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Canada removes 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi threatens to revoke their immunity

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s foreign minister said Thursday that the country has recalled 41 of its diplomats from India after the Indian government said it would revoke their diplomatic immunity, escalating a spat over the slaying of a Sikh separatist in Canada.The moves come after Canada’s allegations that India may have been involved in the June killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar in suburban Vancouver. India has accused Canada of harboring separatists and “terrorists,” but dismissed the allegation of its involvement in the killing as “absurd” and has taken diplomatic steps to express its anger over the accusation.Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday that 41 of Canada’s 62 diplomats in India have been removed, along with their dependents. Joly said exceptions have been made for 21 Canadian diplomats who will remain in India.“Forty one Canadian diplomats and their 42 dependents were in danger of having their immunity stripped on an arbitrary ...

Newly appointed California Sen. Laphonza Butler says she will not seek election to a full term in 2024

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly appointed California Sen. Laphonza Butler says she will not seek election to a full term in 2024.Source

No. 16 Duke and No. 4 Florida State meet with clearer path to ACC title game at stake

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

No. 4 Florida State hopes to start the second half of its season just like it did the first: by beating a ranked team.Seven weeks after upsetting then-fifth-ranked LSU in the opener, the Seminoles face their second Top 25 opponent of the season when 16th-ranked Duke visits Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday night for an Atlantic Coast Conference showdown between two of the three remaining unbeatens in league play.“At the end of this, someone’s going to have a clearer path to (the ACC title game in) Charlotte than the other one,” Duke coach Mike Elko said. “That’s something that’s critical and that’s not lost on anybody in our locker room. It is an in-league, big stage, big opportunity for our guys to go kind of rise up to and take advantage of.”The Blue Devils (5-1, 2-0 ACC) upset Clemson in their opener and nearly knocked off Notre Dame three weeks ago. They’re coming off a 24-3 drubbing of North Carolina State and could get quarterback Riley Leonard back from a sprained right ankle...

Triumph Financial: Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — DALLAS (AP) — Triumph Financial, Inc. (TFIN) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $12.8 million.On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had profit of 51 cents.The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 37 cents per share.The financial holding company posted revenue of $120.9 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $104.7 million, falling short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $107.6 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on TFIN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/TFINSource

I-25 reopens in both directions after train derailment near Pueblo

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

PUEBLO, Colo. (KDVR) -- Both directions of Interstate 25 near Pueblo were reopened on Thursday afternoon after a train derailment shut down a stretch of the highway for days. The southbound lanes of I-25 affected by the Sunday deadly train derailment north of Pueblo reopened Wednesday afternoon, hours after Gov. Jared Polis visited the site.The northbound lanes were expected to reopen Thursday afternoon, according to Polis. The area was being repaved in advance of reopening. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, there may be a need to reopen only one lane northbound prior to reopening the whole roadway. Download the FOX31 App: Breaking news alerts & Pinpoint Weather Polis was in Pueblo on Wednesday to view the deadly train derailment site, which killed a 60-year-old Californian truck driver when his semi-trailer was crushed under the bridge.Federal investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board released preliminary findings on Tuesday, showing th...

Massport issues apology after disabled veteran kicked off shuttle bus with his wife

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

Massport issued an apology Thursday after a disabled elderly veteran said he and his wife were kicked off a shuttle bus to Logan Airport. Vietnam Veteran Ken Twombly and his wife had been on their way back to North Carolina Tuesday after traveling to Massachusetts for Twombly’s sister’s memorial service. When they boarded the Logan Express bus in Braintree shortly after 12 p.m. though, the couple said their driver didn’t check their tickets until they had traveled about one mile. When the driver did check tickets, the couple had technical issues accessing their pre-paid tickets on their phone and offered to pay for the $9 tickets again. Instead, they were kicked off the bus and stranded on the side of the road with their four bags.“He’s yelling at us as if we were criminals,” Twombly said. “‘You didn’t pay for your ticket. Get off my bus.’”“He pulled the bags out of the bottom of the bus and he threw them on the ground and took off,” Twombly continued.Twombly said he ...

Car drives into trash pit in Southborough

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. (WHDH) – Emergency crews recently responded in Southborough after a vehicle drove into a trash pit at the town’s department of public works facility. Southborough police shared photos on Thursday showing the car stuck in the pit. The driver was not hurt, according to police, and a towing company was ultimately called in to help remove the vehicle. The Southborough Police Department said it would investigate this crash. No further information was immediately available. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Tim Scott proposal targets Harvard’s federal funding as students rally against Israel again

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

A Republican presidential candidate is threatening to block Harvard from receiving federal funding as the school is seen as a “hotbed of antisemitism,” while pro-Palestinian student groups continue to rally on campus.U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, of North Carolina, has introduced legislation that looks to prevent federal student aid from being funneled to Harvard and other colleges and universities that “facilitate events that promote violent antisemitism.”“From Harvard to Columbia, Americans have watched our institutions of higher learning turn into hotbeds of antisemitism,” Scott posted on X, the former Twitter platform, Thursday morning. “I’m fighting to cut federal funding to any university that enables, excuses or provides cover for blatant and outrageous antisemitism.”The proposed legislation, dubbed “The Stop Antisemitism on College Campuses Act,” would specifically block schools from being eligible for Title IV funds, which includes federal student aid.I...

Powell: Fed ‘proceeding carefully,’ leaves door open to hike

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested the U.S. central bank is inclined to hold interest rates steady again at its next meeting while leaving open the possibility of another hike later if policymakers see further signs of resilient economic growth.“Given the uncertainties and risks, and how far we have come, the committee is proceeding carefully,” Powell said in prepared remarks Thursday to the Economic Club of New York. “We will make decisions about the extent of additional policy firming and how long policy will remain restrictive based on the totality of the incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks.”Powell also pointed to tightening financial conditions, driven by a rise in longer-term bond yields, and said “persistent changes in financial conditions can have implications for the path of monetary policy.”Powell’s comments will likely affirm market expectations for the Federal Open Market Committee to hold interest rates steady for a second straight me...

As Israel-Hamas war rages, Israelis can now travel to US for 90 days without getting a visa

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:26:53 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, the United States Thursday launched a visa waiver program allowing Israelis wishing to visit the United States for 90 days or less to come without applying for a visa.The U.S. announced Sept. 27 that it was admitting Israel into the visa waiver program, adding the country to a select group of 40 mostly European and Asian countries whose citizens can travel to the U.S. for three months without visas.At the time, the U.S. said Israelis could start traveling to America without visas as of November 30. In a news release, the Department of Homeland Security said the program was operational as of Thursday.Officials gave no reason for the changed timeline in a news release Thursday. But just days after Israel’s admittance to the visa waiver program, Hamas launched attacks against numerous locations in southern Israel. Since then the Israeli military has relentlessly attacked locations in the Gaza Strip as it prepares for a ground invas...