York’s Hamptons in 2024 by police officers who suspected him of driving drunk, according to video footage released Friday. Source link
The facts about U.S. air traffic controllers
Air traffic controllers in the U.S. are understaffed and overworked. Here are the facts about the job. Source link
British police investigate burning of 4 ambulances belonging to Jewish charity
Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire early Monday in London in what British police are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. Detectives were working to determine whether a claim of responsibility from a group with alleged links to Iran was authentic. Source link
Federal ICE agents patrolling some U.S. airports amid security staff shortages
More U.S. federal immigration officers are making their way to U.S. airports after President Donald Trump said he’d deploy them to supplement the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country. Source link
Colombian military cargo plane crashes near Peru-Ecuador border, unknown number of casualties
A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country’s defence minister said. Source link