Category: Hamilton News

Tue, Feb 27: Global News has learned that the homicide unit is investigating a new tip from a neighbor, who used to live next door to alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur in the 1990s in Oshawa. Police told Global News they are aware of the information and are determining how to proceed with the investigation into McArthur’s old house. Catherine McDonald has more. Powered by WPeMatico

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Tue, Feb 27: There are growing calls in the province for a safe haven law, to reduce the number of unwanted, abandoned babies. The United States has shown the law saves lives. As Caryn Lieberman reports, despite efforts here, there is no sign of change coming. Powered by WPeMatico

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February 27 2018 6:22pm Tue, Feb 27: After a five-year-old girl was killed after being struck by a vehicle outside an elementary school, school board trustees, councillors and parents are trying to figure out how to make school zones safer. Kamil Karamali reports. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection…

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The government protects information deemed critical to national security using a classification system that ranks the importance of the information based on how much damage could be caused if it was leaked. The classification level can change based on the information’s current relevance. When questions arise, the government is supposed to err on the side of a lower level. But critics have accused the government of widespread overclassification of information. Top Secret The highest level of classification This classification…

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The issue of Mr. Kushner’s clearance has led to a continuing clash with Mr. Kelly. Mr. Kushner has pressed to keep his top-level access to some of the United States’ most sensitive classified material. That access has allowed him to view the presidential daily brief, the summary of intelligence that is given to the president every day. Armed with that access, Mr. Kushner served as a high-level envoy to leaders around the world, including the leaders of Saudi Arabia,…

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The decision came a day after the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal over whether the Trump administration may shut down a program that shields some 700,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation, complicating legislative efforts to address the issue. Ahilan Arulanantham, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union who represented the immigrants seeking hearings in Tuesday’s case, said he was disappointed by the decision. “The Trump administration is trying to expand immigration detention to record-breaking levels as…

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But with mass shootings becoming agonizingly routine, and Americans demanding action after 17 Florida teenagers and faculty members were murdered on Valentine’s Day, this election may be more like 1994, when an assault weapons ban thrust guns to the fore. “This is a tipping point,” said Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington State, the head of the Democratic Governors Association and one of those lawmakers who lost his House seat after voting for the 1994 ban. “I think what people…

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But Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said the court must act. “It would be good if Congress enacted legislation that modernized this,” he said, “but in the interim, something has to be done.” The case, United States v. Microsoft, No. 17-2, has been closely watched by the technology industry, which sometimes has a testy relationship with the Justice Department. The dispute arose from a federal drug investigation in which prosecutors sought the emails of a suspect stored in a…

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