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Iqaluit family wants RCMP to probe alleged NTI enrolment fraud

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterAn Iqaluit man says his mother is the victim of an alleged enrolment fraud that’s being investigated by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., and he wants police to get involved.NTI announced March 30 it’s investigating claims of Inuit heritage made in connection with Amira and Nadya Gill, twin sisters living in Kingston, Ont.As the organization responsible for ensuring promises made to Inuit under the Nunavut Agreement are carried out, NTI enrols Inuit as beneficiaries of that agreement.NTI said in a news release last week that a woman named Karima Manji claimed she had adopted the twins from an Inuk mother. However, new information prompted it to launch an investigation into that claim.Iqaluit resident Noah Noah said his mother, Kitty Noah, is the unnamed Inuk woman mentioned in NTI’s news release — the woman initially identified as the birth mother of the two sisters.Noah said his family had no idea until last week that the Gill ...

Trump indictment live updates: Ex-president surrenders before arraignment, but no handcuffs

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

NEW YORK (NEXSTAR) — Former President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities Tuesday at a Manhattan courthouse ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign.Wearing his signature dark suit and red tie, Trump turned and waved to crowds outside the building before heading inside to be fingerprinted and processed — a remarkable reckoning after years of investigations into his personal, business and political dealings and an extraordinary moment in U.S. history.He arrived at court in an eight-car motorcade that took him from Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan through the main north-south highway on the east side of the city, past landmarks such as the United Nations. Along the way, the voluble ex-president posted on his social media platform: “Heading to Lower Manhattan, the Courthouse. Seems so SURREAL — WOW, they are going to ARREST ME. Can’t believe this is happening in America. MAGA!”Nexstar's WPIX recorded Tr...

What are road conditions like before you head out the door?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

This story is no longer being updated. Visit the Pinpoint Weather page for the latest weather information.DENVER (KDVR) — Welcome to spring in Colorado. Tuesday is a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day as temperatures plummeted from the 70s Monday to the 30s. Light snow will also fall throughout the morning. According to the Pinpoint Weather team, light snow will linger over the metro area for the first half of the day. Along with the flakes, winds will be brisk which could possibly cause some visibility issues during the morning commute. While totals are low, only up to an inch in the city, the National Weather Service warns drivers to use caution on bridges and overpasses as they may become slick due to the frigid temperatures. How much snow will Denver get on Tuesday? FOX31 and Channel 2 has crews across the metro tracking conditions and traffic for your morning drive. Live updates:9:13 a.m. Multiple crashes are being reported out of Boulder. According to the Boulder Police Department, ...

Heat arena, formerly FTX, has a new name: Kaseya Center

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — The arena where the Miami Heat play their home games now has yet another new name after Miami-Dade County commissioners voted to enter into a 17-year deal to call the facility Kaseya Center.The name change takes effect immediately. Kaseya, a Miami-based software company, will pay $117.37 million over the 17 years, with much of that going to the county. The Heat will receive $2 million annually as part of the deal.The agreement comes about five months after the Heat and the county started the process to remove the FTX brand from what was briefly called FTX Arena, until the cryptocurrency exchange collapsed and filed for bankruptcy. One of its founders, Sam Bankman-Fried, has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging that he cheated investors out of billions of dollars before his business collapsed.“The collapse of our previous partner caught everyone by surprise but, in conjunction with Miami-Dade County, we worked efficiently and incredibly quickly...

Florida Democrats charged after abortion rights protest

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party and a Democratic state lawmaker have been charged with trespassing after refusing to leave a protest in Tallahassee against a bill to ban abortions after six weeks.Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried and Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book were among a small group of protestors arrested late Monday near the state Capitol building and charged with misdemeanor trespass.The demonstration came hours after the Republican-controlled state Senate approved a proposal to ban abortions after six weeks. The bill, which has the backing of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, is expected to pass the Legislature and become law.Videos on social media show people chanting “shame” as officers led protestors away in handcuffs. The Tallahassee Police Department issued a statement that said protestors were told they would have to leave after sunset, but 11 people refused to go and were arrested for trespassing.

UK minister mulling law change to define sex as ‘biological’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

LONDON — Britain’s equalities minister is mulling a change to the law that would only allow women access to some same-sex spaces and sporting arenas on the basis of so-called “biological” grounds.Kemi Badenoch has been told that defining someone’s sex as “biological” could provide “greater legal clarity” on issues such as who accesses women-only hospital wards, and who can participate in certain sporting events.But it would also be “more ambiguous or potentially disadvantageous” in areas such as equal pay and sex discrimination. The advice came in a letter from Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Badenoch wrote to the commission in February requesting guidance on the “benefits or otherwise” of amending the definition of sex in the existing Equality Act. Falkner notes that under the Gender Recognition Act of 2004, “a person with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) b...

EU Parliament beer club boots out MEP Tarabella over Qatargate

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

MEP Marc Tarabella swapped one set of bars for another. An unofficial group based at the European Parliament called the EP Beer Club booted out Tarabella, who was arrested, charged and detained in a corruption scandal dubbed Qatargate that’s rocked Brussels since December. According to an email from the group’s secretariat to POLITICO, the Beer Club’s president, Slovak center-right MEP Ivan Štefanec, sent Tarabella an email in January informing him that his membership was suspended. The MEP has been suspended from the Belgian socialist party and the grouping of Socialist and Democrat MEPs in the European Parliament over allegations — which he strongly denies — that he accepted up to €140,000 in bribes in return for doing the bidding of a non-EU country. He was arrested on February 10 and has been in prison ever since.The EP Beer Club has existed since 1995 and is not an official EU body, but is closely tied to the beer industry’s umbrella lobbying g...

Boston firefighters battle fire in multistory building in Dorchester

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

Firefighters remained on scene at a multistory building in Dorchester Tuesday afternoon, working to control a fire that sent heavy plumes of smoke blowing into the neighborhood.In a tweet posted at 1:15 p.m., the Boston Fire Department stated that a second alarm had been ordered at the building on Cushion Avenue, where smoke could be seen flooding out of what appeared to be a basement area.By 2:07 p.m., the department said the blaze had reached 4-alarm status. Flames had also burned through the building’s roof, according to officials.https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1643313349965348865Images shared by officials showed crews battling the fire, pouring water into the basement and using ladders to get water into upper floors. The Boston Fire Department said around 1:45 p.m. that crews on scene had gone through multiple bottles of air as part of their response. Just before 2:30 p.m., fire officials said all firefighters had been ordered out of the b...

Trump enters New York City courtroom for arraignment

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, ERIC TUCKER, JENNIFER PELTZ and WILL WEISSERT (Associated Press)NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities Tuesday at a Manhattan courthouse ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign.Trump himself described the experience as “SURREAL” as he traveled from Trump Tower to a lower Manhattan courtroom, where he was to face a judge as the first former president in American history to be criminally prosecuted.A stone-faced Trump entered the courtroom shortly before 2:30 p.m. without saying anything.The arraignment, though expected to be brief and procedural in nature, amounts to a remarkable reckoning for Trump after years of investigations into his personal, business and political dealings. The case is unfolding against the backdrop not only of his third campaign for the White House but also against other investigations in Washington and Atlanta that might yet ...

Boston firefighters battle heavy blaze in Dorchester: Fire ‘burned through the roof’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:53:47 GMT

Boston firefighters are battling a heavy blaze in Dorchester Tuesday afternoon, as the raging fire “burned through the roof” of the large residence.A fourth alarm was struck at around 2 p.m. for the fire on Cushing Avenue in Dorchester.All firefighters were ordered out of the building, as the companies were attacking the blaze from above.“All companies are working to contain the fire,” the Boston Fire Department tweeted after 1 p.m, noting the heavy fire in the basement and heavy smoke throughout the building.“The fire continues to travel up throughout the building,” the fire department added about 30 minutes later.“The fire continues to travel through the building and has now burned through the roof,” BFD wrote in another update as the fire kept growing.Boston firefighters were battling a heavy fire in Dorchester on Tuesday. (Boston Fire photo)An overhead picture from the Boston Fire Department drone showing the heavy smoke from the b...